Katorse Shorts opens today, June 11, at Robinsons Galleria, IndieSine (Cinema 8) and will run until June 17. Screening starts at 1:30 pm, last full show at 9:30pm. Tickets are priced at P100.
Below is the full line-up:
Ang Kapalaran ni Virgin Mario(11 mins) by Ogi Sugatan
Cast: Yul Servo, Forsyth Cordero
Gay lovers, Mario and Jose, experience the most joyful of mysteries.
6th SHORTMOVES International Film Festival, GERMANY
Jakarta Slingshortfest (2006)
International Short Film Festival Detmold "FilmLichter06"
Ambulancia(15 mins) by Richard Legaspi
Cast: Alan Paule, Nor Domingo
Ambulancia tells of a painful twist in an ambulance driver's belief that a dying patient can be saved by running over stray animals on the streets.
In Competition, International Panorama of Film and Video, Patras City Greece 2008
In Competition, NOUSSA International Film Festival, Greece 2008
Winner, Quisumbing Escandor Film Festival, Best Short Narrative 2008
Winner, Grand Prize, Viva-PBO Digitales, Philippines 2008
Official Selection, Asian Film Academy Fellows Night Screening, S. Korea 2007
Official Selection, CineManila International Film Festival 2007
Manyika (15 mins) by John Wong
Cast: Bor Ocampo, Sheenly Vee Gener
Manyika is a tale of talking teddies, an impatient miss, and a misunderstood lover.
Best Short Film, 2006 Cinemadali Short Film Competition
Puwang (25 mins) by Anna Isabelle Matutina
Cast: Elmo Redrico, Roence Santos, Bon Reyes, Lorena Landicho
Puwang is a starkly real look into a family on the verge of falling apart in the face of impending death.
2007 Official Selection: Lyon Asian Film Festival, France
2006 Finalist: Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival
2006 Exhibition Film: Cinemanila International Film Festival
Dead Letter (20 mins)
by Grace Orbon
Cast: Gamaliel Nicolas, Edel del Llarte
A young man's journey into the world of writing.
In Competition, 3rd Singapore Short Film Festival 2006
Lababo (17 mins) by Seymour Barros Sanchez
Cast: Nerissa Icot, Virnie Tolentino, Stephen Patrick Moore
Lababo is the story of a young woman and a crazy woman who both fell in love with the same American soldier.
Grand Prize, Viva's PBO Digitales Short Film Competition 2007
In competition, 48th Bilbao Film Festival in Spain 2006
In exhibition, Internal Affairs 1, Jakarta Slingshortfest 2006
In exhibition, 8th Cinemanila International Film Festival 2006
In competition, 8th International Panorama of Independent Film and Video in Greece
Walong Linggo(18 mins) by Anna Isabelle Matutina
Cast: Jaymee Joaquin, Joey Santos
A young man who sits alone in a cafe every Sunday morning suddenly finds himself strangely falling in love with a girl he doesn't know.
*premiere status
Katorse Shorts will have an opening night at Cinema 3, 7 p.m. Sponsors are Mang Inasal, Waffle Time, Ping-Ping Lechon & Restaurant, Crystal Clear Drinking Water, ERG, Red Room Productions, Digital Cheese, and Pixel Art Media Production Co.
Regular screening times would apply. Tickets are at P100 (equivalent to one program = 7 short films).