Starting November 10, movie buffs will be able to watch the seven finalists of the 6th Cinema One Originals film fest. The films will be screened at the Shang Cineplex of Edsa Shangri-La Plaza Mall until November 16, 2010. The awards night will be held on November 14, 2010 at the Dolphy Theater located at the ABS-CBN compound.
Spearheaded by Cinema One, and helmed by its Director for Programming Ronald Arguelles, this year's festival is part of the ongoing 16th anniversary of the said movie cable channel.
The festival will also award its Cinema One Original Tribute to two filmmakers who are pillars in local cinema: Celso Ad Castillo and Lav Diaz. This award and tribute was given to director Danny Zialcita last year as its first recipient.
Select films of Celso Ad. Castillo will also be screened on the following dates: November 11 (2:00 pm), November 12 (4:00 pm), and November 13 (11:30 am).
This year's seven finalists were chosen from over 100 entries. (CLICK HERE to read more about this year's entries)
The seven finalists and competing digital movie entries this year are:
Ang Damgo ni Eleuteria is a novelty comedy of a young provincial lass (Donna Gimeno) who becomes a mail order bride in an effort to raise her family from poverty. It is directed by Remton Siega Zuasola with a script from Maria Victoria Beltran.
Third World Happy of writer-director E JSalcedo is a melodrama about a "balikbayan" artist (Sam Milby) who has spent most of his life abroad but whose perspectives in life changes when he comes home to attend a funeral and reunites with his friends and girlfriend.
Astro Mayabang of director Jason Paul Laxamana is a social satire about a financially, socially, intellectually and sexually frustrated boy (Arron Villaflor) who boasts of his nationalism and Pinoy pride, but ends up humiliated because of his misguided and aggressive ways.
Dagim is about two farm brothers whose search for their lost father lead them to a company of strange mountain inhabitants. The brothers (portrayed by Martin del Rosario and Samuel Quintana) stumble upon the tribed led by a mysterious tribe leader (portrayed by Marc Abaya). This horror flick is directed Joaquin Pedro Valdes, who also co-wrote it with J. Eliseo Sandico.
Ishmael, directed by Richard Somes, is about an ex-convict (Ronnie Lazaro) who is ostracized by his neighborhood. Little does he know that this neighborhood he once knew is set to awaken his past.
Tsardyer, by writer-director Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez, is based on a true-to-life story of a young boy who was tasked by rebel soldiers to charge their phones used for their negotiations with the government while holding the media people they kidnapped. Dimples Romana portrays the TV reporter who is kidnapped along with her cameramen portrayed by Mon Confiado and Bombi Plata.
Layang Bilanggo is a family drama about a fugitive on the run (Pen Medina) who yearns for the love of his daughter that he abandoned several years ago. The ex-convict disguises himself in an attempt to become close to her. This is directed by Michael Angelo Dagñalan who co-wrote the screenplay with Melchor DF. Escarcha.
These films are produced and owned by Cinema One cable channel and Creative Programs Inc, a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation.
Here is the schedule of the 6th Cinema One Originals film festival at the Edsa Shangri-La Plaza Mall in Mandaluyong City:
November 10, 2010, Wednesday
12:00 Wanted Border (Special Screening)
2:00 Paano Ko Sasabihin (Special Screening)
4:00 The Cinema of Celso Ad Castillo (Special Screening)
7:00 Confessional (Special Screening)
9:00 Ishmael (Premiere Gala)
November 11, 2010, Thursday
12:00 Ishmael (Regular Screening)
2:00 The Cinema of Celso Ad Castillo (Special Screening)
4:00 Yanggaw (Special Screening)
7:00 Third World Happy (Premiere Gala)
9:00 Dagim (Premiere Gala)
November 12, 2010, Friday
12:00 Third World Happy (Regular Screening)
2:00 Dagim (Regular Screening)
4:00 Ishmael (Regular Screening)
7:00 Astro Mayabang (Premiere Gala)
9:00 Tsardyer (Premiere Gala)
November 13, 2010, Saturday
11:30 Astro Mayabang (Regular Screening)
1:30 Tsardyer (Regular Screening)
3:30 Ishmael (Regular Screening)
5:30 Third World Happy (Regular Screening)
7:30 Layang Bilanggo (Regular Screening)
9:30 Ang Damgo ni Eleuteria (Regular Screening)
November 14, 2010, Sunday
11:30 Layang Bilanggo (Regular Screening)
1:30 Ang Damgo ni Eleuteria (Regular Screening)
3:30 Third World Happy (Regular Screening)
5:30 Astro Mayabang (Regular Screening)
7:30 Tsardyer (Regular Screening)
9:30 Dagim (Regular Screening)
November 15, 2010, Monday
12:00 Astro Mayabang (Regular Screening)
2:00 Dagim (Regular Screening)
4:00 Layang Bilanggo (Regular Screening)
7:00 Tsardyer (Regular Screening)
9:00 Ishmael (Regular Screening)
November 16, 2010, Tuesday
12:00 Layang Bilanggo (Regular Screening)
2:00 And Damgo ni Eleuteria (Regular Screening)
4:00 Third World Happy (Regular Screening)
6:00 Tsardyer (Regular Screening)
8:00 Ishmael (Regular Screening)
10:00 Astro Mayabang (Regular Screening)