Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival

After the blockbuster Korean horror Movie Film Festival here comes another one! It’s the 2010 Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival. This will run starting today, November 10 up until November 16, 2010.

Now, unlike the previous international film festivals in  Shangri-La Mall’s Cineplex, we DON’T get to watch pinoy films for FREE . Tickets are priced at Php150.00 each. Would this mean that it will be a yey-konti-pila-may bayad-kasi  festival moment?

Awards Night will be held on November 14 at ABS-CBN's Dolphy Theater.It will surely be a tight competition between the 7 finalists selected out from over 100 entries.

 ISHMAEL

Written and Directed by Richard Somes
Starring Ronnie Lazaro, Mark Gil, Pen Medina, and Ria Garcia
The Gist: An ex-convict returns to his hometown seeking peace, but gets drawn in a battle for justice that will have him drawing from his violent past.

ANG DAMGO NI ELEUTERIA KIRCHBAUM Directed by Remton Siega Zuasola
Written by Maria Victoria Beltran
Starring Donna Gimeno, Suzette Ranillo and Alex Uypuanco
The Gist: A young Cebuana, envious of her cousin’s fortunes after marrying a foreigner, signs up to become a mail-order bride.

DAGIM Directed by Joaquin Pedro Valdes
Written by Jheremy Sandico and Joaquin Pedro Valdes
Starring Martin Del Rosario, Samuel Quintana, Bembol Roco, Rita Iringan, and Marc Abaya
The Gist: Two brothers looking for their father discover a seemingly idyllic tribal community hiding a dark secret. 

LAYANG BILANGGO Directed by Michael Angelo Dagñalan
Written by Ma-an Asuncion, Michael Angelo Dagñalan, and Melchor Escarcha
Starring Pen Medina, Miriam Quiambao, Jaime Fabregas, Sue Prado and Archie Adamos
The Gist: An aging hitman tries to get close to a daughter he abandoned years ago. But his past isn’t easy to shake.

 ASTRO MAYABANG Written and Directed by Jason Paul Laxamana
Starring Aaron Villaflor, Megan Young, John Lapus, Marco Morales, Hermes Bautista and Crystal Herrera
The Gist: A young man who flaunts his supposed patriotism is made to see the irony in his ways.  

TSARDYER Written and Directed by Siegfried Barros-Sanchez
Starring Martin delos Santos, Neil Ryan Sese, Dimples Romana, Pipo Alfad III and Mon Confiado
The Gist: A woman journalist is kidnapped by a rebel group, and she befriends a young boy whose job is to keep the rebels’ cellphones charged.

THIRD WORLD HAPPY Written and Directed by EJ Salcedo
Starring Sam Milby, Jodi Sta. Maria, Richard Quan, Melissa Mendez and Archie Adamos
The Gist: An artist who has lived most of his life abroad returns home for a funeral and slowly rediscovers a connection to his home.

We also get to watch these films from the previous years' festival!

*Jerrold Tarog’s postmodern political satire Confessional, 

*Richard Somes’ aswang family drama Yanggaw, 

*Richard Legaspi’s romantic comedy set in the world of the hearing-impaired   Paano Ko Sasabihin,

*Ray Gibraltar’s grim black comedy Wanted: Border. 

*Ron Bryant’s excellent documentary The Cinema of Celso Ad Castillo.

Screening Schedule:
                                                                      

10 November, 2010 (Wednesday)

12:00  -  Wanted:Border

02:00  -  Paano Ko Sasabihin

04:00  -  The Cinema of Celso Ad Castillo

07:00  -  Confessional

09:00  -  Ishmael

11 November, 2010 (Thursday)

12:00  -  Ishmael

02:00  -  The Cinema of Celso Ad Castillo

04:00  -  Yanggaw

07:00  -  Third World Happy

09:00  -  Dagim

12 November, 2010 (Friday)

12:00  -  Third World Happy

02:00  -  Dagim

04:00  -  Ishmael

07:00  -  Astro Mayabang

09:00  -  Tsardyer

13 November, 2010 (Saturday)

12:00  -  Astro Mayabang

02:00  -  Tsardyer

04:00  -  Ishmael

06:00  -  Third World Happy

08:00  -  Layang Bilanggo

10:00  -  Ang Damgo

14 November, 2010 (Sunday)

11:30  -  Layang Bilanggo

01:30  -  Ang Damgo

03:30  -  Third World Happy

05:30  -  Astro Mayabang

07:30  -  Tsardyer

09:30  -  Dagim

15 November, 2010 (Monday)

11:30  -  Astro Mayabang

01:30  -  Dagim

03:30  -  Layang Bilanggo

05:30  -  Ang Damgo

07:30  -  Tsardyer

09:30  -  Ishmael

16 November, 2010 (Tuesday)

12:00  -  Layang Bilanggo

02:00  -  Ang Damgo

04:00  -  Third World Happy

06:00  -  Tsardyer

08:00  -  Dagim

10:00  -  Astro Mayabang

See you at the movies!

"Softest and Moistest Bibingka" at Libreng Sine Sa Shangri-La!

I love going to Shangri-La Mall in Ortigas!

It’s worth P20.00 for a one-way bus ride from where I live or  P100.00, give or take a few, if I take a cab. It is totally easy, convenient and cheap!

Another reason is my addiction to Bibingkinitan!-Freshly baked Mini Bibingka. And true to what is printed outside of its take-away box, it’s the  Softest and Moistest Bibingka. Oh yeah... I get to eat mini bibingkas at Shang’s foodcourt! I can easily finish a box with 6 mini bibingkas in one sitting. Their kiosk also serve brewed coffee. There is no better marriage than between coffee and bibingka. It is like how good tuyo is with your champorado or bagoong with your green mangoes.  In my case there’s no substitute for soy sauce to go with my singkamas and sweetened condensed milk with my Vietnam coffee.  Sadly though, bibingkinitan’s brewed coffee is “not my cup of coffee”. But of course that doesn’t stop me from buying those little Bs. Their Calamsi Juice with Honey can be a healthy substitute.

  Shangri-La Mall’s Cineplex being home to almost all of the international film festivals in the Metro is another reason why I like this mall. Another BIG Plus is the FREE ADMISSION to many great films in those festivals.

My cousin Daryl

The recently concluded 2010 Korean Horror Movie Festival (Oct. 26-November 4) was such a big hit!

Daryl, Christian and Mon

 And before the festival has ended, I was able to convince my two cousins to line-up for like 4 hours for the complimentary movie tickets. I am glad they enjoyed the film and the experience. 

My cousin Mon

Some of my Teka Teka friends (and friends of friends) from Aegis PeopleSupport were there too for the Korean horror experience! Mostly came from from their graveyard shifts.