Even though time did not permit us to maximize every opportunity this week, we are sharing these Top 10 films that caught our attention. This is in the light of supporting our local film industry graded with high quality from the bright minds and heart of young directors, story makers and actors. The list is in no particular order of recommendation.
Let us give our all-out support to the organizers of Cinemalaya. Happy 10th year Anniversary!
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S6PARADOS by GB Sampedro
SYNOPSIS: “Separados” is a half-bittersweet, a quarter-comic, and a quarter-tragic narrative of six men who have separated from their wives. Based on true stories, their parallel and simultaneous accounts are stemmed by a church wedding to a second wife by one of the characters, reflecting their struggles and issues about their personal love life.
CAST: Victor Neri / Ricky Davao / Jason Abalos / Anjo Yllana / Erik Santos / and Alfred Vargas
August 9 / Sat:
3:30 PM -- CCP Little Theater
3:30 PM -- CCP Studio Theater
4:00 PM -- Trinoma Cinema 1
SUNDALONG KANIN by Janice O'Hara
SYNOPSIS: Established during the Japanese Era, four friends (Nitoy, Benny, Carding, and Badong) yearn to become soldiers against the Japanese... until they are faced by the actualities of war that terrorized to terminate their families, loved ones and their brotherhood.
CAST: Nathaniel Brit / Isaac Cain Aguirre / Elijah Canlas / Akira Morishita / Marc Abaya / Ian de Leon / Enzo Pineda / Paolo O’Hara / Che Ramos-Cosio / Angelo Martinez / Dante Balaois / Diana Alferez And Peewee O’Hara With the Special Participation of Art Acuña
August 9 / Sat:
1:30 PM -- Fairview Terraces Cinema 5
August 10 / Sun:
4:00 PM -- Trinoma Cinema 4
#Y by Gino Santos
“#Y” (“Hashtag Y”) documents the adventures of the members of a generation made common by the world of social media, internet, drugs, sex and alcohol, and the occasional and random YOLO.
CAST: Elmo Magalona / Coleen Garcia / Sophie Albert / Kit Thompson / Slater Young / Chynna Ortaleza
August 9 / Sat:
3:30 PM -- CCP Studio Theater
August 10 / Sun:
11:00 AM - Fairview Terraces
4:00 PM -- Trinoma
DAGITAB (Sparks) by Giancarlo Abrahan
SYNOPSIS: While the marriage of two professors is falling apart, the woman was brought into a scandal involving a student. On the other hand, the man fell in love with his research -- a deity (supernatural being) that manifests to him as the ghost in the form of an old flame.
CAST: Eula Valdez / Nonie Buencamino / Martin del Rosario
August 9 / Sat:
10:00 AM -- CCP Multi-Purpose Hall
6:30 PM -- Trinoma Cinema 1
Hustisya by Joel C. Lamangan
SYNOPSIS: A woman fights for her soul in the heart of the city. Working for an agency involved in human trafficking controlled by a dominant syndicate, she shrugs off the crimes as it unfolds to her. In a society like in our setting, you have only two options – to be a victim, or a victimizer – the ball game is on her.
CAST: Nora Aunor / Rocco Nacino / Rosanna Roces / Sunshine Dizon / Gardo Versoza / Chynna Ortaleza / Jeric Gonzales / Romnick Sarmenta / Jaime Pebanco / Tony Mabesa / Miles Kanapi / Sue Prado / John Rendez / Chanel Latorre / Angela Ruiz / Menggie Cobarrubias
August 9 / Sat:
6:30 PM -- Trinoma Cinema 4
9:00 PM -- CCP MKP Hall
THE JANITOR by Michael Tuviera
SYNOPSIS: Crisanto Espina, a suspended cop and under examination, is tasked to extinguish the suspects involved in a bank robbery/massacre that disturbed the whole nation.
CAST: Dennis Trillo, Richard Gomez ,Ricky Davao, Dante Rivero, Irma Adlawan, Lj Reyes, Derek Ramsay, Raymond Bagatsing, Alex Medina, Jerald Napoles, Nicco Manalo
August 9 / Sat:
1:30 PM – Greenbelt 3 Cinema 4
1:30 PM – Alabang Town Center Cinema 4
1ST KO SI 3RD by Real Florido
SYNOPSIS: The film is about a 65-year old retiree (Nova Villa) who got the chance to meet again with her first love and finally, the long-overdue date happens fifty years after they got separated.
CAST: Nova Villa / Freddie Webb / Dante Rivero / Ruby Ruiz / Ken Chan / Denise Barbacena / Coleen Borgonia / RJ Agustin / Lara Morena
August 9 / Sat:
12:45 PM – CCP MKP Hall
6:30 PM -- Greenbelt 3 Cinema 4
6:30 PM – Alabang Town Center Cinema 4
August 10 / Sun:
1:30 PM -- Fairview Terraces Cinema 5
MARIQUINA by Milo Sog
SYNOPSIS: Imelda is uninterested towards shoes. To her, they bring the bittersweet memories of childhood, remembering her shoe-maker father, Romeo. Growing up, all of her shoes were handmade by him. Now a grown woman, she searches for the perfect shoes for her dead father for his funeral. The more she searches for the perfect shoes, the deeper she finds herself.
CAST: Mylene Dizon / Ricky Davao / Bing Pimentel / Che Ramos / Barbie Forteza / Dennis Padilla / Mel Kimura
August 9 / Sat:
10:00 AM -- Studio Theater
11:00 AM -- Fairview Terraces
August 10 / Sun:
1:30 PM -- Trinoma
CHILDREN'S SHOW by Derick Cabrido
SYNOPSIS: “Children’s Show” is based on a real life accounts of children ages 10-15 years old being abused by a syndicate for an underground wrestling match.
CAST: Allen Dizon / Buboy Villar / Miggs Cuaderno / Gloria Sevilla / Jacob Clayton / Nathan Lopez / Divine Grace Aucina
August 9 / Sat:
1:30 PM -- Trinoma Cinema 1
6:15 PM -- CCP Studio Theater
August 10 / Sun:
1:30 PM -- Greenbelt 3 Cinema 5
HARI NG TONDO by Carlos Siguion-Reyna
SYNOPSIS: Hari ng Tondo is the story of Ricardo Villena, a sucessfull man on the brink of bankruptcy, who brings his grandchildren back to the hometown that molded him, to recover his self-worth. As he aims to educate his descendants, save his community and the way of life he grew up with, he confronts heartbreaking realities about his own past—amidst the skepticism of attitudes in the Tondo he thought he knew.
CAST: Robert Arevalo / Rez Cortez / Cris Villonco / Rafa Siguion-Reyna / Lorenz Martinez / Liza Lorena / Lui Manansala / Aiza Seguerra / Carlos Canlas / Mark Tayag / Ciara Sotto / Gian Magdangal / Eric Quizon / Ali Sotto / Audie Gemora / Hans Eckstein / Raul Montesa / Jelson Bay / Gino Ramirez / Menggie Cobarrubias
August 9 / Sat:
3:30 PM -- CCP MKP Hall
6:30 PM -- Greenbelt 3 Cinema 5
9:00 PM -- Trinoma Cinema 4
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