The 18th International Women's Film Festival

WANDERING, WONDERING WONDERFUL WOMEN

18^th International Women's Film Festival

10^th to 13^th March 2008

UP Film Institute

University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City

Presented by

The UP Film Institute, Businessworld & HerWord and GMA Network
FESTIVAL PARTNERS

Microdata Philippines

University Student Council, University of the Philippines, Diliman

Quezon City Gender and Development Office

Trade Union Congress of the Philippines

Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines

Center for Community Journalism and Development

Rep. Liza Maza (Gabriela Women’s Party)

Gabriela National

F177 Women in Cinema class, UP Film Institute

University Center for Women’s Studies

Embassy of Israel

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

Theme: WANDERING WONDERING WONDERFUL WOMEN

With the growing trend of feminization of labor migration all over the world, topped by the Philippines as the widest exporter of human labor, the UP Film Institute pays homage to Filipino women abroad. The 18^th International Women’s Film Festival (18^th IWFF) features women-directed films on Filipino women overseas and winning entries of the IWFF international short film competition as well.

A festival highlight is Malaysian full-length film-- handpicked by the 18^th IWFF committee-- Tan Chui Mui’s Love Conquers All , which bagged first prizes from Pusan, Rotterdam and Hong Kong film festivals.

Forums on women and migration, with lectures by women directors as a highlight, explore discourses on film as a diasporic experience, filming the diasporic experience and the diasporic nomadic woman.

For the festival launch night, in recognition of her legacy as THE CONTRAVIDA of Philippine movies, the sole Diwata awardee is the irreplaceable Ms. Bella Flores. Ms. Flores has appeared in more than 100 movies since her career began as a 16-year old lass in the early 1950s. Even today, no one parallels her iconic looks and acting wit.

Crafting the Diwata trophy is well-known sculptor Ms. Lia Torralba, who blends together the images of leaf, woman, moon and vessel into her work.

Also for the launch night, to celebrate the role of young women artists and activists in promoting equity and equality for women, multi-awarded actress Ms. Judy Ann Santos and UP Diliman University Student Council Chair (Incoming UP Student Regent) Ms. Shahana Abdulwahid give more significance the festival with inspirational remarks. UP Open University Chancellor Grace Javier Alfonso and Film Institute Director Anne Marie de Guzman provide the festival overview.

For the festival duration, women faculty of the UP Film Institute and other women artists mount a multi-media exhibit on SENSE AND WANDERING at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery for the whole month of March.

FESTIVAL LAUNCH

Special tribute and Diwata Award* given to Ms. Bella Flores. Featuring inspirational remarks by Judy Ann Santos and UP Student Regent Shahana Abdulwahid. 10 March/ 6:30 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Free Entrance

FESTIVAL FILMS

Winning Short Films

International Women’s Short Film Competition

10 March, 8:00 P.M.

(Cine Adarna)

Free Entrance

films by women

Don’t Give Up on Us (2006)

A control freak braves the mountain region to confront the man who may have snatched her brother’s fiancée. Director: Joyce Bernal. Starring Judy Ann Santos and Piolo Pascual. 10 March, 3:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna)

Entrance: 50 pesos only

Be Fruitful and Multiply

Presented by the Embassy of Israel and the University Center for Women’s Studies

Ultra-orthodox Jewish women in the United States and Israel contend with life as a continuing cycle of pregnancy, giving birth, nursing and nurturing. 10 March, 5:00 P.M. (forum follows screening) (Cine Adarna) Free Admission

One More Chance (2007)

The year’s highest-grossing homegrown romance tackles the tale of an engineer and a lady architect who’ve been sweethearts since college. Their affair heads for the crossroad when she resolves to try her independence. Director: Cathy Garcia-Molina. Starring John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo. 11 March, 3:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 50 pesos only

Milan (2004)

Love truly works in mysterious ways as a Pinay overseas worker in Italy is drawn to a man searching for his missing wife. Director: Olivia M. Lamasan. Starring Claudine Barretto and Piolo Pascual. 12 March, 5:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 50 pesos only

Love Conquers All

A rural girl in the big city is cheated into prostitution by the very man she falls for. Hailed as world cinema’s most celebrated film of late from a woman director! Directed by Tan Chui Mui. 12 March, 7:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 100 pesos only

Dubai (2005)

Pinoy brothers in Dubai fall for the same adorable woman.

Director: Rory B. Quintos. Starring Aga Muhlach, Claudine Barretto and John Lloyd Cruz. 13 March, 2:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 50 pesos only

Abadeha: The Filipina Cinderella (2007)

Cinderella gets to be Pinay set to neo-ethnic rock. Winner of Best Feature Film Debut—2007 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. Director/Producer: Myrna D. dela Paz. 13 March, 5:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 130 pesos only

Care Home (2006)

Superstar Nora Aunor in another dramatic turn as a lonely caregiver in the United States with her own battle against malignant cancer. Director: Suzette Ranillo. Starring Nora Aunor, Gloria Sevilla and Divina Valencia. 13 March, 7:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 100 pesos only

tribute to Bella Flores

Philippine cinema’s perennial contravida get to be lead for once as this year’s sole Diwata Awardee for Lifetime Achievement. Tribute highlights two of the most unforgettable among her innumerable screen appearances: Young Love (1969). 12 March, 300P.M. (Videotheque) Entrance: 35 pesos only; Ilusyon (2005) 12 March, 5:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 50 pesos only

gender –sensitive films

Presented by the Quezon City Gender and Development Resource and Coordinating Office Program: Winners of Metro Manila Film Festival’s Most Gender-Sensitive Film Award of the last two years--

Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo (2006) Director: Jose Javier Reyes. Starring Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo. 11 March, 5:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 50 pesos only

Desperadas (2008) Director: Joel Lamangan. Starring Ruffa Guiterrez, Rufa Mae Quinto, Iza Calzado and Marian Rivera. 11 March, 7:30 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 50 pesos only

FORUMS

Film as a Diasporic Experience

Videotheque, 2^nd Floor of Bernal Gallery

11 March, 1:00-3:00 P.M.

Forum with screenings by the Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines

11 March, 10:00 AM -12:00 PM

Cine Adarna UP Film Institute

Conversations with Women Filmmakers

Featuring Joyce Bernal, Khryss Adalia, Cathy Garcia-Molina, Olive Lamasan (tentative) and Rory Quintos (tentative)

12 March, 1:00-3:00 P.M.

Cine Adarna, UP Film Institute

Forum with screenings by the Center Community Journalism and Development

12 March, 10:00-12:00

Cine Adarna, UP Film Institute

Being ‘here’ and becoming ‘there’: The Diasporic Nomadic Woman

13 March, 1:00-3:00 P.M.

Videotheque, 2^nd Floor of Bernal Gallery

Forum with screenings by Gabriela National/Gabriela Women’s Party

13 March, 3:00-5:00 P.M.

Ishmael Bernal Gallery

FESTIVAL MUSIC CONCERTS

World Music Fusion with Cynthia Alexander

11 March/ 8:30 P.M.

Ishmael Bernal Gallery

Folk- World Music Beat of Bayang Barrios (with UP music bands)

12 March/ 8:30 P.M.

Ishmael Bernal Gallery

Young all-women band Engkantada and Tao Nono Aves with UP music bands

13 March/ 9:00 P.M.

Cinema Lobby and Courtyard

FILM SEMINAR

EXPLORATIONS ON THE DYNAMIC USES OF VIDEO FOR ADVOCACY

By Surf Reyes

10 March, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Cine Adarna Theater

Fee: Php 200.00 only, inclusive of training materials and snacks

ART EXHIBIT

Women faculty of the UP Film Institute and other women artists mount a multimedia exhibit on SENSE AND WANDERING at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery, curated by Vivian Limpin.

Grace Javier Alfonso

Tina Basco Vivian N. Limpin

Carol Bello Roselle Pineda

Anne Marie de Guzman Lia Torralba

Avie Felix Teta Tulay

Eloi Hernandez

Lorna Israel

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