REKORIDA

REKORIDA (pangngalan) : distansiyang nilalakbay o dinadaanan kapag palagiang naglalakbay (UP Diksyonaryong Filipino, 2001)

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Ang penomena ng migrasyon at diaspora ay di na lingid sa atin, ang sapilitang paglisan sa kinalakihang bayan dahil sa kakulangan ng oportunidad at kakayahang mamuhay nang matiwasay. Patuloy ang paglaki ng bilang ng mga kababaihang migrante bilang sektor ng manggagawa, mapa-lalawigan-lungsod o Pilipinas-ibang bansa man. At isa sa mga isyung kinakaharap ng isang diasporic na kababaihang manggagawa ay ang kakulangan ng mga batas ng bayang pinagmulan/bayang pinatunguhan, upang siya ay mabigyan ng proteksyon—proteksyon para sa kanyang sarili, identidad, kasarian, kasanayan.

Bilang isang pagpupugay sa mga sakripisyo, tungggalian at karahasang dinaanan, karanasan at tagumpay ng mga kababaihang migrante at manlilikha, inihahandog ng UP Film Institute ang REKORIDA: Isang Eksibit Para Sa/Ng Mga Kababaihang Manlilikha , mula ika-10 hanggang ika-25 ng Marso 2008, sa Ishmael Bernal Gallery, UP Diliman, sa pamumuno ni Bb. Vivian N. Limpin, isang multdisiplinaryang manlilikha.

Halina’t tunghayan at makibahagi sa paghabi ng [ka]saysay[an] ng ating mga kababaihang manlilikha, patunay na hindi sila kailanman, kayang kalimutan ng espasyo at panahon. Ang mga mag-eeksibit ay sina:

Alena

Grace Javier Alfonso

Tina Basco

Carol Bello

Laya Boquiren

Anne Marie De Guzman

Rovie dela Cruz

Aileen Familara

Avie Felix

Vivian N. Limpin

Marie Frances Madrid

Teta Tulay

Magbubukas ang eksibit sa ika-10 ng Marso, ala-6 ng gabi, sa Ishmael Bernal Gallery, UP Diliman. Bukas para sa publiko.

Para sa mga katanungan, mangyaring tumawag sa UP Film Institute sa: 926.36.40, 926.27.22 (telefax), 981.85.00 loc. 4286. O mag-email sa: upfi.adarna@gmail.com.

Black Women on the Silver Screen Film Festival

UPFI and the Embassy of the United States of America
in cooperation with the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum
and the American Voices Inc.
are excited to present this rare chance of screening Hollywood classics
featuring legendary African-American women.

All films will be shown for free!
Screenings are at the Cine Adarna and Videotheque.

True blue film buffs and film enthusiasts shouldn't miss this rare chance of watching these films. They are here in the country as part of the collection of the Mayme A. Clayton Library.

Two days of cinema on civil rights, camp, curiosity and culture will feature these legendary African-American screen actresses from past to present. All have been icons in their own right.

See the following women on the silver screen and their films:

Josephine Baker (Zou Zou)
Nina Mae McKinney (Hallelujah)
Lena Horne (Stormy Weather)
Ethel Waters (Cabin in the Sky)
Cicely Tyson (Sounder)
Diana Ross (Mahogany)
Pam Grier (Coffy)
Angela Bassett (The Rosa Parks Story)
Halle Berry (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge)

A paper show exhibit will also be displayed at the Bernal Gallery (at the back of Cine Adarna, below the Videotheque).

The schedule of screenings is as follows:
[unless otherwise stated, screenings will be at the Cine Adarna main theater]

March .3 Monday

10am The Rosa Parks Story
1pm Mahogany
2:30pm Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (Videotheque)
4pm Coffy (Videotheque)
7pm Zou Zou


March 4 Tuesday

10am Sounder
1pm Hallelujah [part of the forum, venue to be confirmed]
4pm Cabin in the Sky
7pm Stormy Weather

UP Film Institute celebrates “Wandering, Wondering, Wonderful Women” at the 18th International Women Film Festival

UP Film Institute in cooperation with Microdata, BusinessWorld, Globe and GMA Network pay homage to varied wandering, wondering, wonderful women as the institute celebrates the 18^th International Women’s Film Festival at the Cine Adarna at the University of the Philippines-Diliman from the 10^th – 13^th of March 2008.

UP Film Institute recognizes and sympathizes with the pains, sacrifices, negotiations and the victories that the diasporic woman encounters as the growing trend of feminization of the labor force all over the world, with the Philippines as the widest exporter of human labor, continue to affect womanity.

The film festival will showcase the best feature and short films by/for women from different parts of the globe. 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.

Fora on women and migration, with lectures by women and gender-sensitive directors such as Joyce Bernal, Khryss Adalia and Cathy Garcia-Molina 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 UP Diliman University Student Council Chair (incoming Student Regent) Ms. Shahana Abdulwahid gives more significance to the festival with inspirational remarks. UP Open University Chancellor Grace Javier Alfonso and UPFI Director Anne Marie de Guzman provide the festival overview.

To complete the line up of events for the festival, women artists mount a multi-media exhibit entitled Rekorida at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery from March 10 to 25, to be curated by woman multidisciplinary artist Vivian N. Limpin.

The Festival is also presented by the University Student Council (UP 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 Masa (Gabriela Women’s Party), F177 Women in Cinema class of the UPFI, University Center for Women’s Studies, Embassy of Spain, Embassy of Israel, and the Environmental Broadcast Circle.

For inquiries and complete list of film screenings, fora, seminar, festival music concert, please call the UP Film Institute at: 926.36.40, 926.27.22 (telefax), 981.85.00 loc. 4286. Or email: upfi.adarna@gmail.com.

The 18^th International Women Film Festival: Wandering, Wondering, Wonderful Women opens on the 10^th of March 2008, 6:00pm, Cine Adarna, UP Film Institute, UP Diliman. Free admission.