PHILIPPINES, JUNE 27, 2011 – Publicis Manila President and Chief Creative Officer, Marlon Rivera puts the film director’s cap on for Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank (The Woman in the Septic Tank) for Cinemalaya 2011, the annual all-digital independent film festival. The film will be competing in New Breed, the feature film category for Filipino filmmakers who have not yet directed more than three full feature films.
The comedic film, written by Chris Martinez and starring Eugene Domingo, is about a well-to-do director and production assistant out to make an Oscar worthy film about poverty and the slums. In their romanticization of the material, reality bites back. Rivera and Martinez also worked together on a previous Cinemalaya film, 100, starring Mylene Dizon.
Nine films will compete in the New Breed full length feature category alongside Rivera and Martinez’s film: Amok (Amok) by Lawrence Fajardo; Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa (The Dance of Two Left Feet) by Alemberg Ang and Alvin Yapan; Bahay Bata (Baby Factory) by Eduardo W. Roy, Jr. and Jerome Zamora; Cuchera by Joseph Israel M. Laban; I-libings: Your Loss, Our Luck (E-funerals) by Rommel Andreo Sales; Ligo na U, Lapit Na Me (Star Crossed Love) by Noel Ferrer, Jerry Gracio and Erick Salud; Nino by Loy Arcenas; and Teoriya (Father’s Way) by Alistaire Christian E. Chan.
TV commercial director Henry Frejas is one of the 10 finalists in the Short Feature category. The filmmakers competing in the Directors Showcase for established directors are Jeffrey Jeturian, Auraeus Solito, Adolfo Alix Jr., and Joel C. Lamangan.
New sections this year are Focus Asia for independent Asian films and the Ronwaldo Reyes Retrospective, presented in cooperation with the Society of Filipino Archivists for Film, will highlight the directorial works of National Artist Fernando Poe Jr. Other sections of the Cinemalaya are the Documentary section, NETPAC Philippine Premieres, Ani (a harvest of the best Filipino Indie Films of the past year), Kids Treats (indie films for children) and Midnite Specials (indie films with adult themes).
Cinemalaya will also organize the Cinemalaya Film Congress and other film related events such as the Sine Taktakan (forum with 2011 Cinemalaya filmmakers), lectures and exhibits.
The festival runs from July 15 to 24, 2011 at seven venues within the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and two cinemas at Greenbelt 3 in Makati City. For more tickets and information, please call the CCP Box Office at 832-3704 and CCP Media Arts at 832-1125 local 1204/05 or visit the CCP website at www.culturalcenter.gov.ph and www.cinemalaya.org.
Now on its seventh year, Cinemalaya is a project of the Cinemalaya Foundation, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Film Development Council of the Philippines and Econolink Investments, Inc.
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