Supported by
the Film Development Council of the Philippines, Filipino filmmakers and films
are well-represented this year at the Berlin International Film Festival with
films in competition and filmmakers participating in the Berlinale Talents and
Co-Production Market.
Lav Diaz’s
“Ang Panahon ng Halimaw” (Season of the Devil) is an official entry to the Main
Competition while “Babylon" directed by Keith Deligro is competing at
Berlinale Shorts. “Manila Scream Expanded” by Roxlee is also featured at the
Forum Expanded Section. Meanwhile, four (4) participants are at Berlinale
Talents - Pam Reyes, Anthony Falcon, McRonald Nacario, and Leeroy Lee. Bradley
Liew and Bianca Balbuena's Motel Acacia is also featured at the Co-Production
Market.
"Once
again, Philippine cinema is recognized and represented at this prestigious
Festival. It makes us proud that the efforts and talents of our filmmakers are
affirmed by the international audience," said Chairperson and CEO Liza
Dino.
Director Lav
Diaz, winner of Silver Bear Alfred Bauer prize at the 2016 Berlinale, “Hele
sa Hiwagang Hapis (A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery)” comes back with a
234-minute film, this time, a Filipino Rock Opera that shows the life in a
remote village in the Philippines during the Martial Law. Director Keith
Deligero’s, “Babylon” is a 20-minute short film about two young girls who travel
through time to assassinate a small town dictator to revise history but ended
up with a weird mixed-up adventure with a talking chicken,
a videoke machine from the future, a set of violent triplets and
prank calls from the 90s, only at Barangay Babylonia. Manila Scream
Expanded combines three recent short films by Philippine underground filmmaker
Roxlee, Manila Scream, Yours Trolley, and Slicing Art. The film and
its maker and protagonist take us on an idiosyncratic journey through the
streets of Manila. It is set to screen on February 20 and 23.
FDCP will be
hosting the Philippine Night at Berlin on February 21 in celebration of the
Filipino delegates and as opportunity to interact and network with
international film commissions, festival programmers, and distributors.
The
68th Berlin International Film Festival runs
until February 25, 2018 in Germany.
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