WHO will
take home the coveted awards in this year's edition of Cinemalaya?
These tough
decisions lie at the hands of those who constitute the jury of this year’s Cinemalaya
Independent Film Festival, slated on August 2 to 11, 2019, at the CCP venues
and August 7 to 13, at selected Ayala Malls and Vista Malls.
Leading the
jury who will be judging the main competition entries is Dr. Andreas Ungerböck.
Born in 1960 in Thomasberg, Austria, Dr.
Ungerböck has a degree in theatre, film and journalism studies at the
University of Vienna, with doctorate thesis on the films of Rainer Werner
Fassbinder.
In 1997, he
directed a short documentary about Hong Kong cinema before the handover, which
was aired on German-French Arte Channel. He has curated several retrospectives of Asian
Cinema including Hong Kong in Motion (1990, 1991, 1995), Taipei Stories (1996),
Korean Cinema (1998), Cinema Asia (2003), China Now (2004), Asia 3D (2013). From 1994 to 2002, he was the catalogue editor
for the Viennale Film Festival.
A freelance
journalist since 1987, he was connected to selected publications such as 2006
Spike Lee (Co-editor), 2009 Ang Lee (Co-editor), 2012 Real America (Co-editor),
Josef Hader, Filme und mehr (2017). Currently,
he is the co-publisher of ray, Austria’s second largest film magazine which
deals with mainstream cinema and strongly focuses on arthouse movies, TV
series, DVD and blu-ray releases, film books and soundtracks. It is a part of Austria’s film culture and
thus deals extensively with Austrian film politics, subsidy system and festival
landscape.
Joining him
on the jury panel is Korean director PARK Kiyong. After graduating from the Korean Academy of
Film Arts (KAFA) in 1987, director Park has worked on various film projects as
producer and director. Films he produced
include “To the Starry Island,” directed by PARK Kwang-su in 1993, which was
the first Korean co-production with Channel Four TV, a European company; and
“Cinema on the Road,” directed by JANG Sun-woo in 1995, the Korean episode for
BFI's The Century of Cinema series. In
2000, he also produced “JANG Sun-woo Variations,” a documentary about a
controversial Korean director JANG Sun-Woo by a prominent British film critic
Tony Rayns.
His films as
a writer and director are: “Motel Cactus (1997)” and “Camels (2001),” which
have won numerous awards including the New Currents Award at the Busan
International Film Festival and the Grand Award at the Fribourg International
Film Festival. His other films include: “Tears of Mokpo” (2019); “Noli Timere”
(an official film of the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games); “Old Love” (2017),
among others.
Another
member of the jury is Filipino director Keith Sicat. He is the man behind notable cinematic works
such as “Rigodon,” “Woman of the Ruins,” and “Himala Ngayon,” a documentary on
the making of the Nora Aunor classic film directed by National Artist for
Cinema Ishmael Bernal. His latest
directorial work is “Alimuom,” a sci-fi film which won 3rd Best Picture at the
ToFarm Film Festival and garnered two FAMAS Nominations.
Working
professionally as a documentary TV editor and producer in New York City early
in his career, director Sicat branched out to feature length documentaries and
narrative feature films. Working in
animation, he was the story consult for the first computer generated animated
feature film “RPG: Metanoia” and headed the development team for the first
Tagalog language Japanese anime co-production “Barangay 143” with TV Asahi.
Filipino
director Dwein Baltazar joins the board. Stylist-turned-filmmaker Baltazar began her
career in 2008, styling for independent films. In 2012, she made her directorial debut in
“Mamay Umeng,” which was produced through a film grant from Cinema One
Originals and took home the Best Picture at the 14th Jeonju International Film
Festival. She also directed two of the
most celebrated films in 2018 - “Gusto Kita with All My Hypothalamus,” and “Oda
Sa Wala,” both have won awards here and abroad. This year, Baltazar made waves in the digital
platform with her 7-episode mini-series “Past, Present, Perfect.” Baltazar is currently writing her fourth film,
to be produced by Black Sheep.
Completing
the jury is Filipino director Mes de Guzman. His film “Sa Kanto ng Ulap at Lupa (Of Skies
and Earth)” won the Best Picture and Best Director at the Cinemanila 2011,
while his film “Diablo” bagged the Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Asian
Film (NETPAC Award) at the Cinemalaya 2012. His latest Cinemalaya entry was “Ang Pamilyang
Hindi Lumuluha,” starring actress Sharon Cuneta, in 2017.
His other
films included: “Nora Aunor’s Ang Kwento ni Mabuti,” “Sitio,” and “The Road to
Kalimugtong,” bagged the Altadis New Director’s Prize at the 2006 San Sebastian
International Film Festival (Spain), two Best Picture awards from the Golden
Screen Awards and the Festival De Cine De Los Pueblos Del Sur in Venezuela,
South America. His short film “Batang Trapo” won the L’Etoile (Golden Star)
Grand Prize for Short Film at the Festival International Du Film de Marrakech
in Morocco, as well as Best Short Film at the Gawad Urian Awards, 1st Prize and
Best Short Film for Children at the Gawad CCP for Film and Video and the
Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema, Cinemanila International Film Festival.
Film
advocate Indu Shrikent, filmmakers Kan Lume and Jerrold Tarog will be the
NETPAC Jury members.
Ms. Shrikent
will be the chairperson of the NETPAC jury. Born in 1948 in New Delhi, India, she started
her film journey in 1993 when she joined Cinemaya, The Asian Film Quarterly, a
journal devoted to Asian cinema, where she became the deputy editor. For over two decades Indu has written articles
on films, filmmakers and film festivals.
A founding
members of the NETPAC Indian chapter, Indu Shrikent promoted Asian cinema
extensively in India by organizing film appreciation courses, screenplay
workshops, and holding film weeks, culminating with the launch of the Cinefan
Festival on Asian Cinema in New Delhi in 1999. She was co-director of the Cinefan Film
Festival since its inception in 1999 and contributed to the steady growth of
the festival in both the number of films as well as audience. In 2012 she became the Festival Director of
Osian’s-Cinefan Film Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema.
Indu started
the Hello Cinema film club in 2013 to promote meaningful cinema. She was invited as director programmes for
organizing the 19th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) in 2014. Presently, Indu is working in Osianama Film
Archive and Research Center. Her area of
research is Asian Cinema.
Kan Lumé is
a multi-award winning filmmaker who received his degree in film and television
from Bond University in Australia, with a double major in Film. Besides being one of the most prolific
filmmakers in Singapore, he has taught film in prestigious film schools such as
NYU Tisch Asia, School of Audio Engineering, Singapore Polytechnic, Ngee Ann
Polytechnic and Makassar SEA Screen Academy. He is an associate artist at Substation Home
of the Arts, and has received commissions for his work from the Embassy of
Germany in Singapore, The National Gallery of Singapore and the Asian Film Archive.
His debut
feature film "The Art of Flirting" won Best ASEAN Feature at
Malaysian Video Awards 2005. His second
film "Solos" bagged the Best Newcomer Award at Torino GLBT Film
Festival. His third film "Dreams
from the Third World" received the MovieMax Award at Cinema Digital Seoul
2008. "Liberta" picked up
Special Mention at Cinema Digital Seoul 2012 and the NETPAC Award at Tripoli
Film Festival 2013. "The Naked
DJ" earned Kan his second NETPAC award for Best Asian Film at Jogja-NETPAC
Asian Film Festival 2014. His latest
film "If This Is My Story" received Best Actor at Jogja-NETPAC Asian
Film Festival 2018.
Director
Jerrold Tarog, meanwhile, was the man behind the box office hit “Heneral Luna”
and its sequel “Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral.” His films for Cinemalaya include “Mangatyanan”
(2009), the short film “Faculty” (2010), and “Sana Dati” (2013). He is currently working on the superhero film
“Darna,” produced by Star Cinema.
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