Blind the Eye of the Storm: .MOV Signals Three!

.MOV (pronounced “dot-mov”), the first digital filmfest in the Philippines which jump started the digital revolution in the country back in 2002, will have its third edition in Robinsons Galleria Cinema from September 30 to October 7, 2008.

The Opening Night will be on September 30, Tuesday, and the Closing & Awards Night will be on October 4, Saturday. Parallel screenings in the cities of Bacolod , Dumaguete, and Iloilo will be held from September 24 to October 7. The 3rd .MOV International Digital Film Festival, headed by Festival Director Khavn De La Cruz has six major sections consisting of foreign and local full-length and short films, tributes, workshops, film concerts, and after parties. The motto for this year’s festival is “Blind The Eye Of The Storm” --- losing sight of the limits and controls that plague cinema, so that we can stare at our infinite possibilities as a culture.

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Raya Martin for Digital Dekalogo 10 x 10

DIGITAL DEKALOGO 10X10.MOV presents ten of the best foreign digital full-length films from the past 3 years.

1 “A Walk Into The Sea: Danny Williams And The Warhol Factory” by Esther B. Robinson ( USA , 2007) [Best Gay Film in the Berlin International Film Festival]

2 “Re-Defining Video” by Kyle Canterbury ( USA , 2007) [19-year old avant-garde boy genius]

3 “Days Of The Turquoise Sky” (Kurus) by Woo Ming Jin ( Malaysia , 2008) [starring Malaysian actress Carmen Soo of “Kahit Isang Saglit” (A Time For Us)]

4 “Cinnamon” by Kevin Everson ( USA , 2006) [about drag racing in Black America]

5 “Head Trauma” by Lance Weiler ( USA , 2007) [a psycho supernatural horror flick]

6 “En La Cama” by Matias Bize ( Chile , 2005) [Spanish erotica]

7 “Honor De Cavalleria” by Albert Serra ( Barcelona , 2006) [A hauntingly serene & moving experimental take on "Don Quixote”]

8 “Yves” by Olivier Zabat ( France , 2008) [A different perspective on the mentally handicapped]

9 “The Sun and Moon” by Stephen Dwoskin (USA/UK, 2008) [A film fairy tale, a personal adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast”]

10 “A Prima Vista” by Michael Pilz ( Austria , 2008) [A meditative cinematographic journey, a poetic documentary]

This will be presented by ten of the best local filmmakers who have pushed the boundaries of cinema in their own unique ways: Ato Bautista, Jeffrey Jeturian, Jim Libiran Auraeus Solito, Adolf Alix, Raya Martin, Sherad Anthony Sanchez, Ditsi Carolino, Manny Montelibano, John Torres .

SHORTS.MOV | features works from the two most prestigious short film festivals in the world: shortfilms from Clermont-Ferrand ( France ) and music videos from Oberhausen ( Germany ). The 3rd SILVERSHORTS Shortfilm Competition presents the new Philippine filmmakers to watch out for --- the twenty finalists from both the student and open divisions.

TRIBUTE.MOV | premieres the new films and presents the early works of local digital indie heroes: Kidlat Tahimik, Roxlee, & Lav Diaz. Roxlee’s graphic novel “Planet Of The Noses”, Kidlat Tahimik’s DVD “Perfumed Nightmare”, and Lav Diaz’s soundtrack CD “Impiyerno” will also be launched.

WORKSHOP.MOV | offers Rotterdam International Film Festival programmer Gertjan Zuilhof (“Celebrating the End of Cinema”), Slovenian film critic Nika Bohinc, Kidlat Tahimik (“Sariling Duende”), Roxlee (“Digital Animation”), and Lav Diaz (“Coffee Q&A”). The workshops will be complemented by equally inspiring facilitators such as Quark Henares, Tado Jimenez, Alexis Tioseco, Ramon Bautista, and Erwin Romulo.

FILMCONCERT. MOV | screens Pinoy classics by Manuel Conde, Gerardo De Leon, Jose Climaco, and Carlos Vander Tolosa accompanied with new live soundtracks by Pedicab, Cynthia Alexander, The Brockas, Khavn De La Cruz and Lolita Carbon & Radioactive Sago Project.

AFTERPARTY.MOV | ends each night with a bang at the indie-place- to-be Cubao X, courtesy of music and entertainment from top notch events, media organizations and talent management groups.

EXHIBIT.MOV | Paintings. Photos. Installations. No Screens. Green Papaya Projects.

"Not sure if I feel more like Muhammad Ali or Joe Frazier, but .MOV was a thrilla either way."
ROB NILSSON, Cannes Camera d'Or Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner

"Have no fear: the real digital filmmaking revolution is still very much alive, although you may have to travel to a festival in the Philippines to witness it. .MOV is the Philippines' long-awaited answer to the rousing call of the Digital Revolution."
(RES Magazine) TODD VEROW, New York Chicago Underground Film Festival Winner

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MOV SILVERSHORTS 2008:ANNOUNCEMENT OF 20 FILM FINALISTS | 08.31.2008 | Mabie

The list of finalists for SILVERSHORTS, the shortfilm competition section of the 3rd .MOV International Digital Film Festival, is here. Silvershorts, which has been a major section of the .MOV festival since it started in 2002, has featured the works of filmmakers such as John Torres, Mo Zee, Pam Miras, Sherad Anthony Sanchez, Arleen Cuevas, Ato Bautista, Kiri Dalena, Dino Ignacio, and Quark Henares.

Screening the many entries submitted by various filmmakers for both Student and Open categories, we have now trimmed the competition down to ten. From these lists shall emerge the top winners, who will win the grand prize of P100,000 for each category.

STUDENT CATEGORY:
1. "123" by Minco Fabregas, International Academy of Film and Television Cebu
2. "Anomi" by Renei Patricia Dimla, University of the Philippines
3. "June 9" by Cheiradee Villanueva, West Visayas State University
4. "Kamatis" (Tomato) by Brian Javier, Colegio de San Juan de Letran
5. "Kumot ng Panaginip" (Blanket Of Dreams) by Jedd Chris Dumaguina, University of the Philippines
6. "Papelove" (Paper Love) by Aissa Peñafiel, University of the Philippines
7. "Pisi" (String) by Mel Rose Aguilar, University of St. La Salle Bacolod
8. "Publico Macata: A Societal Eulogy" (Public Poet) by Mark Sherwin Maestro, De La Salle University - EAC
9. "Start Stop Play Pause" by Arby Mari Larano, Far Eastern University
10. "Ultra" by Juan Alcazaren, University of the Philippines

OPEN CATEGORY:
l. "#Cafe" by Leo Valencia
2. "Andong" by Milo Tolentino
3. "Ambulancia" by Richard Legaspi
4. "Ampo" by Jose Maria Basa
5. "Libingan" (The Burial) by Ramon del Prado
6. "Nekro" by CJ Andaluz
7. "Saling Pusa" by Antoinette Jadaone
8. "The Prayer" by J.I.E. Teodoro
9. "Tiangge" (Neighborhood Store) by Ray Gibraltar
10. "VTR" by JP Carpio

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TAKE OUT.MOV | 09.28.2008

STILL AVAILABLE IN STORES

The .MOV Book/DVD/CD Series aims to fill the vacuum of artifacts from that aesthetic. The past/present/future of Philippine independent cinema forged into tactile totems for generations to study.

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Video-Palaro
The DVD of Kidlat Tahimik’s video diaries

Cesar Asar In The Planet Of The Noses
The graphic novel of Roxlee's cult classic

Impiyerno
Songs from & inspired by the cinema of Lav Diaz

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVERSHORTS WINNERS!

(with Jury notes added)

Open Category WINNER - Jose Marquez Basa
AMPO

"a great exercise in a poetic use of sound and image, using only one line of dialogue to capture a rich mood. It is found to be “nicely short” and the mise-en-scene has the right distance. The BEST SHORT FILM for this category has a cinematic coherence, as well as a certain sense of vastness – it is a film that opens up spaces."

Student Category 1st - Renei Dimla
ANOMI

"effectively uses edgy animation to propel forward an inventive social commentary. The animation is deceptively simple, yet it flourishes in an inventive and lyrically free structure. Add to that the great merging of soundtrack to image and you have a fascinating design of primitive children’s animation with focused storytelling and social consciousness. "

2nd - Juan Manuel Alcazaren
ULTRA

"vivid imagery, providing an effective crosscutting of pastoral and media news to capture the anxieties of heterosexual love. It is a film finely realized by a director who knows what he’s doing, has a good sense of measure, of rhythm and space. "

3rd - Mark Sherwin Maestro
PUBLICO MACATA (PUBLIC POET)

"a stunning welding of voice, music and images of religiosity and hypocrisy, sexuality and perversion. It is a poetic rendition of images and sound in the contemporary mechanized world. This work hits all the heatedly poetic, ‘adult’ themes missing in other shorts: obsession, religion, and sexual desire served up hot and sticky."

Chosen by our 5 team Jury.MOV

ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO

Rolando B. Tolentino is an associate for fiction of the UP Institute for Creative Writing. He is a faculty member of the UP Film Institute. He is the founding chair of Katha, the fictionists group in Filipino, and is a member of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino and the Congress of Teachers and Educators for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND-UP.) He has authored and co-edited articles and books on Philippine cinema and popular culture.

GERTJAN ZUILHOF

Gertjan Zuilhof (1955) was educated as an art master and finished his studies of Art History in Leiden (the town the young Rembrandt left for Amsterdam). Wrote film criticism for the cinema monthly Skrien and the cultural-politcal weekly De Groene Amsterdammer. Is International Film Festival Rotterdam programmer for Asia and thematic sidebars such as SEA Eyes (2005) and White Light (2006).

JASON SANDERS
Jason Sanders is a writer and researcher for the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, California. A graduate of New York University, he also writes for Filmmaker Magazine, Cinema Scope, International Documentary and film festivals around the United States, including San Francisco, New York, Miami and Seattle.

OLAF MÖLLER

Olaf Möller is a Cologne-born and -based film critic, writer and curator. He is the European Editor of Film Comment magazine (New York).

PAOLO BERTOLIN

Paolo Bertolin (1976) was the first Italian to be admitted to the Young Film Critics Traineeship Project at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam. After spending an academic year at the University of California (Berkeley) and a summer semester at the Korea University of Seoul, he has worked as a film critic and reporter, focusing prevalently on films from East and South-East Asia . He has published many articles in Italian (il manifesto, Cineforum, Panoramiche, Duellanti) and international (The Korea Times, Senses of Cinema, Cinemaya, The Jakarta Post, Positif) newspapers and magazines. He has collaborated, among others, with the Semaine de la Critique of the Cannes Film Festival, the Turin International Film Festival and the Far East Film Festival in Udine (Italy). He is currently a member of the selecting committee of Venice International Film Festival

THIS JUST IN.MOV | 10.10.2008

CONGRATULATIONS TO SILVERSHORTS FINALIST "Andong" by Milo Tolentino FOR WINNING AT THE 13TH PUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR BEST SHORT FILM!

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The 3rd .MOV International Digital Film Festival is presented by Filmless Films in cooperation with Robinsons Movieworld, Geiser Maclang Communications, Inc., Parco, Indiesine, Swiftsure Group, Inc., Click the City, Brown Monkeys, MTV, Terno Recordings, FHM, Swim Interactive, Backdoor Ventures, Dakila, & Mogwai Cinematheque.

Robinsons Galleria Cinema SEPTEMBER 30 TO OCTOBER 7, 2008