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San Diego Asian Film Festival
Philippine Program
Reprise Runs October 17 through 19!
Raised in America and without knowledge of
Philippine language, Hector (played by Jacob Shalov, above) comes to
Manila to live with his grandmother in Ron Morales' visually-arresting Santa Mesa
Following Christine
"Happy Slip" Gambito's appearance last Wednesday night
the Philippine Cinema Showcase reprises the BEST of
San Diego Asian Film Festival's
Philippine programs, bringing shorts program "Manila
& Beyond"; and acclaimed features Santa Mesa
(which won SDAFF's Best Narrative Feature Award!)
directed by Ron
Morales; and Foster
Child and Tirador,
both directed by Dante
"Brillante" Mendoza, starting Friday, October 17. (PLEASE NOTE: all
titles and times subject to change, check with box office to avoid
disappointment.)
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 TABLE
OF CONTENTS
"Manila
& Beyond" SDAFF shorts program offers fine, affecting filmmaking
Foster Child by
Brillante Mendoza: From standing ovation at Cannes to Philippine Cinema
Showcase
Ron
Morales' SDAFF
Best Narrative Feature Award-winner Santa Mesa:
beautiful and moving
Critical
rave Tirador
a
breathtaking plunge into the cutting edge
Watch
the San Diego Asian
Film Festival
trailer
SDAFF'S
HERE: Check
out the San
Diego Asian Film Festival!
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This
Week's Stories
"Manila & Beyond" SDAFF shorts
program offers fine, affecting filmmaking
By PCS Enews Staff
73 minutes; rated PG-13.
SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
REPRISE SHOW! Four short films reveal the connection
between the Philippines and the U.S.: An Immigrant
Girl's Journey, dir. Lonny Stevens; Celebration,
dir. Rochelle Lozada; Legend,
dir. Mark Villegas; and Little
Manila: Filipinos in California's Heartland, prod. Marissa
Aroy.
Plays October
17 thru 19 @ 11:00 am, 5:00pm. (PLEASE
NOTE: all titles and times subject to change, check with box office to
avoid disappointment.)
Tickets
(may be purchased online at www.ultrastarmovies.com):
ALL
TICKETS NOW $5!
The Philippine Cinema Showcase plays at
The Goldilocks Theater at UltraStar Chula Vista, 555
Broadway, Chula Vista, CA, 619-338-4214.
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Foster
Child by Brillante Mendoza: From
standing ovation at Cannes to Philippine Cinema Showcase
By PCS Enews Staff
DIRECTED BY
Dante "Brillante" Mendoza
STARRING
Cherry Pie Picache, Eugene Domingo, Jiro Manio, Kier Segundo, Alwyn
Uytincgo, Dan Alvaro.
98
minutes; rated PG-13.
SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
REPRISE SHOW! Internationally acclaimed since
its premiere at Cannes: the last day in the life of a foster child in
the care of his foster family before he's finally adopted bares strong
emotional bonds, and the state of Philippine foster care.
Plays October
17 thru 19 @ 12:45pm. (PLEASE NOTE: all titles
and times subject to change, check with box office to avoid
disappointment.)
Tickets
(may be purchased online at www.ultrastarmovies.com):
ALL TICKETS NOW $5!
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Ron Morales' SDAFF Best Narrative Feature
Award-winner Santa Mesa:
beautiful and moving
By PCS Enews Staff
DIRECTED BY
Ron Morales
STARRING
Jacob Kiron Shalov, Angie Ferro, Jaime Tirelli, Lynn Sherman, Maria
Lopez, Pierro Rodriguez, Melissa Leo, Sly Vargas, Billy Balais, Mosib
Limbao.
82
minutes; rated PG-13.
SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
REPRISE SHOW! When his mother dies, Hector
arrives in Manila to live with his grandmother. He falls in
with a street gang before he is befriended by a photographer.
Haunted by memories of his mother, Hector photographs an anonymous
woman and these seemingly disconnected lives collide.
Plays October
17 thru 19 @ 3:00, 9:00pm. (PLEASE
NOTE: all titles and times subject to change, check with box office to
avoid disappointment.)
Tickets
(may be purchased online at www.ultrastarmovies.com):
ALL
TICKETS NOW $5!
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Critical Rave Tirador a
breathtaking plunge
into the cutting edge
By PCS Enews Staff
DIRECTED BY
Dante "Brillante" Mendoza
STARRING
Jiro Manio, Coco Martin, Kristofer King, Nathan Lopez, Harold Montano,
Nico Taverna, Angela Ruiz, Benjie Filomeno, Arman Reyes; with the
special participation of Julio Diaz, Simon Ibarra and Jaclyn Jose.
86
minutes; rated PG-13.
SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
REPRISE SHOW! Set in Manila slums
against the backdrop of corrupt electioneering politicians and
religious fervor, the crime-ridden life of the Philippines' poorest is
lad bare in Mendoza's internationally acclaimed, spare, unflinching
fashion.
Plays October
17 thru 19 @ 6:45pm. (PLEASE NOTE: all titles
and times subject to change, check with box office to avoid
disappointment.)
Tickets
(may be purchased online at www.ultrastarmovies.com):
ALL
TICKETS NOW $5!
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See
Jose Bucud's pics from Christine Gambito's "Happy Slip Uncensored"
event in Chula Vista!
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