April (Filipino Cinema Season)

Intro: "Cinema in the Philippines" (40 mins documentary) Link: https://efas.livedrive.com/Item/303578670d0d455ca339f7ae295021a8

Week 4:

Saturday 20:00 UK Time
https://efas.livedrive.com/Item/9e6ae9939b4e4e7aaa84527984d2facd

Sunday film:
https://efas.livedrive.com/Item/65496911f55d42f5bf7e8e8aef423801

















Week 3:

http://sockshare.net/watch/kxzq2YvY-himala.html



















Week 2:

https://efas.livedrive.com/Item/5ac25a703dad4d1281912367169dde08


Perfumed Nightmare introduces the character of Kidlat Tahimik (Tagalog for “Quiet Lighting” – which would become director-actor Eric de Guia's pseudonym. In the film, Kidlat, a figure of Chaplinesque allure, both innocent and insolent, plays a driver in a village in the Philippines who dreams of becoming an astronaut and making it big in the USA. His dreams take him as far as Europe and to a series of events that will show  him that his idealisation of what Western and European culture has to offer is far from real. In a playful and humorous way, mixing autobiographical elements, everyday life and a wild imagination, the film confounds expectations, parodying ethnography and travelogues, and fusing disparate images and elements through its artisanal approach to cinema. 


Week 1:

Jealousy and violence take center stage in this claustrophobic melo­drama, a tautly constructed character study set in the slums of Manila. Legendary Filipino auteur and tireless activist Lino Brocka crafts an eviscerating portrait of an innocent daughter and her bitter mother as women scorned. A savage commentary on the degradations of urban poverty, especially for women, Insiang was the first Philippine film ever to play at Cannes.


https://efas.livedrive.com/item/26c81cc3c05c4fc98099c205ae86d2b0