Cinema One @ 12 Filmfest Schedules

Cinema One @ 12: Still Celebrating Filipino Movies at its Finest (Focus on Digital Movies)

Celebrating 12 years as the leading cable movie channel, Cinema One pays tribute to the glorious past of Philippine movies and probes into the latest trend in the movie industry, Digital Filmmaking, with Classic Na, Orig Pa Anniversary movie event, which will run from June 21-25 ( Wednesday to Sunday) simultaneously at SM Megamall and SM Manila.

Classic Na, Orig Pa is a film festival which features the best movies of Philippine movie icons like Fernando Poe, Jr., Dolphy, Nora Aunor, Vilma Santos, along with the first theatrical showing of the highly-successful 2005 Cinema One Originals: Mark Gary’s Sandalang Bahay which stars Albert Martinez, Ronnie Lazaro, Nonie Buencamino,a moving movie about a family’s struggle to confront the secrets of their past; Liza Cornejo’s Sitak that features Chanda Romero, Lou Veloso, Gerry Cornejo, a film about seeing the world in a more positive outlook and giving downslopes in life second chances in a story of corporate man turned taxy driver; Topel Lee’s Dilim starring Rica Peralejo, Emilio Garcia, Mario Magallona,about a probing feature on a vigilante who is a kind-hearted manananggal struggling with his existence both as a human and a creature from the Third World; Dennis Marasigan’s Sa North Diversion Road which stars John Arcilla and Irma Adlawan, a movie which focuses on a couple on a road trip as they talk freely and bluntly about a man’s infidelity; Sigfried Barros Sanchez’s Ang Anak Ni Brocka starring Gina Alajar, Philip Salvador, Bembol Roco, Jacklyn Jose, Geoff Eigenmann, Nonie Buencamino, a dramatic search on the true identity of a male teen who tries to figure out if he really is the acclaimed director Lino Brocka’s son; and Jon Red’s Anak ng Tinapa which features Ryan Eigenmann, China Cojuangco, Atong Redillas, Ping Medina, a realistic documentary-style film about two corrupt cops exposed by a group of filmmakers.

Complete Schedules after the jump.

Aside from these digital movies, Classic Na, Orig Pa also boasts of its array of quality, award-winning film classics which will have its theatrical run on the said festival. The list includes Oro Plata Mata, Salome, Bona, Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, Manila By Night, Anak, Omeng Satanasia, Maynila Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag,
Salawahan, and Temptation Island.

Special discounted ticket rate apply for this Classic na Orig Pa film festival. Please call Marga Mendoza (09215696906) for group sales.

CINEMA ONE “Classic Na, Orig Pa: The Cinema One Originals and Filipino Classics” June 21-25, 2006 SM Megamall and SM Manila Cinema 1.