Cinemanila International Film Festival

8TH CINEMANILA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Official website: http://www.cinemanila.com.ph
Official mailing list: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/cinemanila
Nov. 3 -15, 2006

Venues:
SM Digital Cinemas (Mall of Asia, North Edsa and Megamall) - for the
Digital Lokal and Cine Pambata
Greenbelt 1 Cinema 2 - for the World Cinema Program and Premieres

NOV. 3 (Mall of Asia Centerstage, Pasay City)
*Tickets will be available at the SM Ticket Counter
Gala Screening of Perhaps Love at 4PM
Opening Films:
Raya Martin's short film
Feature: Michel Gondry's Science of Sleeo at 7:00 PM

NOVEMBER 4 (SATURDAY); GREENBELT 1 CINEMA 2
11:30AM "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring"
2:00PM "Perhaps Love"
4:30PM "Frostbite"
7:00PM "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring"
9:30PM "Walking on the Wild Side"

NOVEMBER 5 (SUNDAY); GREENBELT 1 CINEMA 2
11:30AM "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance"
2:00PM "Vera Drake"
4:30PM "Walking on the Wild Side"
7:00PM "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance"
9:30PM "Exiled"

NOVEMBER 6 (MONDAY); GREENBELT 1 CINEMA 2
11:30AM "Perhaps Love"
2:00PM "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring"
4:30PM "Frostbite"
7:00PM "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance"
9:30PM "Everlasting Regret"

NOVEMBER 7 (TUESDAY); GREENBELT 1 CINEMA 2
11:30AM "Frostbite"
2:00PM "Everlasting Regret"
4:30PM "Vera Drake"
7:00PM special premiere of Eddie Romero's "Faces of Love"
9:30PM "Magic Mirrors"

*additional screenings to follow
*schedules are subject to change without prior notice.

8TH CINEMANILA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
FILMS IN COMPETITION

1. EVERLASTING REGRET / Stanley Kwan (HK-China, 2005) The
film is based on Changhen Ge, a novel by Wang Anyi, about a woman's
turbulent life in 20th century Shanghai, China. The story follows
Qiyao (Maggie Cheung), a legendary and celebrated beauty, from her
pre-Revolution glamour and status to her simpler life as she
struggles to preserve the dignity of her past while surviving the
contestant betrayal by her men. She stands proud and bears witness
to the waves of change in her city from 1947 to 1981, until one wave
finally overwhelms her. The film is a visionary exploration of
history ad personal experience conveyed through a refined aesthetic
and a romantic style that characterized the pre-Communist literature
of Shanghai . Open Prize, Berlin 2005 115 minutes

2. 9th COMPANY / Fyodor Bondarchuk (Finland-Russia-UK, 2005)
The film is
based on a true story of the 9th company during the Soviet invasion
in Afghanistan in the 1980's. 130 minutes

3. CITIZEN DOG / Wisit Sasanatieng (Thailand, 2004) 100 minutes

4. CLIMATES / Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey-France, 2006)
FIPRESCI Prize, Palm D'Or nominee – Cannes 2006) 101 minutes

5. IT'S ONLY TALK / Ryuichi Hiroki (Japan , 2005) FIPRESCI
Prize , Singapore Film Festival 2006 126 minutes

6. SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE / Park Chan-Wook (South Korea,
2005) CinemaAvvenire Award-Best Director, Little Golden Lion –
Venice 2005. Stars Lee Young-Ae (leadstar in the hit Koreanovela
Jewel in the Palace) 112 minutes

7. THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY / Ken Loach (UK-Germany-
Italy-Spain-France-Ireland, 2006) Palme D'Or, Cannes 2006 127
minutes

8. KUBRADOR / Jeffrey Jeturian (Philippines, 2006) 98 minutes

9. HEREMIAS / Lav Diaz (Philippines, 2006) 540 minutes

10. TAKING FATHER HOME / Ying Liang (China, 2006)

BLACK / Sanjay Lheela Bhansali (India, 2005) stars Amitab Bachnan.
Indian version of "The Miracle Worker" 122 minutes

IT'S ONLY TALK / Ryuichi Hiroki (Japan, 2005) FIPRESCI Prize,
Singapore Film Festival 2006 126 minutes

PRINCESS RACCOON / Seijun Suzuki (Japan , 2005) Mechiyo (The
banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (Zhang Ziyi as a
princess of raccoon dog disguised to human). This is an Operetta
which includes comedy, singing and dancing, and a love story. 113
minutes

STARFISH HOTEL / John Williams (Japan, 2006) 98 minutes

LITTLE BIRDS / Takeharu Watai (Japan, 2006) There is no easy
solution to the situation in Iraqw. But how often do you hear from
those that really matter in all of this? Takeharu Wati's Little
Birds gives voice to those unheard and ignored by media networks. It
is the recipent of the Human Rights Awards at the 2005 Locarno
International Film Festival. The film takes its titles from the
epitaph on the plank of wood that serves as a makeshift gravestone
for three children who died when their house was destroyed by three
bombs. It reads: "Don't cry dad. We became birds in the sky." 102
minutes

IF YOU WERE ME 2 / Ji Woo Chung, Jin Jang Dong-Won Kim, Kyung-hee
Park Seung-wan Ryoo (South korea , 2006) Omnibus film on human
rights issues 113 minutes

IF YOU WERE ME ANIMA VISION / (omnibus) (Korea, 2005) 70 minutes

SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE / Park Chan-Wook (South Korea, 2005)
CinemaAvvenire Award-Best Director, Little Golden Lion – Venice
2005. Stars Lee Young-Ae (leadstar in the hit Koreanovela Jewel in
the Palace) 112 minutes

SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER AND SPRING / Kim Ki Duk (South Korea,
2003) A young boy lives in a small floating temple on a beautiful
lake, together with an elderly master who teaches him the ways of
the Buddha. Years later the boy, now a young man, experiences his
sexual awakening with a girl who has come to the temple to be healed
by the master. The youth runs away to the outside world but his lust
turns his life into hell, so he returns to the lake temple to find
spiritual enlightenment. 103 minutes

LOVE CONQUERS ALL / Tan Chui Mui (Netherlands-Malaysia, 2005) 90
minutes

HIGH COST OF LIVING / Leonard Lai (Malaysia, 2006)

CLIMATES / Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey-France, 2006) FIPRESCI Prize,
Palm D'Or nominee – Cannes 2006) 101 minutes

ANGEL'S FALL / Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey, Greece , 2005) 98 minutes

WILLOW TREE / Majid Majidi (Iran, 2005) 96 minutes

CITIZEN DOG / Wisit Sasanatieng (Thailand, 2004) 100 minutes

SHORT FILMS ABOUT TSUNAMI / Apichatpong Weerasethakul & Christelle
Lheureuz, Pipope Panitchpakdi, Thunska Pansittivorakyl, Sompot
Chidgasornpongsem Suchada Sirithanawuddhi (Thailand, 2005) 114
minutes

SERAMBI / Garin Nugroho, Tonny Timarsanto, Viva Westi, Lianto Lusen
(Indonesia, 2006) Documentary film about the people in Aceh after
the tsunami.

PAPER DOLLS / Tomer Heymann (Usa-Israel-Switzerland, 2006)
Documentary about a group of transvestite Filipinos who emigrate to
Israel to take care of elders at day while on their day off perform
as drag performers in a group called the Paper Dolls . 80 minutes

CHINESE RENAISSANCE PROGRAM
PERHAPS LOVE peter ho-sun chan (HK-Malaysia-China, 2005) Directed
by famous Hong Kong director Peter Chan, and staring by the handsome
Takeshi Kaneshiro ("House of Flying Daggers," "Turn Left Turn
Right"), the talented Zhou Xun ("The Little Chinese Seamstress," "
Beijing Bicycle"), the remarkable singer and actor Jacky Cheung, and
the Korean heartthrob Ji Jin-he. A love triangle develops during the
making of a musical in mainland China. 108 minutes.
EXILED / johnny to (HK, 2006) Golden Lion Nominee: Venice 2006 100
minutes

TWO BY STANLEY KWAN
EVERLASTING REGRET (HK-china, 2005) Open Prize, Berlin 2005
115 minutes
CENTERSTAGE (HK, 1992) Silver Bear – Best Actress, Berlin 1992.
Maggie Cheung portrays the 1930's Chinese actress Ruan Ling Yu 154
minutes

STILL LIFE / Jia Zhangke (China-HK, 2006) Open Prize, Doc-It Award
Venice 2006 108 minutes
PEACOCK / Gu Changwei (China, 2005) Silver Bear – Special Jury
Prize, Berlin 2005 114 minutes
WALKING ON THE WILD SIDE / Han Jie (China, 2005) Tiger Award,
Rotterdam 2006 89 minutes
TAKING FATHER HOME / Ying Liang (China, 2006) 100 minutes
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MAGIC MIRROR / Manoel De Oliveira (Portugal, 2005) Golden Lion
Nominee, Venice 2005 137 minutes

FROSTBITEN / Anders Banke (Sweden, 2006) International Fantasy Film
Award, Fantasporto 2006. Vampires terrorize a city in Norrbotten ,
Sweden . 98 minutes

SCIENCE OF SLEEP / Michel Gondry (USA, 2006) stars Gael garcia
Bernal. Directed by Michel Gondry, director of "Eternal Sunshine of
the Spotless Mind" 105 minutes

THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY / Ken Loach (UK-Germany-Italy-Spain-
France-Ireland, 2006) Palme D'Or, Cannes 2006 127 minutes

VERA DRAKE / Mike Leigh (UK-France-New Zealand, 2004) Nominated for
Best Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay: Academy Awards 2004;
Golden Lion: Venice 2004 125 minutes

9th COMPANY / Fyodor Bondarchuk (Finland-Russia-UK, 2005) The film
is based on a true story of the 9th company during the Soviet
invasion in Afghanistan in the 1980's. Young Soviet Army recruits
are sent from a boot camp into the middle of the war in
Afghanistan . The action is not like a boot camp at all. It is very
bloody and dirty. The 9th company is defending the hill 3234. They
are hopelessly calling for help. But help never comes. "This is war,
you kill, or get killed", says the 9-th company leader Khohol
(Bondarchuk). They believed that they served their country. But two
years later that country ceased to exist. 130 minutes

PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION / Robert Altman (USA, 2006)
Nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear: Berlin 2006. All star cast. It
is celebrity version of Garrison Keillor's radio show. It adds a
slight story of the radio show ending as a new owner (Tommy Lee
Jones) has bought the Fitzgerald theater that the show broadcasts
from and is going to tear it down. Another fantasy element is thrown
in as an angel (Virginia Madsen) stalks the theater to take one of
the performers. Keillor plays the lead character, coincidentally
called GK. Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep play the singing Johnson
Sisters, with Lindsay Lohan as a suicide-obsessed daughter of
Streep. Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly are hilarious as the
slightly off-color singing cowboy duo, Dusty & Lefty. Kevin Kline is
a security guard who tells the story. Maya Rudolph also appears as a
pregnant stage coordinator. 105 minutes

HOLLYWOODLAND / Allen Coultrer (USAm 2006) Nominated for Golden
Lion: Venice 2006. A Detective examines the death of George Reeves,
TV's Superman portrayed by Ben Affleck. Also stars Adrien Brody,
Dianne Lane .

THE ACHIEVERS / Abraham Lim (USA, 2006) 95 minutes

COLMA: THE MUSICAL / Richard Wong (USA, 2006) 119 minutes

SENTENCED HOME / David Grabias, Nicole Newham (USA, 2006) Funded by
the Sundance Documentary Fund and PBS, SENTENCED HOME puts a
never-before-seen face on current U.S. deportation policy. 73
minutes

CLEOPATRA WONG / Bobby A. Suarez (Singapore-Philippines, 1978)
Story about the adventure of a beautiful secret agent (Marie Lee)
Also stars Catched the eye of Quentin Tarantino and has been one of
the inspirations for him to write "Kill Bill" 92 minutes

BAMBOO GODS AND BIONIC BOYS / Andrew Leavold
An overview of the most outrageous moments from the Philippines
prolific B-film industry

PINOY VISION PROGRAM
The first of our showcase programs of new short works highlights
emerging local talents, accented with a pair of works by Filipino
producers who are beginning to make waves on the international
scene. 70 – 90 minutes

AUSTRALIAN INDIES
RAUL: THE TERRIBLE / David Bradbury (Australia, 2006)
Raul Castells. He admires Che's convictions. Raul is a walking,
talking force of Raul, the Terrible (who was born in the city of Che
Guevara ) is a warts-and-all portrait of a man driven to change the
world and a frightening insight into the politics of poverty. 52
minutes
THE ACTRESS / Zak Hilditch (Australia, 2005) 91 minutes
BURKE & WILLS / Matthew Zeremes, Oliver Knorr (Australia , 2005) 74
minutes
EMULSION / Jontahan Ogilvie (Australia, 2005) 85 minutes

IN BETWEEN DAYS / So-yong Kim (USA-Canada-South Korea, 2006)
FIPRESCI Prize: Berlin 2006, Special Jury Prize for So Yong Kim &
Bradley Rust Gray: Sundance 2006

HEREMIAS / Lav Diaz (Philippines, 2006)
Bagged the Special Jury Prize at the recently concluded 20th
Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland "Heremias" stars
Ronnie Lazaro as a farmer who fasts for 40 days and nights 540
minutes

KUBRADOR / Jeffrey Jeturian (Philippines, 2006) 98 minutes

YOUNG CINEMA NIGHT
DOCUMENTARIES
DIGITAL LOKAL COMPETITION
BEST OF PINOY DIGITAL FILMS
LINO BROCKA RETROSPECTIVE

PREMIERES: Romeo Candido's Pamana and Mr. Eddie Romero's Faces of
Love