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32nd urian award nominees unveiled

yehey! just received news via PEP.ph that serbis was nominated also for prod design 🙂  carlo and i worked on the film together and this is great news! wohoo! below is the article from PEP in full


32nd Urian Award Nominees unveiled

Jocelyn Dimaculangan /Thursday, August 6, 2009 10:25 PM

The Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino has already released the list of nominees for the 32nd Gawad Urian for excellence in filmmaking. In last year’s edition, the indie film Tirador was hailed as “Pinakamahusay na Pelikula” while its director Brillante Mendoza was cited for “Pinakamahusay na Direksyon.” The recipient of the Natatanging Gawad Urian was acclaimed filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik.

The awards night of the 32nd Gawad Urian is set for September 19 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

This year’s outstanding nominees for Best Picture are all indie films: Francis Xavier Pasion’s Jay, Brillante “Dante” Mendoza’s Serbis, Arnel Mardoquio’s Hunghong sa Yuta (Earth’s Whisper), Lav Diaz’s Melancholia, Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil’s Boses, Sherad Anthony Sanchez’ Imburnal, and Richard Somes’ Yanggaw.

It is interesting to note that Daybreak co-stars Coco Martin and Paulo Rivero are competing against each other for the Best Actor trophy while Serbis co-stars Gina Pareño and Jaclyn Jose are also pitted against each other for the Best Actress Award. Based on the list given by the Manunuri, Yanggaw earned 11 nominations out of the 12 categories of Gawad Urian. This included double nominations for Tetchie Agbayani and Aleera Montalla of Yanggaw for the category Best Supporting Actress.

Direk Dante’s film Serbis bagged ten nominations this year while Melancholia, Lav Diaz’s eight-hour pastoral meditation on love, life and suffering, earned 8 nominations.

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mangatyanan best pd for cinemalaya

won best production design in the 5th cinemalaya film festival this year for mangatyanan directed jerrold tarog.  i missed receiving the trophy onstage as i was at work.  incidentally, mangatyanan actress che ramos was presenting the award and started jumping up and down onstage when she read out my name.  jerrold stood up to receive the award and admonished me for yet missing out again on the events leading to this moment  🙂  shucks, i havent even blogged about working on this film, i had soo much fun!  cheers jerrold and thanks for the opportunity! wohoo!

links from inquirer.net and pep.ph here. the pep article is posted full below:

Mangatyanan will be screened at UP Diliman on July 31

Mangatyanan will be screened
at UP Diliman on July 31

by William Reyes Wednesday, July 29, 2009 04:19 PM

Award-winning indie filmmaker Jerrold Tarog is happy with his Cinemalaya experience.  He confided this to PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) on the eve of the awards night, which took place on July 26, 2009.  Win or lose, being chosen to compete in the 2009 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Fest, with his second full-length indie project, Mangatyanan (The Blood Trail) was already a privilege.

“Masaya siya, and, well, the fact na limited ang [resources ng]… mga filmmakers, they have really good films.  So I feel privileged na nakasama ko sila,” Jerrold said.  “Maganda yung experience, inspite of all the stress, dahil maraming taong… [na-a-accomodate],” he added.

Direk Jerrold was on top of his film’s production, from conceptualization to actual shoot, post-prod, and even during the screenings, he had to oversee every aspect of his film, including technical troubleshooting and taking care of his guests invited to the special screenings.  He also made it a point to be present at every screening, “Oo, halos,” he said.  “Yun lang naman yung stress, actually.

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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN. As film, Mangatyanan tackles a very sensitive issue on incest and child abuse, as told against the backdrop of an ethnic harvest ritual (called Mangatyanan). It is conducted by a fictional tribe called the Labwanan. The lead female character, Laya Marquez (Che Ramos) is a travel photographer who is tasked to document the ritual before the tribe discontinues with the practice. Laya is accompanied by her supervisor (portrayed by Neil Ryan Sese).

The dwindling tribesmen, desperately being held together by its leader, Mang Renato (Publio Briones III) becomes a mirror of Laya’s own frailties.

Among this year’s competing full-length feature films, Mangatyanan proved to be the  most “exotic,” with a visual design that is simply stunning (credits go to director of photography/cinematographer, Mackie Galvez; and production designer, Benjamin Padero, who won the Cinemalaya 2009 award for Best Production Design).

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art & design, save the earth

bottled lights




from yankodesign.com

back in college, we had projects that required us to recycle or reuse materials and create artworks. i remember using busted lightbulbs and glued them on board, then stuck rolled up the foil from chocolate kisses on it, with the paper tag flailing out in the wind. it was more of an idea than an artwork really but i was fascinated with the project. there have been numerous lamps in galleries and in the market that used pet bottles and other recycled material. however, this stood out with its imaginative. creative and very dramatic reuse of plastic. takes recycling to another level, doesnt it?

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cory memorial


lea salonga singing bayan ko

in celebration of cory’s life, these performances are highlights during the last service at the manila cathedral before the late president’s body was brought to the manila memorial park in paranaque. lea salonga’s performance was stunning and flawless. [side comment: ito dapat ang qualities ng national artist: artistic excellence of the highest level (excellent na, highest pa). at nationalistic (proud to be pinoy) *comment posted on facebook].

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ugly betty?


from justjared

isdatchu ugly betty? eventually america ferrera’s ugly betty will have to have her braces removed, hair straightened and relaxed and her eyebrows threaded and combed. the question though is, are we ready? yes. maybe. yes. maybe. in real life, ferrera is pretty, no doubt about it. however, betty is a different matter altogether.  ill miss the cute ugly betty but i wont mind the pretty betty with the heart of Gold. but i think wilhemina is a villain enough for the show, dont add any others. the others get really evil haha

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finally! Hooooo!!!!!


from Movieline.com

finally news about the thundercats movie by warner bros has been released on movieline.com. a lot of kids who watched this animated series looked forward to having this updated and turned into a movie.  unfortunately, it will be a CG movie. unless they make something as dramatic as the final fantasy film, this might turn out to be a disaster.  i loved the fan-made thundercats movie trailer and it seems it will be difficult to live up to what this trailer has shown (and with that i laugh out hard).

posting here the fan-made trailer. cool casting haha

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living on water: the wave of the future


from cubme.com

with regards to the continued melting of the polar ice caps and the greenhouse effect, this danish design can very well be the solution to living in the future. venice is also practically a floating city and soon we would have to move into communities like this. i dont mind the retro look, im actually loving it. i just hope the structure could withstand erratic waves and storms. maybe we need to live within a walled city (like in the waterworld movie) for at least some protection against getting washed off into the ocean. walls kinda brings us back to ancient times but i guess history does have its way of coming to you.

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