What better way to hear that Philippine
premier actress Nora Aunor bagged the Bisato d’ Oro Award (Golden Eel
Award), an international critic’s award,
for her powerful portrayal as a childess midwife in the movie The Womb (Sinapupunan) than to be in a
forum which discusses the same industry that the said Superstar is? Cinema. And
that is what I exactly experience when I attended a forum about Spanish and Filipino films on September
28, 2012 at Premier Theater, Shangri La Plaza. Right after the question and answer portion, the speaker announced this news when he got the message on his mobile phone. What a great event to hear it!
The said forum was part of the Cine Europa
Education Programme and Screening of Filipino Films which.
Effective speaker Shirley Lua dissected the
typical elements of Spanish films. Lua teaches literature at De La Salle
University-Manila and the head of the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing
Center. She is also a member of the Philippine Center of International PEN
(Poeta and Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists) and the Manila Critics Circle.
Meanwhile second speaker Bliss Cua Lim was
eloquent in discussing two films of Jeffrey Jetruian: Pila Balde and Kubrador.
Lim is an Associate Professor in the Dept of Film and Media Studies at the
University of California-Irvine.
We enjoyed the whole experience including
a back to back screening of independent film, Paglipad ng Anghel and the documentary Kano.
Next week, September
15,Bakal Boys and MNL 143 will be shown at 1 PM and 4 PM respectively.
Cine Europa 15 is ongoing until September
16, 2012 in Shangri -La Plaza, Mandaluyong City. They feature 21 European films
this time from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands,
Norway, Romania, Slovakia. Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
We would like to thank the organizers,
speakers and all who were involved for making this fantastic event possible.
They gives us, movie enthusiasts, a better understanding and appreciation of
the local and international cinemas.
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