We are looking for a copy of the Lav Diaz script "Ang Kriminal ng Barrio Concepcion." If you have worked with him and / or students of Sir Joven Velasco who had the privilege of acquiring a copy as part of a film class, please get in touch with me - bien@bannedmoviespilipinas.com or acedandan@yahoo.com. We need the same for reference for a project we are collaborating with Mr. Diaz.
Thank you very much.
Bienvenido Bernal
Bien and My Dolphy :)
Further Reading: Dark Knight is Unforgettable, but Who Remembers James Batman?
Kim uncovers a strange copyright-flouting Filipino movie from the 60s.
by Kim Newman
| July 24, 2008 http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/further_reading_by_kim_newman/news/1743648/further_reading_dark_knight_is_unforgettable_but_who_remembers_james_batman****
Wala nang "the first", "the most important", "the next (place dead director name here)"
Walang salba salba
Walang kategorya na binabali bali din naman ng sino mang gumagamit (indie/ mainstream)
Basta gumawa kayo (ng maganda/ ng gusto ninyo/ ng totoo sa inyo -- kahit hindi none/ all of the above)
May manonood.
This is not a song by Khavn
Gusto kong marinig ang boses mo
Gusto kong halikan ang labi mo
Gusto kitang yakapin hanggang umaga
Gusto kong marinig ang buhay mo
Gusto kong halikan ang puso mo
Gusto kitang kasama hanggang may umaga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC1aTKb47Y0
Malamang napakinggan mo na ang kantang iyan ni Jolina? Okay lang, huwag ka na lang magpahalatang na LSS ka. Kung naging themesong ninyo ito ng S.O. mo atin atin na lang iyan.
Pero ngayon pwede ka nang magsenti inside at rakenrol wasak pa rin on the outside (parang mentos!) maririnig mo ang iba pang sentimental asukal na kanta na gawa ni Khavn De La Cruz sa Robinsons Galleria Indiesine sa July 31 hanggang August 7.
GOODBYE MY SHOOTING STAR
[Paalam Aking Bulalakaw]
This is not a film by Khavn
K. loves Ana. But Ana's now gone. Once she was there. But not anymore.
A chance encounter from their past leads to this new meeting between K. and Ana. They walk through the streets of the University of the
Starring MERYLL SORIANO & KHAVN
Also Starring NELLA SARABIA, ELMO REDRICO, & EGAY ROXAS
Directed, Written, and Produced by KHAVN
Cinematography by KHAVN & ALBERT BANZON
Edited by RALPH CRISOSTOMO
Music by DELAKRUS
Guitar Solo by JONNY
Poems by KULAS TALON
Sound Engineered by ARVIE BARTOLOME
Translated by KAEL CO & MERV ESPINA
Production Company: FILMLESS FILMS
MERYLL SORIANO as Ana Maria
KHAVN as The Unseen Lover
Songs Composed, Written, & Performed by KHAVN
"Bulalakaw" "Gusto" "Hometown" "Echo" "You Love Me" "Sleepy" "My Anima" "Mababa Ang Buwan" "Hanggang Ngayon"
Guitar Solo by JONNY
"Not Just Yet" ("Bulalakaw" Theme Song)
Poems Written & Spoken by KHAVN
"Soneto" "Kay Ana" "Rosas Ng Ulan" "May Isang Bulaklak" "Hangin Balat Pinto: Paghihintay" "Sulat" "Huling Harana" "Pagwawalis" "Paalam Aking Bulalakaw"
Poems Recorded & Mixed by Arvie Bartolome
Watch Goodbye My Shooting Star trailer on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-4WG3gH-9Q
Khavn De La Cruz is a filmmaker, musician and writer who has won numerous awards both here and abroad. His current films will be featured at the Paris Cinema International Film Festival (
Sorry for the codes, it’s the fan girl gush I have to express
Cast of Characters : (in order of appearace)
Me
Accessory Director to this story (ADS)
Accessory Writer to this story (AWS)
Director 1 (D1)
Director 2 (D2)
Conversations are via virtual, txt, call and face to face)
ADS : Nina, AWS needs copies of D1's films for our project. Must get copies. Now!
Nina : Rant.. Rant.. Rant.. Ok.
****
Nina : Where can I get ur rare subtitled copies?
D1 : I don't have copies but here are your options, get from overseas girl, overseas writer boy, local writer (without subs) and D2.
Nina : But I don’t have D2s number
D1 : Business card sent.
Nina : (to self -- Wooohooo, this is my idol, can I melt?)
****
Nina : Hi! I am Nina D1s friend, can I borrow the minidv of D1s film from you?
D2 : I'll be at fine arts from 2 - 4
Nina : I have meetings, where can I catch you after?
D2 : 6 I'll be in pasig, I am in makati going to katipunan right now.
Nina : Ok, 6 will be great I will be in galleria in the afternoon for meetings, when will you have the tapes ready
D2 : I have it with me already
Nina : Wow! Thanks.. Ok will try to catch you later
Time lapse
D1 : Nina, If you get the tapes, I want to remaster it first before you send it to AWS overseas.
Nina : Yup, that's what I was thinking, will copy before sending (my culture's artifact at the mercy of the postal system even if its fedex. No!!)
D1 : That's my only copy.
Nina : WHAT!!!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 2 MASTERS 1 WITH YOU AND 1 OFFSITE LOCATION*, Iba pa yung pinapahiram mo na copy. Please huwag mong pabayaang mawala ang obra mo!
Time lapse meeting and some quirky phone glitch -- my messages weren't coming in due to phone virus and basement area location.
D1 : Nina, did you reach D2?
D1 : Nina, having problems with D2?
Nina : Oh sorry, didn't get your texts, we're ok scheduling to meet, phone problems will update you soon.
D2 : Where are you? Can drop by Galleria in 30 mins.
Nina : Really! Really! Wow!
D2 : I am here.. I can't go down though, let's meet at the ramp
Nina : (istaristrak) Ok. Wow! Thanks for the effort.. What car are you in?
D2 : (didn't answer my question) anyway see you.
Nina : (saw 2 vehicles, an SUV and a BMW -- ahehe BMW approaches)
D2 : I was suppose to give this to him last time we saw each other.
Nina : Super thanks!
****
Nina : I am on my way to your place.
D1 : ok, am at home. When will you get the tapes from D2
Nina : I have it with me now, alangan namang bisitahin lang kita no? (irreverent ang loka!)
D1 : Wow! Babae lang pala ang kailangan para makuha iyan from him. Ahahaha
Nina : Sexist! Babae ka diyan. Call it convincing powers. How long has it been with him?
D1 : 2 years!!
Nina : But he says he was about to send it back at penguin.
D1 : He's been teasing me that way for 2 years.
Nina : Meron pa ba kayong taong gustong singilin? Ahahaha
*Note to filmmakers : Archive your films, the US Feds make at least 6 copies of their work as archive masters in at least 3 continent locations if ever 2 (not just 1) chunks of the earth collapse. I know its costs to invest on tapes but it'll be more costly to our culture is we lost your obra forever. Even if you think you are not National Artist material, but maybe just maybe some future galactic society would hail you as a genius. Ahahaha.
Khavn de la Cruz’s Squatterpunk will be featured and scored live by the legendary band The Wuds at the Concert at the Park, Luneta. July 13, Sunday
About Squatterpunk :
An ode to joy amidst poverty, SQUATTERPUNK is the pre-Spanish Philippine part of Khavn's "Black Silence Trilogy" ("2. Ultimo", "3. The Longest Moment You're Not Here"). Set in the slums of
CREDITS
Director, Writer, Producer: Khavn
Editor: Lawrence Ang (with Caloy Carlos & Sunshine Matutina)
Music: The Brockas, Bobby Balingit, Tengal, Buccino P. De Ocampo
Cinematographer: Albert Banzon
Assistant Director: Rayg Generoso
Cast: Hapon and the Isla Puting Bato Community
Length: 79 minutes
Watch the youtube trailer of Squatterpunk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi6awU-v9eU
Khavn De La Cruz is a filmmaker, musician and writer who has won numerous awards both here and abroad. His current films will be featured at the Paris Cinema International Film Festival (
Khavn de la Cruz’s films will be featured during the following Cinemalaya screenings :
Overdosed Nightmare
July
“Overdosed Nightmare” is Kidlat Tahimik’s “Perfumed Nightmare” without the perfume, a pure nightmare set in wounded
Running time: 80min
CAST AND CREW
MARVIN AGUSTIN as Tony De Instituto
BON REYES as Tony Gooseman
BUCCINO DE OCAMPO as Tony Greaseman
DAVE KAHN as Steve Banners
Directed, Written, & Produced by KHAVN
Based on NORMAN WILWAYCO’s Institute Of Poets
Edited by LAWRENCE S. ANG (with Genghis Jimenez)
Cinematography by ALBERT BANZON, ALMA DELA PENA, KHAVN
Additional Footage by RAUL FUNILAS
Music by DELAKRUS, TENGAL, ARVIE BARTOLOME, ASCARIS, AUTOCEREMONY, BLEND:ER, BLUMS BORRES, CHILDREN OF CATHODE RAY, CONSCRIPT, EAT TAE, ELEMENTO, FOODSHELTER&CLOTHING, INCONNU ICTU, INSOMNIA, NASAL POLICE, POW MARTINEZ, TERESA BARROZO
Watch the trailer on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuK0akJqSOo
ULTIMO: Distintas Maneras De Matar Un Heroe Nacional with Live Score
July 19
Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer: Khavn
Editor:
Music: Junji Lerma
Cast: Celia Blanco & Festivalito
Length: 89 minutes
Synopsis:
The Spanish section of Khavn's "Silent Black Trilogy",
ULTIMO is an abstract meditation on
Philippine-Hispanic relations. Mixing high & low
cinematic aesthetics, the film is composed of ordinary
images from present-day
poem that Philippine national hero Jose Rizal wrote
before he was executed by the Spanish Government back
in 1896. A haunting post-kundiman (Spanish-influence
Philippine ballad) score by guitarist and banduria
player Junji Lerma accompanies the film.
Watch the Ultimo trailer on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyPQwAwXIJY
Khavn De La Cruz is a filmmaker, musician and writer who has won numerous awards both here and abroad. His current films will be featured at the Paris Cinema International Film Festival (
Khavn de la Cruz again invades UP with 2 of his current works, the film “Philippine Bliss” which was shot entirely at the UP B.L.I.S.S. Housing Project and this collaboration with Alwin Reamillo’s installation-in-progress “The Nicanor Abelardo Grand Piano Project”
An installation, a film screening and a live score interactive experience only on July 15
PHILIPPINE BLISS
This is not a film by KHAVN.
Synopsis:
“Philippine Bliss” tells the tale of six modern-day Filipinos living in a single neighborhood, a housing project called B.L.I.S.S., started by the former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos during the Martial Law era. These people, whose names allude to familiar characters from Jose Rizal’s novels, narrate their private yet vivid stories of loss, longing, and Third World despair, all intersecting in a public arena that is their packed community. Theirs are lives seen with an oftentimes comic eye, unabashedly bound by a wild and brimming sense of Filipino hope.
Running time: 70min
Cast & Crew:
NEIL ELPUSAN as Simon Crisostomo
REINIER LUCIEN as Elias
JV KATIPUNAN as Tasyo
MENK CRUZAT as Sisa
THERESE CARLOS as Maria
LARA TARRANCO as Clara
DAMASO as Itself
JP HERNANDEZ as the djembe player
ATOY REYES JR. as the steel trader
PEDRING X. SANTOS as the junkyard dog
NINA DANDAN as client 1
CHERISH BRILLON as client 2
ENUH IGLESIAS as client 3
Directed, Written, & Produced by KHAVN
Editing & Sound Design by LAWRENCE S. ANG
Cinematography by ALBERT BANZON
Music by RIA MUNOZ
Songs by REYCARD DUET, LARRY MIRANDA , RUBEN TAGALOG, & SYLVIA LA TORRE
English Subtitles Written by JOEL TOLEDO
Sound Recording by JONATHAN BATOY
Production Management by BANNED MOVIES PILIPINAS
Casting by CHERISH AILEEN BRILLON
Catering by ANNA CHRISTINA IGLESIAS
Stills by ANA CARINA DANDAN
Watch the Philippine Bliss trailer on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GnnU8JcQJg
Khavn De La Cruz is a filmmaker, musician and writer who has won numerous awards both here and abroad. His current films will be featured at the Paris Cinema International Film Festival (
