MANILA, Philippines – Bilang selebrasyon sa recent inauguration ng Cinematheque Centre Manila, which joins its fellow precursor Cinematheques in Baguio, Davao, Iloilo, and Zamboanga, isang koleksyon ng acclaimed Filipino and Danish films ang ipapalabas throughout the month of January 2016.
Magsisimula ang pagpapalabas ng mga pelikula sa January 8th hanggang sa January 31st .
Pambungad sa mga pelikulang ipapalabas ay ang obra ng National Artist na si Lino Brocka, ang Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (1975).
Heralded as one of the country’s greatest films and considered Brocka’s finest, the film is lead by naïve probinsyano Julio on his search for his lost love, Ligaya, in brutal Manila, succumbing to the misery and agony of the city.
A harsh, realist portrait of Manila and the Martial Law era, the classic was restored in 2013 and went on to screen at the Cannes Film Festival.
Kasama rin ang isang likha ng National Artist na si Lamberto Avellana, na may titulong A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1965).
Ni-restore ito noong April 2015, the heritage film is an adaptation of Nick Joaquin’s famous play by the same name and is about a family that tries to keep its family and home afloat despite the war and the poverty that threatens to destroy them.
Kasama rin ang pelikulang On My Way to India Consciousness, I Reached China (1968), na isa ring recent restoration and a film directed by one of the country’s earliest experimental filmmakers na si Henry Francia.
A bohemian journey through Francia’s mind and his experiences studying and living in New York, On My Way reveals much about a little-known director and honors the experimental genre, often overlooked in Philippine cinema.
Ang pinalakpakan na pelikula ni Lav Diaz na Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon (2014) will also join these legends.
The Golden Leopard Award-winning film is a historical film set in a remote Filipino village under the Marcos dictatorship and recounts the lives of several townspeople.
Ang most admired films na ito ay ipapalabas kasama ang iba pang remarkable films by established contemporary Filipino directors and produced with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP).
Isa sa mga ito ang obra ni Chito Roño na Badil (2013). In Badil, a young man, Lando, becomes resigned to replacing his ill father in his duties, a lackey to their small Samar barangay’s incumbent mayor and a warden to the mayor’s backers.
Naroroon din ang Elwood Perez’s Esoterika: Maynila (2014), a dizzying, imaginative trip into the capital. Ito ay tungkol sa isang nursing student at restaurant cook na nag-research kung paano maging isang graphic novelist.
In his travels he meets many wild and unreal characters abounding the metro, revealing a brazen, unfettered picture of Manila in all its flaws and glory.