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                    [Title] => Gil Portes, original indie director, looks back at career as he turns 70
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Gil Portes believes he was brought into this world, exactly 70 years ago today — the first of two sons of hardworking government employees in Pagbilao, Quezon — to become a storyteller.

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That must be director Gil M. Portes’ reaction to the announcement that the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) has chosen Transit as the country’s entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category of next year’s Oscars.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134229 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 986581 [Title] => Teacher pitted against student in Cinemalaya [Summary] =>

A veteran director finds  himself up against a fellow filmmaker, who practically started his career under his wing, in the 2013 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, which runs from July 26 to Aug. 4.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1536606 [AuthorName] => Nathalie Tomada [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 364821 [Title] => The truth sets Alex free [Summary] => Alessandra de Rossi entered the showbiz scene like a shadow to eldest sister Assunta. [DatePublished] => 2006-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 211910 [Title] => The Big Little Movie That’s Winning The World [Summary] => THE first thing you realize upon meeting seasoned filmmaker Gil Merluza Portes is that he is a storyteller. In fact, the 58-year-old man is such an audible conversationalist, such a wellspring of anecdotes both personal and incidental, that he may as well be Lolo Basyang. I would not have been surprised if the other customers at the Quezon City restaurant where we had dinner had huddled closer to our table so they could listen to his stories.
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( Second of two parts )
The other day, I discussed how the members of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino chose the winners for Best Sound, Editing, Music and Cinematography in the recently-concluded Gawad Urian. Below is the conclusion.
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A Canadian film distributor only screened the movie for me last week in Vancouver and assured me that it is no about female and male prostitutes/dancers, dog and men eaters drowning in poverty, prayers and non-stop sexcapades, complete with enlarged breasts, orgasmic cries and prolonged shower scenes.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1464886 [AuthorName] => LIVING IN CANADA By Mel Tobias [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 181887 [Title] => Small film, big impact [Summary] => After a season of inane comedies and vulgar sex flicks, Pinoy movie fans are being treated to a really good film that shines in its simplicity. [DatePublished] => 2002-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473496 [AuthorName] => Louie-An Pilapil [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) ) )
MGA MUNTING TINIG
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                    [ArticleID] => 1499075
                    [Title] => Gil Portes, original indie director, looks back at career as he turns 70
                    [Summary] => 

Gil Portes believes he was brought into this world, exactly 70 years ago today — the first of two sons of hardworking government employees in Pagbilao, Quezon — to become a storyteller.

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That must be director Gil M. Portes’ reaction to the announcement that the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) has chosen Transit as the country’s entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category of next year’s Oscars.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134229 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 986581 [Title] => Teacher pitted against student in Cinemalaya [Summary] =>

A veteran director finds  himself up against a fellow filmmaker, who practically started his career under his wing, in the 2013 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, which runs from July 26 to Aug. 4.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1536606 [AuthorName] => Nathalie Tomada [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 364821 [Title] => The truth sets Alex free [Summary] => Alessandra de Rossi entered the showbiz scene like a shadow to eldest sister Assunta. [DatePublished] => 2006-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 211910 [Title] => The Big Little Movie That’s Winning The World [Summary] => THE first thing you realize upon meeting seasoned filmmaker Gil Merluza Portes is that he is a storyteller. In fact, the 58-year-old man is such an audible conversationalist, such a wellspring of anecdotes both personal and incidental, that he may as well be Lolo Basyang. I would not have been surprised if the other customers at the Quezon City restaurant where we had dinner had huddled closer to our table so they could listen to his stories.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1168523 [AuthorName] => Bert B. Sulat Jr. [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207083 [Title] => How the Manunuri voted [Summary] =>
( Second of two parts )
The other day, I discussed how the members of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino chose the winners for Best Sound, Editing, Music and Cinematography in the recently-concluded Gawad Urian. Below is the conclusion.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202661 [Title] => Smiles and surprises at the FAMAS Awards [Summary] => No, Magellan did not threaten to rise from his grave, when the FAMAS Awards named the highly-acclaimed Munting Tinig as Best Picture, thus beating Lapu-Lapu in the race. But that doesn’t mean the recently-concluded awards rites at the AFP Theater was bereft of surprises.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196817 [Title] => Warner Bros. acquires rights to Mga Munting Tinig! [Summary] => As you must have noticed, there’s an exclamation point in today’s headline because the story I’m about to tell is something(!) exciting, something(!) we should all be proud of, something(!) worth celebrating. [DatePublished] => 2003-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193824 [Title] => Munting Tinig best Filipino film in years [Summary] => Small Voices (Mga Munting Tinig), the much-praised unpretentious low-budget, non-mainstream Tagalog film directed by Gil Portes is still getting a lot of positive buzz in the film festival and art theater circuits after its Toronto and Los Angeles screenings.

A Canadian film distributor only screened the movie for me last week in Vancouver and assured me that it is no about female and male prostitutes/dancers, dog and men eaters drowning in poverty, prayers and non-stop sexcapades, complete with enlarged breasts, orgasmic cries and prolonged shower scenes.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1464886 [AuthorName] => LIVING IN CANADA By Mel Tobias [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 181887 [Title] => Small film, big impact [Summary] => After a season of inane comedies and vulgar sex flicks, Pinoy movie fans are being treated to a really good film that shines in its simplicity. [DatePublished] => 2002-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473496 [AuthorName] => Louie-An Pilapil [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) ) )
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