Philippine Movie A Must See in Pusan International Film Festival

Must-See Movies at 13th Pusan Film Festival

Phili By Lee Hyo-won Staff Reporter of a Korean major daily newspaper The 13th Pusan (Busan) International Film Festival (PIFF) ― South Korea's most reputable and Asia's largest cinema event ― will take place in the southern port city Oct. 2-10. ``The Gift to Stalin'' from Kazakhstan opens the festival while ``I Am Happy'' by Yoon Jong-chan will wrap up the event. This year's edition features the biggest ever lineup of 315 films from 60 countries. They will be shown across 37 screens in six venues, and to facilitate festival-goers, multiplex theaters will screen works according to theme: Korean films will mostly be shown at Primus Theater; World cinema at Lotte Cinema; and Asian films at Megabox, etc.  Still, the large selection makes choosing films not that easy, and so to ease the pain the four PIFF programmers have come up with two lists of recommended works: One for cinephiles and another for regular viewers: For Movie Maniacs Kim Ji-seok: ``Confessional'' (R. Antipuesto & J. Tarog, Philippines, 2007; A Window on Asian Cinema) ― ``This film blurs the line between truth and lies. The moment the protagonist's camera captures the truth, doubts arise about morality. Filipino cinema gave birth to a truly remarkable work.''

13 Philippine Films in 13th Pusan International Film Festival

2 short films, a music video, 2 film collaborations with other countries, 1 in official grand prize competition, 3 superheroes, a woman. a baby and a gay, and another feature film make up this year’s Philippine entries.

In alphabetical order, here's the roster of Pinoy films headlining this year's PIFF

1)      100 2)      Adela 3)      Andong 4)      Baby Angelo 5)      Captain Barbell 6)     Confessional 7)      Darna, Ang Pagbabalik 8)      God Only Knows 9)      Jay 10)   Lastikman 11)   A music video directed by Auraeus Solito 12)   Service 13)   The Old Fool Who Moved the Mountains   More details in the days to come…   But you don’t have to wait for that. Go to www.piff.org

September 26, 2007: Chuseok '07 in Jeonju

After the Seoul trip, Lena and I headed south to Jeonju to visit her friend Lanie.

Lanie's dog slept with us

This is what happened in Jeonju:

                                

           Old friends' reunion in Korea. Jeonju International Film Festival cinema street.

                                         

                                         We visited a Buddhist temple.

                              We went to Hanok village.

                                 And of course, we partied with our hosts.

September 24, 2007 in Seoul

                                         Carlo and Che before they became parents again.

The day started early with Ezer's free pizza dinner, went back to our rooms, 

                                                                    Just nearby our motel

sang our hearts out with Filipino songs in a Korean norebang, 

                            Kuya Jun (with mic) rejoined the group in the evening. More singers here.

slept a little, 

and spent the day at Everland.

          Everland is not just the world's 4th best themepark; it' a zoo too. 20 more animals here.

August ’08 in Manila – Part 2

This is me walking, nearby my bro-in-law’s free buffet lunch, towards my hotel after seeing Manila Ocean Park. More me here. And more of Manila I will see this weekend.

HBD, Mama Shee!

I have been tagged by birthday girl Mama Shee eons of years ago..I am not really into these stuff, but here is it anyway for a special celebrant..

I will probably tag other people later, but for now, here are a few revelations...

 

* IN THE NAME OF MY FAMILY: let me begin by telling you guys about my name… I have been named Edgardo because I am the 5^th child. My dad Avelino and mom Paz planned to complete the alphabet just because dad’s name starts with A and mom’s starts with Z. My siblings fro A to D are Alex, Bernie, Cesar, and Daisy. Seems my parents ran out of love juice to proceed with F onwards

 

* NUMBERS: 30 is my age. 10 is the number of houses that I have transferred in 30 years. 4 is the number of countries I already visited. That will become 5 next year.

 

* A COURSE: I really enjoyed studying in the University of the Philippines making me stay there for 6 1/2 years, including a semester of taking an LOA. My course, btw, is BSME.

 

* FOOD: I can survive a weekend with just water and juices or fruits, thinking that when Monday comes, food is there in the office.

 

* Just a little PRAYER: I used to be an altar boy.

 

* TV: It has always been my dream to appear on TV and film. I have a chance now in Korea, but I am not pursuing it.

 

* FRIENDS: In some ways, I am not a very good friend. I seldom write email, call, or send sms. But when you do, you can always expect a response.

 

* TRAVEL: As long as I got the resources, energy, and time, I will travel, travel, travel! Next week, I will return to Manila-Bulacan-Bohol.

 

* MISS: I miss hanging with my friends in the Philippines: sunken garden in UP or the theatre in CCP. I miss my nieces and big family gatherings.

 

* MOM: She always, always makes me cry when I take a vacay. The fact that I will have have to leave her behind again always kills me.

 

August '08 in Manila

Me enjoying my dessert in Ozeano, the fusion buffet resto in Manila Ocean Park, not knowing that the only chef in my family is serving a free buffet lunch in their school nearby. More Ozeano pics here.


This month I was able to spend 4 days in the Philippine capital Manila. And in so short a time, I was able to use the newest airport terminal in the country, go to the spa twice, see Lea Salonga, Batman, and Mamma Mia!, and meet 6 of my friends. Che, one of the Lucky 6, is leaving the country for Dubai next month. I wish you all the best there, Che!

A couple of these friend meetings have been posted on the web.

Ebe, my roommate in UPD (the very same school where the Eraserheads studied!), posted in his blog about our dinner with Bob (collegemate and roommate) and Berns (boarding housemate, she works in Star Cinema with my ex-tutee!) in TGIF in Trinoma.

The other group (more like a pair) I met is Alfred and Gretel, my Davao travel mates. We visited the Manila Ocean Park. Gretel posted a series of pics in her Multiply account. Here's a few more selection:

This is our troika in front of an aquarium. More fish swimming here.

Fresh from Cebu! More fresh fishes here.

Jegs & Jose Alfredo


Thanks to all my friends for making time out to meet me...Till the next vacay!