‘Shorts’ to Compete in Thailand
“Shorts,” a short film about a young copywriter/production designer who seems to have gone crazy, will compete in the 12th Thai Short Film and Video Festival, which will run from August 29 to September 14 at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Pathumwan Junction.
Seymour Barros Sanchez’s “mockumentary” will vie for the award in the festival’s [...]
Posted by PinoyPress on August 29th, 2008 filed in * Latest Posts & Updates, ENTERTAINMENT, PRESS RELEASES
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Ambulancia,” “Shorts” in UK’s Bite the Mango Film Festival
Richard Legaspi’s “Ambulancia” and Seymour Barros Sanchez’s “Shorts” were selected for screening in the Bite the Mango Film Festival which will run from September 19 to 25 at the National Media Museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
As part of the official selection, both short films are eligible for the Golden Mango Award which [...]
Posted by PinoyPress on August 10th, 2008 filed in * Latest Posts & Updates, ENTERTAINMENT, PRESS RELEASES
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‘Ambulancia’ Is First Filipino Entry in ‘Woodstock of Short Films’
“Ambulancia,” a short film written, directed, and produced by Richard Legaspi, will compete and have its German premiere at the 32nd Open-Air Film Festival Weiterstadt, which will take place from August 14 to 18 on the arcadian site of the Braunshardter Taennchen.
Posted by PinoyPress on August 10th, 2008 filed in * Latest Posts & Updates, ENTERTAINMENT, PRESS RELEASES, Top Stories
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April 2008 Sked of Viva PBO ‘Digitales 2′ on Cable TV
(Channel 36 on Global Destiny)
Viva PBO Digitales 2 finalists
“SHORTS” directed by Seymour Barros Sanchez
“HILING” directed by Patricia Lorraine C. Rosal
“OFW – ANG BAGONG BAYANI O BALIW NA BAYANI” directed by Noriel M. Jarito
“AMBULANCIA” directed by Richard Soriano Legaspi
“ISA” directed by Ronald Espinosa Batallones
“KWIDAW” directed by Rosswil H. Hilario
“WALANG PARAISO” directed by Ivy Tayag Baldoza
One of [...]
Posted by PinoyPress on April 5th, 2008 filed in * Latest Posts & Updates
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PBO Presents Its DIGITALES 2 Contest Finalists
PBO, VIVA Productions’ Pinoy movie channel, announces the finalists to its DIGITALES 2 film competition: “Shorts” by Seymour Barros Sanchez, “Hiling” by Patricia Lorraine C. Rosal, “OFW – Ang Bagong Bayani o Baliw na Bayani” by Noriel M. Jarito, “Ambulancia” by Richard Legaspi, “ISA” by Ronald Espinosa Batallones, “Kwidaw” by Roswill Hilario, and “Walang Paraiso” [...]
Posted by PinoyPress on March 27th, 2008 filed in * Latest Posts & Updates, PRESS RELEASES
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Philippines: UST Cinevita to screen “Lababo” on March 6
“Lababo,” which won the grand prize in the first Viva – Pinoy Box Office (PBO) Digitales short film competition, will be shown on March 6, Thursday, 4:50 P.M. at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Thomas Aquinas Research Center (TARC) auditorium as part of the second CineVita Film Festival.
Advocacy filmmaker Seymour Barros Sanchez co-directed the [...]
Posted by PinoyPress on March 4th, 2008 filed in * Latest Posts & Updates, PRESS RELEASES
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Philippines: Karsel screens at UST CineVita Film Festival on March 7
Rianne Hill Soriano’s first 35mm short film “Karsel,” her thesis film at the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI), screens at the 2nd CineVita Film Festival on March 7, 10 A.M., at the Thomas Aquinas Research Center (TARC) auditorium, University of Santo Tomas, España, Manila.
“Karsel,” recipient of the Kodak Film Award 2003 and Best [...]
Posted by PinoyPress on March 4th, 2008 filed in * Latest Posts & Updates, PRESS RELEASES
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Angie’s Story: Letters from Prison
The following are letters Angie Ipong, a lay worker and former teacher, sent to friends from prison. Ipong, now 63, was nabbed by government agents on March 8, 2005, and was later charged with rebellion and murder — trumped-up charges, she says. In prison, she claims to have been tortured, sexually molested and humiliated by [...]
Posted by PinoyPress on November 13th, 2007 filed in * Latest Posts & Updates, Top Stories
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Philippines: Rianne Hill Soriano’s Third Short Film “Pera-Perahang Lata” Nears Completion
After the success of her first two short films “Aninag” (New York International Independent Film and Video Festival 2005, Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival 2006, New York Filipino Film Festival 2005, UNESCO Audio-Visual E-Platform, 3rd Place at Viva’s PBO Digitales Film Competition 2006) and “Karsel” (Kodak Film Award 2003 and Best Production Thesis 2003 [...]
Posted by PinoyPress on November 11th, 2007 filed in * Latest Posts & Updates, PRESS RELEASES
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Burat: Textbook learnings for make benefit glorious nation of Philippines
Antonio Calipjo Go, academic supervisor of the Marian School in Quezon City, has been launching a crusade against the many errors in Philippine textbooks. In a full-page ad in today’s issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Go asks: “Were the writers of this book even thinking when they decided to include the abominable words TITI and TITATITA in a schoolbook for schoolchildren? (Borat would’ve asked: Is they crazy?) After Pepe’s pee pole, what will these good people think of next — Pilar’s pekpek (ari ng babae)?”
