Cinema One Originals Festival 2015: Entries, Trailers, and Schedule

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Cinema One Originals’ theme for its 11th year is Kakaiba Ka Ba? with nine full-length features in competition. The film festival will be shown shown at selected film theaters around the metro, running from Nov. 9 to 17.

Aside from the competing films, the festival will also include 10 short films in exhibition, 12 foreign films, four restored classics and two special presentations.

Films in Competition

1. Baka, Siguro, Yata by Joel Ferrer

A comedy drama which revolves around Carlo, a 29-year old unambitious graphic designer whose only passion is to play music with his co-unambitious long-time friends. Baka Siguro Yata tells a story of love within three generations. It tells how each generation understand and perceive the idea of love.

Schedule:

Nov. 9 (Monday) 7PM | Trinoma // 935PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 11 (Wednesday) 240PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 12 (Thursday) 750PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 14 (Saturday) 1050AM | Resorts World Manila // 240PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 16 (Monday) 450PM | Trinoma

Nov. 17 (Tuesday) 1230NN | SM Megamall

2. Bukod Kang Pinagpala by Sheron Dayoc

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A religious horror gothic film about mother and daughter in the grip of sinister forces.

Schedule:

Nov. 13 (Friday) 120AM | Resorts World Manila // 515PM | SM Megamall // 740PM | Trinoma

Nov. 14 (Saturday) 1230PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 15 (Sunday) 12NN | Resorts World Manila

Nov. 16 (Monday) 750PM | Glorietta

3. Dahling Nick by Sari Dalena

A documentary-drama exploring the life and works of National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin. It depicts the “inner world” of this canonical writer, who wrote both novels as well as journalistic works, the juxtaposition of documentary interviews, episodes from his life, and evocative imagery from his literary pieces will create a cinematic collage.

Schedule:

Nov. 11 (Wednesday) 940PM | Trinoma

Nov. 12 (Thursday) 230PM | Glorietta 4 // 730PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 14 (Saturday) 520PM | Resorts World Manila // 7PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 15 (Sunday) 940PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 16 (Monday) 245PM | SM Megamall // 440PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 17 (Tuesday) 1230PM | Trinoma // 410PM | Resorts World Manila

4. Dayang Asu by Bor Ocampo

An action drama film about a son who tries to show to his father that he can survive in a dog-eat-dog world despite legalized corruption.

Schedule:

Nov. 10 (Tuesday) 7PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 12 (Thursday) 5PM | SM Megamall // 930PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 13 (Friday) 950PM | Trinoma

Nov. 14 (Saturday) 1230PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 15 (Sunday) 245PM | Glorietta

5. Hamog by Ralston Jover

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It displays a neo-realism and magic realism film with Zaijan Jaranilla and Teri Malvar as street children.

Schedule:

Nov. 10 (Tuesday) 730PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 11 (Wednesday) 935PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 13 (Friday) 450PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 14 (Saturday) 440PM | Trinoma

Nov. 15 (Sunday) 1230PM |SM Megamall

Nov. 16 (Monday) 230PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 17 (Tuesday) 210PM | Resorts World Manila

6. Manang Biring by Carl Joseph Papa

A comedy-drama about a feisty but terminally-ill old lady who has learned to accept her imminent demise. As she races against time with her declining health, Biring will go to great lengths to prolong her life and gives her daughter and grandson a Happy Christmas.

Schedule:

Nov. 9 (Monday) 945PM | Trinoma

Nov. 10 (Tuesday) 535PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 11 (Wednesday) 1230PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 12 (Thursday) 435PM | Resorts World Manila

Nov. 13 (Friday) 10PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 14 (Saturday) 315PM | Resorts World Manila // 10PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 15 (Sunday) 1230PM | Trinoma // 740PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 16 (Monday) 1230PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 17 (Tuesday) 245PM | SM Megamall

7. Mga Rebeldeng May Kaso by Raymond Red

It is a youth drama film revolving on the aftermath of the 1986 People Power Revolution which spawns a group of young dreamers who immerse themselves in the culture of independent and alternative cinema.

Schedule:

Nov. 12 (Thursday) 955PM | Resorts World Manila

Nov. 13 (Friday) 220PM | Resorts World Manila // 725PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 14 (Saturday) 1230PM | Trinoma // 240PM | Glorietta 4 // 450PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 15 (Sunday) 10PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 16 (Monday) 430PM | Resorts World Manila // 705PM | Trinoma

Nov. 17 (Tuesday) 250PM | Glorietta 4

8. Miss Bulalacao by Ara Chawdhury

is about a drag princess who gets pregnant following an alien abduction. Rumours of immaculate conception raise his status to cult leader.

Schedule:

Nov. 11 (Wednesday) 740 PM | Trinoma

Nov. 12 (Thursday) 1230 PM | Glorietta 4 // 10PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 14 (Saturday) 110 PM | Resorts World Manila // 245 PM | SM Megamall // 450 PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 16 (Monday) 1230 PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 17 (Tuesday) 1230 PM | Glorietta 4 // 330 PM | Trinoma

9. The Comeback by Ivan Andrew Payawal

A film that follows a 32-year-old former famous actress who loses everything in her life and decides to commit suicide. On the day she decides to kill herself, she receives a package containing four letters and a dead man’s ashes.

Schedule:

Nov. 10 (Tuesday) 930PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 11 (Wednesday) 705PM | SM Megamall

Nov. 12 (Thursday) 215PM | Resorts World Manila // 530PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 14 (Saturday) 215PM | Trinoma

Nov. 15 (Sunday) 1230PM | Glorietta 4

Nov. 16 (Monday) 550PM | SM Megamall // 615PM Resorts World Manila

Nov. 17 (Tuesday) 440PM | Glorietta 4

Short Films in Exhibition

1. Junilyn Has by Carlo Manatad
2. Sanctissima by Kenneth Lim Dagatan
3. Dindo by Martika Ramirez Escobar
4. Pusong Bato (2013) by Pam Miras
5. Reyna Christina by Pia Dimagiba
6. Memorya by Jovanni Tinapay
7. Mabuhay ang Pilipinas by Bor Ocampo
8. Anino by Raymond Red
9. A Love Story by Steven Baker
10. The Tenant by Mohsen Mahkmalbaf

Foreign Films (World Cinema)

1. The Assassin by Hou Hsiao-Hsien (Taiwan)
2. Journey to the Shore by Kurosawa Kiyoshi (Japan)
3. Right Now, Wrong Then by Hong Sang-Soo (South Korea)
4. Interrogation by Vetri Maaran (India)
5. The President by Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Georgia/Iran)
6. Arabian Night by Miguel Gomes (Portugal)
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– Volume Ill. The Enchanted One
7. The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos (Ireland)
8. Rams by Grimur Hakonarson (Iceland)
9. The Treasure by Corneliu Porumboi (Romania)
10. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on its Existence by Roy Andersson (Sweden)
11. Mustang by Deniz Gamze Erguven (France)
12. Frenzy by Emin Alper (Turkey)

Restored Filipino Classics

1. Ikaw ay Akin by Ishmael Bernal
2. Insiang by Lino Brocka
3. Sana Maulit Muli by Olivia Lamasan
4. Karnal by Marilou Diaz Abaya

Special Presentations

1. Honor Thy Father by Erik Matti will open the festival on Nov. 8 at Trinoma. This is only an invitational screening of the movie starring John Lloyd Cruz.

2. Cinema One’s production of Sherad Sanchez’s found footage horror film Salvage will also grace the festival. It shows Jessie Mendiola as a reporter lost in a haunted jungle.

For complete schedule including 10 short films in exhibition, 12 foreign films, four restored classics and two special presentations, check them below:

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