Beyond the Mainstream: A Salute to Philippine Independent Cinema

Beyond the Mainstream: A Salute to Philippine Independent Cinema 1986

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With interviews with National Artists Lamberto Avellana and Lino Brocka and myriad talents from the Mowelfund community such as Nick Deocampo and Raymond Red, Beyond Mainstream documents the robust energy of nascent independent filmmaking in the country in the 80s. Based on Nick Deocampo's first book Short Film: The Emergence of a New Philippine Cinema (1985), it features the first Independent Film and Video Festival held in the Wave Cinema in Cubao, Quezon City, the first video theater in the country.

1986

Memories of Old Manila

Memories of Old Manila 1993

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A historian travels through time from the swampland that one day turned into the squalor that it has become in contemporary time.

1993

AGOSTO 9

AGOSTO 9 1994

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An expressionistic story of a soldier’s lament as he lies on his hospital bed 50 years after the Second World War.

1994

Mother Ignacia: Ang Uliran

Mother Ignacia: Ang Uliran 1998

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This is the life story of Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, a Chinese-Filipina nun who founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.

1998

Riddle: Shout of Man

Riddle: Shout of Man 1990

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Rumored to have used footage salvaged from a commercial studio dumpster, the film is a commentary on Filipino onscreen macho culture and one of the rare surviving works in the brief filmmaking career of Ramon ‘RJ’ Leyran. It was a product of the last Christoph Janetzko film workshop, with a focus on experiments with optical printers, held in 1990.

1990

Johnny Crawl

Johnny Crawl 1986

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A man crawls on the street of Manila at the height of EDSA Revolution.

1986

Chicken Soup 2

Chicken Soup 2 1992

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In facing apartment units, two men share parallel stories. One, distraught over the death of John Lennon, contemplates on killing himself. The other goes into a fit deciding how to part with his 3-years-old toothbrush.

1992

In Manila

In Manila 1989

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An impressionistic portrait of a Philippine metropolis.

1989

Trip

Trip 1993

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A young boy from the province goes to the city for the first time and learns about the urban life through the characters inside a jeepney.

1993

White Funeral

White Funeral 1997

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A bride walks on the desert. She takes off her bridal ornaments and turns into a harlot. A multitude of people crawl on their bellies, become sick and soon die. A volcano erupts. White ashes of lahar cover the earth. The bride remembers her betrothal and repents--symbolically paving the way for the resurrection of her people. A final bridal march into a new heaven and earth takes place.

1997

Tributaries

Tributaries 1995

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A man finds answers and more questions as he looks beyond the water's surface.

1995

Nakaw

Nakaw 2017

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Mental hospital patients mysteriously dies one by one.

2017

Lugaw

Lugaw 2012

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Out of luck Boyong, a father of a sick child, tries to look for money.

2012

Wayt Elefants

Wayt Elefants 2008

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An experimental comedy short from the Philippines.

2008

Hubog

Hubog 1989

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A juxtaposition of recurring images resulting in a montage of ideas aiming to tackle issues concerning the standard male viewpoint on the female body. How the "female body" counter-attacks is shown.

1989