Wednesday, 05 December 2007
Manila
The KONTRA-AGOS Resistance Film Festival 2007, a production of the Southern Tagalog Exposure (STEx) and Digital Cheese, in cooperation with the UP Sining at Lipunan (UP SILIP), Sine Tres Marias and the Independent Filmmakers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (IFC) will commence today, December 5 and will run until December 11 at the Indie Sine, Robinson’s Galleria, Ortigas.
Kontra-Agos: A Resistance Films Festival, celebrates films that go against the current, whether it be of popular cinema, politics or conventional ideas of love, sex and gender. Kontra Agos will present over the course of a week a range of films, past and present, that are politically, historically, and formally subversive.
This pioneering endeavor will showcase a total of 30 local and foreign films/videos ranging from quality and equally competitive full length films, features and short films to animated videos and experimental videos, narratives, documentaries and public service plugs featuring life and realities from the hinterlands of Mindanao up to the wilderness of the Himalayas.
The week-long event will formally start with an opening program at Indie Cine, 7PM with seasoned performances of Tao Aves, the Anino Shadow Play Collective and Bobby Balingit. In addition to the RIGHTS! Public Service Announcement on human rights, 3 new PSAs will also premier during the program. Jaja Arumpac’s WALAI (Documentary, 60min) will open the festival proper at 9PM. Admission is FREE.
Kontra-Agos also features a free interactive Panel Discussion on Human Rights and Artistic Freedom in Philippine Cinema slated December 8, Saturday 5-7 PM at Indie Sine, with acclaimed director Carlitos Siguion-Reyna, as one of the resource person.
Tickets will be available at Indie Cine at P50. For particulars, please contact us through Kiri Dalena or Sunshine Matutina, or mail to kontra_agos@yahoo.com. Also visit www.kontra-agos.blogspot.com or www.stexposure.org for more details.
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