In preparation for the Kannawidan Festival on the last week of January 2010, the Ilocos Sur Governor commissioned a song to be produced, recorded and distributed to Ilocos Sur. The title of the song is Kannawidan, which comes from the Ilokano root word “tawid,” meaning tradition or culture. The Kannawidan Ylocos festival is held...
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Tags: ana agabin, kannawidan, kannawidan 2010, kannawidan festival, kannawidan january 27 february 4 2010, kannawidan song, kannawidan ylocos festival, ylocos festival
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If you are looking for workshops to enroll with this summer, check out the schedule of workshops at the UP Film Institute. If you don’t have much activities this summer season, go learn a new skill or two. UPFI Multimedia Workshops 2009 SURFACING: a venue for film enthusiasts to surface from the back of...
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Tags: film related workshops, film workshops, University of the Philippines, UP Film Institute, UPFI
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Thanks to Azrael and to Warner Bros. Philippines, I got a chance to be part of the advanced screening of Gran Torino. Clint Eastwood is back as Walt Kowalski, a Korean War veteran carrying lots of emotional baggages and guilt in his heart. He’s a recluse. Obnoxious. And definitely racist. He’s the typical Dirty...
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Tags: Clint Eastwood, gran torino, Gran Torino movie review, Gran Torino Walt Kowalski, Hmong people, Movie Review, Thao
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Hello friends, just sharing with you a press release from the UP film Institute Yahoogroups. In line with the University of the Philippines’ centennial festivities, the Office of the Chancellor of UP Diliman through the College of Arts and Letters and the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) is organizing the...
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Tags: Sarsuwela Festival, univerity of the Philippines
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I have not yet made up my mind if I will go to the Philippine Cinema Convention or not. One thing’s for sure though, this is a much needed convention for the Philippine movie industry. Check out the release below. —————– CINEXPO a unique convention on February 17-18, 2009 at SMX Convention Center. This...
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Tags: Cinexpo, Philippine Cinema, Philippine Cinema convention, SM cinemas, SMX Convention Center
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Mag:Net is fast becoming one of the best destinations for movie screenings for Filipino independent films as well as mainstream cinema. I got hold of the following information from the UP Film Institute Yahoogroups. This means a great experience for us, movie lovers! Mag:net CafĂ©’s Cinekatipunan enters 3rd year of screening as it announces...
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Tags: independent film Philippines, Mag:net, Mag:net katipunan, movie screening, UP Artists circle, UP Cinema
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Do you already have a pre-Valentine’s date? Even if you don’t, you can actually come alone or with a partner to the Mainstream Loves Indie: A Date with Direk Marilou Diaz-Abaya on February 7, 2009 at 2pm. Direk Marilou Diaz-Abaya will be having an event on Mainstream and Indie films. Short talks and open...
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Tags: Film Institute, independent film Philippines, Marilou Diaz Abaya, Marilou Diaz Abaya Film institute and ARts Center
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Against the backdrop of the deepening recession in the United States, which affects the rest of the world, the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM) of the Department of Trade and Industry in the Philippines is holding the 9th e-Services Global Sourcing Conference and Exhibition on February 9-10, 2009 at the SMX...
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Tags: 9th e-Services Global Sourcing Conference and Exhibition, accenture, Accenture lay off, BPO, business process outsourcing, Charlie villasenor, e-services, e-services conference, filipino talent, impact of recession, information technology, Intel closes Cavite facility, IT, KPO, Lauro vives, outsourcing, Philippines, recession, SMX Convention Center, Thomas G. Aquino
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February 2009 will not only be about love. It will also be about arts. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is making an innovation in the usual National Arts Month (NAM) it has been organizing in the past 18 years. Beginning this year, the NCCA will start calling it the Philippine...
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Tags: ani ng sining, arts, arts festival, Culture, february 2009, filipino artists, Filipino arts, Film, national arts month, National Commission for Culture and the ARts, NCCA, Philippine arts, Philippine Cinema, Philippine culture, Philippine film, philippine internatinoal arts festival, PIAF, Sayaw Pinoy, Sinerehiyon, The Ani ng Sining Launching, Walai-Vernacular Architecture of Mindanao
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