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* Music video of "Underwater" by DJ Dark. Old material and was never released online.
Country: The Philippines Genre: Music Video Music Artist: DJ Dark
Running Time: 4 minutes Released: 2006 Production Company & Distribution: Ex Ventures Unlimited & PLM-CMC Film 2006 Format: Mini-DV to DVD
cast: Artemis Badando producers: Niko Rio Arevalo, Catherine Estrada, Relenarde Hernandez, Marvin Macairan, Joyce Ann Montalban, Genalyn Palomo, Heralyn Sitjar, Elvert de la Cruz Bañares post-production in-charge: Orville Chua, Paulo Miguel Lopez, Jino Nicolas production coordinator: Greg Sullivan co-editor: Tom Pisueña director, cinematographer & editor: Elvert de la Cruz Bañares
Underwater -- copyright (c) 2006, Ex Ventures Unlimited.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- very special thanks to: Cris Dumlao, Kwini Orosco & Orville Chua ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear members of the Exterminator Syndicate: Five new videos will be uploaded to celebrate Exterminator Day 2008. Please check out sked below:
May 24, 2008 [6:00am Philippine Time] QUARESMA [Trailer - Version 2] * Quaresma recently competed at the Crystal Piaya Awards of the Negros Summer Workshops ** coinciding Youtube release
May 25, 2008 [12:01am] OFFICIAL VIDEO OF EXTERMINATOR DAY * hahaha! Ito talaga ang video na "wala lang"!!! It will only be available to my contacts for 24 hours. ** will also be available in Youtube for 24 hours, May 25, 2008
May 26, 2008 [time TBA] ALIPO-OP SA ANIMO [Trailer - Version 2] * the new trailer of my full-length film to be released this year plus the release of new stills.
May 27, 2008 [time TBA] UNDERWATER * music video by DJ Dark. old material,never released online.
May 28, 2008 [time TBA] AND ANIMALS LIVED HAPPIER * the video content of the installation with the same title exhibited at "eXodus 2.0" Museo Iloilo Main Gallery last January-February 2008
also to be released online soon! - 9:28 UMAGA SA KARTAXIM - INTESTINAL PURGATORY - THE BLADDER MELTS AWAY
* notice that my previously uploaded videos are not available for viewing anymore to give way to new videos.
------------------ soundtrack: Might Be Stars by The Wannadies
Country: The Philippines Genre: Experimental Narrative Running Time: 23 minutes Released: January 2008 Language: In Filipino with English Subtitles Production Company & Distribution: Ex Ventures Unlimited Format: Mini-DV to DVD
cast: Miguel Antonio Lopez, Ferdinand Pisueña Jr. post-production in-charge: Orville Chua production coordinator: Greg Sullivan music: Elektronik Optikal Kadaver director, writer, producer, cinematographer, music mixes, production designer & editor: Elvert de la Cruz Bañares
synopsis: The explorations of personal spaces and the passing of time are subjected to a visual meditation in "Quaresma". During the holy week, the lives of two men are slowly intertwining as each of their spaces gets entangled, leading to a climactic Black Sarturday. The "union" (or survival - depending on how you see it) happens on Easter Sunday when ressurection comes to form, thereby creating even wider spaces.
[To screen this video - including my other films - in your festival, school or institution, please contact the filmmaker at i@elvertb.com or here at elvert.multiply.com]
Quaresma -- copyright (c) 2006-2008, Ex Ventures Unlimited.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- very special thanks to: Cris Dumlao, Kwini Orosco & Orville Chua ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* photos grabbed from J Pacena's multiply site ** taken by Mark Salvatus, Onin Tagaro & J Pacena
tutoK 2talk:creative convergence Sambalikhaan, Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM) 275 E. Rodriguez Avenue, Quezon City February 28 and 29, 2008, 10:00AM to 4:00PM
Visual Pollution is all about focusing our own visual perception. This idea supports the concept of the video installation… wanting the audience to feel suffocated by simultaneously playing various films and videos by local video and filmmaking practitioners, within one space. This is reflective of the various ideas and opinions we are bombarded with on a daily basis. Moreover, this connotes the struggle within one’s self to understand the diversity of the world we move in. In order to understand and process the assortment of thoughts, we must be able to prioritize and focus on what is deemed important to us as individuals. This concept also promotes the collaboration of dialogues between the artists/filmmakers who are involved in this project.
visual pollution an infestation of (de)synthesized video installations
the artists: Anino Shadow Play Collective Artist Arrest Movement Elvert de la Cruz Bañares Sigfried Barros-Sanchez Ramon Bautista Herbert Commendador Khavn Dela Cruz Ivan Despi Tad Ermitaño Ging Flores Lea Lim Treb Monteras II Jet Pascua RA Rivera Jemina Rodriguez Jun Sabayton Rights Southern Tagalog Exposure Syke Dolero
Hindi sila sikat. Kasi di naman kasikatan ang habol nila. Itong taong 2007, by whatever chance (or fate), nasali sila sa mga mumunting mga pelikulang gawa ko. Ang taong 2007 ay isa sa pinakamalikhaing taon para sa akin. Isang malaking rason ang aking pag-iwan sa lahat ng aking corporate jobs para yakapin ang aking mahal na sining. Ito ang malaking dahilan kung bakit anim (6) na maikling pelikula ang nagawa ko compared sa usual kong paisa-isa nung ako'y nasa NCCA pa. Hangad ko na sa pamamagitan ng serye ng tatlong blogs, mabigyan ko ng papuri (at konting backgrounder kung pano sila napunta sa bawat proyektong ibabanggit) ang mga napaka-talented na mga aktor ng aking mga pelikula ng taong 2007. Magagaling sila at anumang papuri at gawad ang makamit ng pelikula, ito'y dahil sa kanila (at sa mga taong nasa likod ng kamera na tumulong para mabuo ang mga mumunting obra). Maliban sa taus-puso kong pasasalamat sa kanilang collaboration sa akin, gusto ko ding sabihin na ako mismo ang number fan nila. At siyempre, dahil sila'y magagaling, hangad kong makatrabaho sila uli.
Ang unang siyam ay featured na nung Dec.24 last year [Click to Read Part 1]. Walo ang nasa blog na to at sa third part na s'ya ring huling bahagi, featured ang mga aktor na laging kasama sa mga pelikula ko.
AMANDA NAVA * Pink Brownies * Nykto Ang tawag ko sa kanya ay “day” (a Hiligaynon term for “girl”). Meron kaming tawagan at tanungan lagi ni Mandy. S’ya ay isang production designer pero dahil barkada s’ya ng Ilonggo creative block ng CSB at kaibigan ko s’ya, napunta s’ya sa kontrobersyal kong gawa na “Pink Brownies”.S’ya lang ang natatanging babae sa pelikulang ito at mahalaga ang papel na ginampanan n’ya bagamat maikli lang. Mas napansin s’ya sa “Nykto” kung saan s’ya ang babaeng nababahala sa mga nangyayari sa buhay n’ya. Gaya ng lahat ng mga kasali sa mga pelikula ko, si Mandy ay magaan katrabaho at matulungin sa set. Todo suporta lagi pag may mga events ako. Hehehe! Kaya mahal ko si Inday Mandy at lagi ko inaabangan an gaming kapihan sessions sa Iloilo pag nagbabakasyon kami dun.
RICKY PANTALEON Until
Aminado ako na si Ricky ay last minute replacement sa “Until” music video ng international artist na Swan Dive (s’ya ang pumalit sa role ni Paulo Miguel Lopez dahil si Miggy ang pumalit sa role ni Dino Mark Reyes na s’yang tumangging maging bahagi ng music video dahil meron na s’yang previous appointments). Pero hindi bago si Ricky sa akin dahil isa s’ya sa mga kaibigan ko sa “My Pad” internet station sa Pedro Gil kung saan ako tumatambay kung mag-iinternet ako. Salamat sa tulong ni Adrian at napa-oo namin si Ricky. Mukhang suplado ‘tong si Ricky pero napakabait. Wala akong maipintas sa taong ito. Biro mo naman....ang aga sa set. Haha! Nauna pa sa amin lahat ng isang oras. Madali din kay Ricky ang kumuha ng instructions kasi hindi naman bago sa kanya ang creative world. Ilang beses na rin s’yang inalok na maging modelo.
JM IMPERIAL Nykto
Si JM na siguro ang pinakamakulit sa lahat na naging artista sa mga pelikula ko. At least di naman yung iritang kulit. Pano gusto lagi sumama sa lahat ng mga projects ko. hehehe! Mahilig kasi si JM sa arts. Bago s’ya grumadweyt sa Ateneo, nag-online inquiry itong si JM para maging part ng isa kong maikling pelikula. Di s’ya naging bahagi ng nasabing pradyek pero nang nalaman ko na kapitbahay ko pala s’ya, naging ka-tropa ka na s’ya sa…inuman. Haha! So mas nauna kaming naging drinking buddies bago namin nagawa ang “Nykto”. Siempre ang inuman namin ng iba pa n’yang barkada ay nilihim naming sa GF n’ya. Hahaha! Tapos nadiskubre din kaya ayun bugbog sarado s’ya kay Maggie. Hahaha! Maarte itong si JM. Nung shooting day ng “Nykto”, ayaw n’yang una s’yang isu-shoot. Nagpahuli s’ya sa lahat. Pero ayos naman s’ya pag-take na. Seryoso na s’ya pag take pero pag cut na, balik kulit uli s’ya.
MICHAEL LAURENTE ang bayan kong payapa
Madaya ako sa pagkuha ng artista at paggawa ng “ang bayan kong payapa”. Hindi kasi alam ng mga artista kung ano ang gagawin nila sa pelikula. Ang alam lang nila ay isa itong protest film at ang kauna-unahang gawa ko na may kaakibat na social message. Hindi kasi ako mahilig na isali ang mga social issues sa mga pelikula ko kaso pagod na pagod na ko sa sistema ng bansa kaya nagawa ko ang “bayan”. Si Myk ay kasama sa mga napili naming para dito at gaya ng lahat na kinuha, nagulat at napatawa s’ya nang malaman n’ya kung ano ang gagawin sa kanya. Masuerte talaga ako sa mga talents kasi lahat sila (kasama na dito si Myk siempre) ay one-take lang at napakagaling pumigil ng tawa. Tawang-tawa kasi kami lahat habang sinu-shoot namin ang “bayan”. Bagamat nag-enjoy kami sa shooting, walang katawa-tawa sa pelikula at sobrang epektibo lahat ng mga aktor dito kaya paborito ito sa lahat ng mga festivals lagi. Si Myk na grad ng PLM ay isa sa mga pinaka-creative kong estudyante.
VANJU ALVAIRA 9:28 Umaga sa Kartaxim
Hinatak lang naming sa Vanju na maging parte ng “Kartaxim”. Dahil may experience na s’ya sa teatro, hindi na mahirap sa kanya mag-memorya ng mga linya. Sa “Kartaxim” kasi, importante ang linyang sasabihin ng karakter ni Vanju na isa sa mga nakakulong sa Kartaxim prison. Nasa kanya ang huling punchline kumbaga kaya kelangan may karakter ang mukha at boses ng gaganap. Swak kay Vanju ang role at mas epektibo ang gawang ito dahil sa kanyang pagganap. Mabait itong sa Vanju at magaling umarte. Sana makatrabaho ko uli ang aktor na ‘to.
NINE Nykto Si Nine (ito lang ang gusto n’yang pangalan sa mga pelikula ko daw) ay makulit din. Ang kulit n’ya ay kakaiba. Gusto n’ya lagi updated s’ya sa mga iskedyul ng mga screenings ng pelkula kung saan s’ya kasali kaya text ng text ito lage kung ano na ang bago sa “Nykto”. Marahil excited lagi s’ya sa mga susunod na mangyayari sa aming nagawang pelikula. Si Nine napakalaki ng tiwala sa akin bilang isang filmmaker kasi lahat ng ipapagawa sa kanyang karakter ay wala s’yang tutol. Ang sabi n’ya lang lagi, “ikaw lang bahala sa akin. Bigyan mo lang ako instructions". Bihira magtiwala ang isang artist sa kapwa artist lalo na kung bago lang kayo magkakilala kaya sinisiguro ko rin na nasusuklian ang tiwala na ito ng akin ding pagtitiwala sa kanya bilang aktor. Nakatrabaho ko uli si Nine sa dalawa pang proyekto pero dito naman ay isa s’yang model sa aking photo at art exhibit. Expressive kasi ang mukha ni Nine at natural sa kanya ang angst.
MIGUEL IÑIGO GUÑO Pink Brownies
Ang appearance ni Miguel sa “Pink Brownies” ay isang malaking “breather”. Nakakaloka kumbaga. Maiksi lang ang role at maituturing na “cameo” lang pero pag di kasi “carry” ng aktor ang gagawin sa “Pink Brownies” sira na ang flow at point ng kwento. Bumagay ng husto ang role n’ya dito kasi nag-si-skate naman kasi talaga si Miguel sa totoong buhay. Hindi bago kay Miguel ang pag-shooting ng pelikula. Nakasali na kasi s’ya sa dalawang full-length na idinrehe ng ibang direktor sa showbiz. Laging namamansin ‘tong si Miguel kaya ayos itong kasama. Lagi din s’yang artista sa mga bidyong gawa ni Paulo Miguel Lopez nung sila’y nag-aaral pa.
DINO MARK REYES 9:28 Umaga sa Kartaxim
Mahaba-haba na rin ang panahon ng pagkakaibigan naming ni Dino kaya noon pa man nasa plano na naming gumawa ng pelikula. In fact, hindi “Kartaxim” ang orihinal na plano naming kundi isang gawa na pinag-usapan naming noong eKsperim[E]nto Film Festival circa 2003 kung saan nandun pa nga ang kaibigan kong Canadian filmmaker na si Paul Lee. Hindi natuloy ang proyektong ‘yun at di na rin kami gaano nagkikita ni Dino kaya dito s’ya napunta sa “Kartaxim”. Dahil sa lull ng aming pagkikita, medyo di naming nakuha agad ang working chemistry kaya ilang beses din nag-take ang unang eksena. Haha! Pero pagkatapos nun ayos lang naman ang lahat. Mabait si Dino at madrama kaya ayos s’yang katrabaho. Panay tawa namin pag nag-uusap. Bentang-benta kasi lagi ang mga cheap jokes ko sa kanya. Hahaha! Hindi ko alam kung ayos pa rin ba s’yang gumanap dun sa pinag-usapan naming noon (kasi di s’ya umo-o sa “Until”) pero ‘yun na kasi ang isa sa mga gagawin ko ngayong taong 2008.
[photos taken from the sites of respective actors / collage & lay-out by the Exterminator Syndicate. copyright (c) 2007-2008. Use of images must be with permission. E-mail us at exterminator@exterminatorsyndicate.com or i@elvertb.com]
eXpansion 4 at the Annual Kamarikutan Pagdiwata Festival Puerto Prinsesa City, Palawan
venue: Kamarikutan Kape at Galeri dates: April 6, 2008 to April 11, 2008 (daily screenings start at 6:00pm to 8:00pm) Filmmaker in Attendance
films to be screened: Banal astrangiam Plema Itiwarik:Talu-Saling Batas Underwater Pink Brownies Gemini Nykto Sukdulan ng Pagrahuyo sa Dambana ng Sirenang Walang Ulo 9:28 Umaga sa Kartaxim Until Pangatlong Dulo ng Axis Patak-Kamandag Dioxide ang bayan kong payapa and Quaresma
plus a first look (three-minute clip) of the film Alipo-op Sa Animo
** music for this blog is "Binuligay" by MITU's TRIBE (headed by Mitu Tupas, the original composer of my upcoming full-length film, "Alipo-op Sa Animo". We met way back in Palawan for the Kamarikutan Pagdiwata Festival ran and creatively dirtected by artist and friend, Dinggot Conde Prieto
I'm starting to look at photos of possible actors for my next work after I finish my 2nd full-length "Atomika Settlement: Devastation Canvas 5".
Meanwhile, a date (FINALLY!!!) has already been picked for the exclusive private screening of my first full-length, "Alipo-op Sa Animo". Its new teaser will be released during the Holy Week. Check this site for updates.
My next two works will both center on gay issues (nope, I'm not joining the hype --- 'coz both will be different) and one of them will feature "high-flying action scenes". Hahaha! Yep, I'm serious. (I have long dreamt of doing my own martial arts film. Not to mention, this has been thought about way back in 2004.) So I'm currently in the look out for "chinito" teens who have very flexible bodies. If you know of college students who might be interested (between the ages of 17 to 23), message me with (links to) their photos. Send your messages & photos to: i@elvertb.com or anthony_jayvee_elvert@yahoo.com
Also in May 2008, the shorts "Diktum" and "Huling Paalam ng Diablo" will start shooting.
[photo: Finnish film "Jade Warrior" which is one of my pegs for my next work. photo from Dianying.com / copyright of photo belongs to film's producers.]
Sambalikhaan, Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM)
Visual Pollution
tutoK 2talk:creative convergence Sambalikhaan, Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM) 275 E. Rodriguez Avenue, Quezon City February 28 and 29, 2008, 10:00AM to 4:00PM
tutoK 2talk:creative convergence Sambalikhaan, Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM) 275 E. Rodriguez Avenue, Quezon City February 28 and 29, 2008, 10:00AM to 4:00PM
Visual Pollution is all about focusing our own visual perception. This idea supports the concept of the video installation… wanting the audience to feel suffocated by simultaneously playing various films and videos by local video and filmmaking practitioners, within one space. This is reflective of the various ideas and opinions we are bombarded with on a daily basis. Moreover, this connotes the struggle within one’s self to understand the diversity of the world we move in. In order to understand and process the assortment of thoughts, we must be able to prioritize and focus on what is deemed important to us as individuals. This concept also promotes the collaboration of dialogues between the artists/filmmakers who are involved in this project.
visual pollution an infestation of (de)synthesized video installations
the artists: Anino Shadow Play Collective Artist Arrest Movement Elvert de la Cruz Bañares Sigfried Barros-Sanchez Ramon Bautista Herbert Commendador Khavn Dela Cruz Ivan Despi Tad Ermitaño Ging Flores Lea Lim Treb Monteras II Jet Pascua RA Rivera Jemina Rodriguez Jun Sabayton Rights Southern Tagalog Exposure Syke Dolero
Curated by J.Pacena II
::: Visual system is part of the nervous system which allows organisms to see. It interprets the information from visible light to build a representation of the world surrounding the body. The visual system has the complex task of (re)constructing a three dimensional world from a two dimensional projection of that world. The psychological manifestation of visual information is known as visual perception.
Pollution is the introduction of pollutants (whether chemical substances, or energy such as noise, heat, or light) into the environment to such a point that its effects become harmful to human health, other living organisms, or the environment.
“Visual pollution is a man walking outside the realms of his own home looking up, down, then up again…at buildings, billboards, celebrities endorsing a new super product and the sky, colored dark gray, sometimes red and violet or violent greenish looking buses along the Ortigas Avenue. It is the man wearing his ragged clothes then her skinny pants… walking along the intersection of Cubao, meeting once or maybe two hundred times before and not even glimpse nor a smile on their faces. It is the weird looking overpass wherein you can almost bump your head if you are 5’10" tall to the support system of the MRT. Or it is the insides of your lovely home where everything was bought out of necessity… you can’t hardly see through you.”
Visual pollution is walking blindly… in a simulated world, created by our own visual perception, that this is the better Philippines. Going somewhere familiar, even a minute or two, or worst, going someplace where the only way of communicating to your loved one is trough a cellular phone or the World Wide Web.”
tutoK:2talk creative convergence February 26-29, 2008
* this is your complete guide to this grand art event!
bulong a prelude to TUTOK:2TALK creative convergence
organize by bulungan collective The Rooftop, Metropolitan Tower 1746 Mabini Street, Malate, Manila February 16, 2008, 8:00pm-12:00mn
opening night: tutok kargado tutoK takes on charged works and responses to the gallery collection
Jose Tence Ruiz Buen Calubayan Mideo M. Cruz Noel Soler Cuizon Boy Dominguez Alfred Esquillo, Jr. Egai Talusan Fernandez Karen Ocampo Flores Emmanuel Garibay J Pacena II Kirby Roxas Don Salubayba Mark Ramsel Salvatus III
Curated by Jose Tence Ruiz Ateneo Art Gallery, Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights , Quezon City February 26, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
bull session Round table discussion on globalization and altered/alternative aesthetics. Featuring local and visiting artists.
Facilitated by Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez
Sambalikhaan, Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM) 275 E. Rodriguez Avenue, Quezon City February 27, 2008, 3:00 to 6:00pm
surfacing tarps and photos: essaying our decaperacidos
Estan Cabigas Enrimand "Manman" Dejeto Kenneth Guda Diana Moraleda Sandino Nartea Judy Pasimio Joseph Purugganan Ilang-Ilang Quijano Candice Anne Reyes Leonard Reyes Dennis Rito Marc Talampas Jenny Tañedo Alanah Torralba
Curated by Nino Tagaro and Jes Aznar
Sambalikhaan Grounds February 27-29, 2008
environmental state installation projects on mental/ecological states
Clint Catalan Rainer Cruz Don Dalmacio Dondi Fernandez Enteng and Dessa Laput Leeroy New Leobensant Marquez Marlon And Kelly Paraganas Niel Pasilan Alma Quinto Oliver Ramos Sawsawan Paul Sena Angelo Suarez Wire Tuazon Ugat-LAHI Costantino Zicarelli
Curated by Buen Calubayan
Sambalikhaan Grounds February 27-28, 2008
visual pollution an infestation of (de)synthesized video installations
Anino Shadow Play Collective Artist Arrest Movement Elvert de la Cruz Bañares Sigfried Barros-Sanchez Ramon Bautista Herbert Commendador Khavn Dela Cruz Ivan Despi Tad Ermitaño Ging Flores Lea Lim Treb Monteras Jet Pascua RA Rivera Jemina Rodriguez Jun Sabayton Southern Tagalog Exposure Syke
Curated by J Pacena II
Sambalikhaan Grounds February 28-29, 2008
common spot spot-on urban graffiti invades idyllic setting
Pilipinas Street Plan (Philippines) Killer Gerbil (Singapore) Gene Pendon (Canada) Ebliss (Malaysia) BCBrutta (Spain)
Curated by Mark Ramsel Salvatus III
Sambalikhaan Grounds February 28-29, 2008
surf plus shop artists' knickknacks on parade: art, food, books, etc. Just bring ur stuff! Sambalikhaan Grounds February 28-29, 2008
authorize extremist live art presentations by local and visiting artists
Buen Calubayan (Manila Philippines) Nick Aca (Cagayan de Oro Philippines) Ioana Gergescu (Quebec Canada) Jef Carnay (Manila Philippines) Noel Cuizon (Manila Philippines) Soni Kum (Seoul Korea) Shannon Cochrane (Ontario Canada) Arai Shin-ichi (Tokyo Japan) Mideo M Cruz (Manila Philippines)
Curated by Racquel de Loyola
Sambalikhaan grounds February 28, 2008 3:00 to 9:00 pm
impromptus open mike for all sorts of live and livid actions
Curated by Jef Carnay
Sambalikhaan grounds February 29, 2008, 3:00 to 6:00pm
pasakalye musicians feting all artists in an acoustic ensemble
Cynthia Alexander Bobby Balingit Lolita Carbon Jess Santiago Skarlet Aya Yuson
Curated by JL Burgos and Mavi Deocampo
Sambalikhaan Amphitheatre February 29, 2008 7:00 to 9:00pm
eXpansion [3] films by yours truly screenings + lecture on underground & experimental cinema
Feb. 14, 2008 9:00am - 12:00noon Mini-Theater, Institue of Nursing Far Eastern University, Morayta Manila
in celebration of the 88th year celebration of FEU sponsored by the INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE & FINE ARTS coordinated by Mr. Ted Arago and under the active leadership of their Dean, Architect Miguel Carpio
Films to be screened:
Banal astrangiam Plema Itiwarik: Talu-Saling Batas Underwater Gemini Nykto Sukdulan ng Pagrahuyo sa Dambana ng Sirenang Walang Ulo 9:28 Umaga Sa Kartaxim Quaresma ang bayan kong payapa
album 4 photos taken by Dr. Kristine Bañares & Matt Jalandoni
solo exhibit of yours truly January 25, 2008 - opening night * runs until February 29, 2008 exhibition + installations + film screenings Museo Iloilo [Main Gallery] Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City
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we love our major sponsors:
Museo Iloilo The Daily Guardian [Region VI's number one daily] Celwin Printing House [Vito Cruz Extension, Makati City] NIG Marketing [Iloilo City] spiritofenvy.com Mr. & Mrs. Elmo Bañares & Family
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special thanks to: Zaffy Ledesma Tita Gina Sarabia-Espinosa
* click each photo for larger view ** very special thanks to Diona
album 3 photos taken by Dr. Kristine Bañares & Matt Jalandoni
solo exhibit of yours truly January 25, 2008 - opening night * runs until February 29, 2008 exhibition + installations + film screenings Museo Iloilo [Main Gallery] Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City
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we love our major sponsors:
Museo Iloilo The Daily Guardian [Region VI's number one daily] Celwin Printing House [Vito Cruz Extension, Makati City] NIG Marketing [Iloilo City] spiritofenvy.com Mr. & Mrs. Elmo Bañares & Family
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special thanks to: Zaffy Ledesma Tita Gina Sarabia-Espinosa
* click each photo for larger view ** very special thanks to Diona
solo exhibit of yours truly January 25, 2008 - opening night * runs until February 29, 2008 exhibition + installations + film screenings Museo Iloilo [Main Gallery] Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City
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we love our major sponsors:
Museo Iloilo The Daily Guardian [Region VI's number one daily] Celwin Printing House [Vito Cruz Extension, Makati City] NIG Marketing [Iloilo City] spiritofenvy.com Mr. & Mrs. Elmo Bañares & Family
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special thanks to: Zaffy Ledesma Tita Gina Sarabia-Espinosa
* click each photo for larger view ** very special thanks to Diona
solo exhibit of yours truly January 25, 2008 - opening night * runs until February 29, 2008 exhibition + installations + film screenings Museo Iloilo [Main Gallery] Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City
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we love our major sponsors:
Museo Iloilo The Daily Guardian [Region VI's number one daily] Celwin Printing House [Vito Cruz Extension, Makati City] NIG Marketing [Iloilo City] spiritofenvy.com Mr. & Mrs. Elmo Bañares & Family
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special thanks to: Zaffy Ledesma Tita Gina Sarabia-Espinosa
* click each photo for larger view ** very special thanks to Diona
The world premiere of "Quaresma" [my 44th short film]
"Quaresma", my 44th short film (shot in 2006 and edited only this year) will have its world premiere at Iloilo's prime art institution, the Museo Iloilo (Main Gallery), during the Dinagyang Festival 2008 celebration. The world premiere is scheduled on January 25, 2008 and will formally open the "eXodus 2.0" exhibition of artworks and video installations.
"Quaresma" will be screened with my other films from January 28, 2008 to February 2, 2008 (daily screening times starts at 2:00pm, 4:00pm and 6:00pm). Quaresma stars Miguel Antonio Lopez (not to be confused with my mainstay film actor, Paolo Miguel Lopez) and Ferdinand Pisueña Jr.
Quaresma Experimental Narrative I 23 minutes I Mini-DV to DVD I 2008 In Filipino with English subtitles
cast: Miguel Antonio Lopez, Ferdinand Pisueña Jr. post-production in-charge: Orville Chua production coordinator: Greg Sullivan director, writer, producer, cinematographer, music mixes, production designer & editor: Elvert de la Cruz Bañares
synopsis: The explorations of personal spaces and the passing of time are subjected to a visual meditation in "Quaresma". During the holy week, the lives of two men are slowly intertwining as each of their spaces gets entangled, leading to a climactic Black Sarturday. The "union" (or survival - depending on how you see it) happens on Easter Sunday when ressurection comes to form, thereby creating even wider spaces.
[To screen this video - including my other films - in your festival, school or institution, please contact the filmmaker at i@elvertb.com]
Narrative I 7 mins I Mini-DV & DVD I 2007 In Filipino
director, writer, producer, cinematographer, editor: Elvert de la Cruz Bañares cast: Dino Mark Reyes, Rose Villamor, Vanju Alvaira production managers: Orville Chua, Jino Nicolas, Mario Gomez Jr. synopsis: Three people trapped in Kartaxim Prison Octagon awaiting their fate.
* This short premiered during the eXtermination screenings at the UP Film Institute last January 2007. This is its archive page.
[To screen this video - including my other films - in your festival, school or institution, please contact the filmmaker at i@elvertb.com]
