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CineFilipino filmfest’s gala week opens Sept. 18

The Philippine Star

CineFilipino, an independent film festival spearheaded by PLDT-Smart Foundation, MediaQuest, Studio 5 and Unitel Entertainment, will have its gala week from Sept.18 to 24. It will showcase eight feature-length films and 10 short films.
The public may be able to watch the feature presentations during its week-long run at the Newport Cinemas of Resorts World Manila, Lucky Chinatown Mall and Gateway Cineplex. Festival entries will also be shown at the cinemas of Shangri-La Plaza on Sept. 21 to 22.
The film entries are:
Puti (Achromatopsia) by Miguel “Mike” Alcazaren follows the story of a counterfeit painter who starts to see strange images after figuring in a car accident.
Mga Alaala ng Tag-ulan by Renato “Ato” Bautista  Jr. is about a young man’s first encounter with love and heartbreak, told in poetic and melancholic memories.
The Guerilla is a Poet by Sari Raissa Dalena and Kiri Dalena tells of an activist’s journey during the martial law, until his capture in the mountains and the nine years of imprisonment that followed, leading to his birth as a poet.
Ang Huling Cha-Cha ni Anita by Sigrid Andrea Bernardo tells the story of a 12-year-old Anita who falls in love with the new woman in town.
The Muses by Janice Perez is a story of sibling rivalry in the music business.
Ang Kwento ni Mabuti by Ramon “Mes” de Guzman is about a healer named Mabuti, who, despite her poverty, still looks at life positively. Everything changes when she finds a bag of money.
Ang Turkey Man ay Pabo Rin by Randolph Longjas is a cross-cultural comedy about a Filipino-American couple who celebrates life with karaoke music, superstitious in-laws, immigration laws, etc.
Bingoleras by Byron “Ron” Bryant is a comedy about six single women, whose lives intersect when a bingo marathon is launched in their church for the barangay fiesta, turning expectations and relationships upside down and inside out.

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ANG HULING CHA-CHA

ANG KWENTO

ANG TURKEY MAN

ANITA

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LUCKY CHINATOWN MALL AND GATEWAY CINEPLEX

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