RP hosts the 4th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts

The Philippines has been declared by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as its Culture Capital for 2010 to 2011. As the region’s culture capital, the Philippines is tasked to host the 4th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts (AMCA) and the 6th Senior Officials Meeting for Culture and Arts (SOMCA) in Clark, Pampanga in March 2010. In February, as a prelude, an Asean puppetry festival and conference is scheduled for the last week of the month a part of the International Festival of Arts.

Along with the said meetings, the Philippines will also host the 4th ASEAN Festival of Arts (AFA). With the theme “The Best of the ASEAN: From Ancestral Roots to New Artistic Routes of Expression Mobilizing Cultural Diversity for the UN-MDGs,” the festival will highlight the creativity and foster the exchange of ideas among the best artists from ASEAN countries. Each ASEAN member will showcase one of their country’s finest works in their chosen field of art (theater, music, literature, film, or dance).

As one of its contribution to the festival, the Philippines will be restaging “Baler sa Puso Ko,” an original zarzuela, with libretto by Dr. Isagani Cruz and music by Lutgardo Labad, that reflects the wealth of heritage, and the 400-year history of the town of Baler.

Performances for the AFA will be held at the Centennial Amphitheater of the Nayong Pilipino sa Clark Expo (NCPE). Meanwhile, film showings, workshops, poetry readings, and book launchings will take place at NCPE’s dormitory, arcadia, and library.

The Interagency Committee is jointly led by Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alberto Romulo, and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) headed by Department of Education (DepEd) Undersecretary Vilma Labrador, with the support of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The aforementioned events serve as a continuing effort in promoting common identity and diversity, enhancing cultural heritage and tourism, and strengthening ties among members of the ASEAN. The successful projection of the ASEAN in the global culturescape through the Philippine Collective showcases the Philippines' rich tradition and talents.

With the Philippine International Arts Festival 2010 Ani ng Sining celebration this coming February as a prelude, NCCA Executive Director and Philippine ITI President Cecile Guidote Alvarez, along with CDC Chairman Benny Ricaforte, aims to “project the Philippines as the Cultural Gateway to the Southeast Asian region.”


For more details, contact Rene Napeñas, Head of the NCCA Public Affairs and Information Office and PIAF Media Director at 527-5529, 09285081057, 09275582656 or PIAF Deputy Festival Manager, Vanessa Marquez at 527-2209 or 09186380412. Email us at cinemarehiyon2010@yahoo.com or ncca.paio@gmail.com. You could also visit our websites at http://www.ncca.gov.ph. and http://www.piaf-ncca.com

For inquiries, please contact the Public Affairs and Information Division at (T) 527-5529, (F) 527-2191 local 612-615, or email at info@ncca.gov.ph.

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'Tayo Tayo Rin Sa 2015 - Sing the Songs'... song of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals

Listen to and get a copy of the song of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals. Twenty seven Filipino artists worked together to promote the United Nations (UN) eight-point Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in the Philippines through music.

The album is titled 'Tayo Tayo Rin Sa 2015 - Sing the Songs'. The song's message is that "we should all work together to achieve the MDGs."

Listen to the music here.

Submit your news to Agung, the newsletter of The National Commission for Culture and the Arts

Submit your news on culture and arts, including photo releases for publication in Agung, the bi-monthly newsletter of The National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Email public_affairs@ncca.gov.ph.

National Artists Award

The Order of National Artists (Orden ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining) is the highest national recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts; namely, Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, Film, Broadcast Arts, and Architecture and Allied Arts. The order is jointly administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and conferred by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation by both institutions.

Architecture
Pablo S. Antonio
Leandro V. Locsin
Juan F. Nakpil
Ildefonso P. Santos

Dance
Francisca Reyes Aquino
Leonor Orosa Goquingco
Ramon Obusan
Lucrecia Reyes Urtula

Cinema
Lino Brocka
Ishmael Bernal
Gerardo "Gerry" De Leon
Ronald Allan K. Poe
Eddie S. Romero

Historical Literature
Carlos Quirino

Visual Arts
Napoleon V. Abueva
Ang Kiukok
Victorio C. Edades
Cesar Legaspi
Vicente S. Manansala
Hernando R. Ocampo
Benedicto R. Cabrera
Abdulmari Asia Imao
Fernando C. Amorsolo
Carlos "Botong" V. Francisco
Arturo R. Luz
J. Elizalde Navarro
Guillermo Estrella Tolentino
Jose T. Joya

Music
Antonino R. Buenaventura
Ernani Joson Cuenco
Jovita Fuentes
Jose Maceda
Lucio D. San Pedro
Levi Celerio
Felipe Padilla De Leon
Lucrecia R. Kasilag
Antonio J. Molina
Andrea O. Veneracion

Literature
Francisco Arcellana
N. V. M. Gonzales
Nick Joaquin
F. Sionil Jose
Jose Garcia Villa
Edith L. Tiempo
Virgilio S. Almario
Amado V. Hernandez
Carlos P. Romulo
Alejandro R. Roces
Bienvenido Lumbera

Theater and Film
Daisy Avellana
Honorata "Atang" Dela Rama
Rolando S. Tinio
Salvador F. Bernal
Lamberto V. Avellana
Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
Severino Montano

Fashion Design
Ramon Valera

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SINING GISING

Watch Sining Gising, a cultural TV show program hosted by NCCA Executive Director Cecile Guidote-Alvarez on Channel 4, every Sunday from 4pm-6pm.

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Earth Hour 2010

All heads of Philippine departments, agencies, bureaus and offices, including government-financial institutions and government-owned-and-controlled corporations, are hereby enjoined to participate in the switching off of signages and/or majority or all the lights at their offices and all facilities within their control on March 27, 2010, Saturday, 8:30 pm.

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Dance Xchange: The 2nd International Dance Workshop and Festival with the theme “Cultural Connectivity through Dance” on April 14–20 in Roxas City

The National Committee on Dance of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts has been spearheading the celebration of the International Dance Day with the holding of the Annual National Dance Congress and Festival to materialize Pres. Proclamation No. 154, declaring the last week of April as “National Dance Week”. With the great success of the 2008 National Dance Congress and International Dance Day, the National Committee on Dance under the leadership of Shirley Halili-Cruz endeavored into organizing the Dance Xchange: The Philippine International Dance Workshop and Festival.

Following the successful 1st International Dance Workshop and Festival in 2009, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) – National Committee on Dance is once again organizing the Dance Xchange: The 2nd International Dance Workshop and Festival with the theme “Cultural Connectivity through Dance” on April 14 – 20 in Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines.

The Dance Xchange aims to:
1) strengthen international dance network,
2) showcase the unique dances of each country to facilitate cultural understanding,
3) provide venue for interaction and facilitate learning among dancers, directors, dance teachers, choreographers,
4) encourage the creation of new works, and
5) provide a platform for local and foreign choreographers and dancers to stage their new works. Dance Xchange will showcase the unique dances of each country as tool for cultural understanding.

The theme of Dance Xchange: The 2nd International Dance Workshop and Festival supports the International Dance Day message delivered by Julio Bocca:

Dance is discipline, work, teaching, communication. With it we save on words that perhaps others would not understand and, instead, we establish a universal language familiar to everyone. It gives us pleasure, it makes us free and it comforts us from the impossibility we humans have to fly like birds, bringing us closer to heaven, to the sacred, to the infinite.

It is a sublime art, different each time, so much like making love that at the end of each performance it leaves our heart beating very hard and looking forward to the next time.

Indeed, the Dance Xchange is a fitting event to realize the inspiring message of Julio Bocca and the aspiration of all dance artists – that of giving deeper value and high esteem for the art of Dance.


SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

April 14 - arrival of foreign dance troupe
- performance in Manila/ Tour in Manila

April 15 - opening of Dance Xchange in Roxas City, Capiz

April 15-18 forum and workshops
- performances in Roxas City and in the near by municipalities
closing of dance xchange

April 19 - performances in Boracay, Antique and Iloilo

April 20 - return to Manila

April 21 - fly out of Manila (foreign delegates)

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KALAHI Cultural Caregiving: Creativity Summit reaches out to the marginalized

Aimed at addressing the eight UN Millennium Development Goals (UN MDGs), the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) led by Chairman Vilma Labrador, Executive Director Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, and Deputy Executive Director Malou Jacob in cooperation with the International Theater Institute (ITI) is set to open the Creativity Summit on Kalahi Cultural Caregiving and a Short + Sweet Festival on March 9-15.

It is a prelude to the AMCA-SOMCA AFA forging the example of forming culture with social content for presentation in the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting as the Philippines is honored as the 1st ASEAN Culture Capital 2010-2011 in conjunction with its role as host of the AFA.

Featuring harvests from Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao in dance, music, drama and film, the creativity summit will bring together the marginalized sector of the society—the physically challenged, the frail and the elderly, the street children, prisoners, abused women, refugees of armed conflict and victims of climate change disasters among others, with special highlights on their creations in the Short + Sweet Festival.

Performing at the creativity summit are Marilac Hills Center for Abused Women, Tahanang Walang Hagdan, the Elsie Gaches, and the Ortho-Pedagogical Institute for Dance. For Music, Angklung Ensemble of Golden Acres, Nayon ng Kabataan (street children), Ambassadors of Light (Blind Chorale Group with the Earthsavers Dream Ensemble) and the String of Sampaguita from the National Bilibid Prisons will delight the audience with a musical ensemble.

The Government Internship Program, consist of unemployed youth who are under the care of the Manila City Hall Youth Development Program will perform “Sa Dalampasigan,” a 10-minute play about mature people who have lost hope and reason to continue living.
A visual arts exhibition will also feature works of the sick such as the Brave Kids (cancer victims) and the Tagaytay Drug Rehab Center.

Two short films will be presented by Pili at Pino, a visual arts and film enthusiast group of marginalized youth from Manila, In line with this, there will also be an Animation workshop to be conducted through Tuldok with the pilot testing results demonstrated and discussed.

An exciting aspect of the Summit is the Music Fusion, synergizing native instruments with indigenous and traditional voices and other creative sound makers with movement, dances, and songs—mixing and matching, melding and interweaving the produce of each regional representation into one total theater performance. Project director is Dr. Mars Cavestany with Gardy Labad as Music Director and Wally Tuyan, and Gigi David as choreographers. Stage management is composed of Gigi Perate and Ronnie Martinez.

Conducted nationwide, the Kalahi Cultural Caregiving Program is in line with poverty alleviation program of President Gloria-Macapagal-Arroyo aimed at achieving the eight UN MDG. This program utilizes the Earthsavers Dreams Methodology which involves human resource development, eco-social rehabilitation, and values education through the arts and media and sports and sciences. Its holistic approach underscores the therapeutic and participatory values derived from meaningful and relevant arts training that culminates in a showcase of talents in the field of visual arts, music, dance, theater arts, creative crafts, media and animation and broadcast modules.

The Short + Sweet Festival, on the other hand, will feature performances also from Luzon, theVisayas and Mindanao. From Luzon, there will be performances from the Tagbanuas and Palaweños and from the BALER Arts Academy with the Gawad Kalinga Tatalon Performing Arts. The Lihok Visayan Contingent as well as Tagum group, Tampaken Lum-Alay Cultural Dance Ensemble and the Bukidnon State University will be joining Luzon Short and Sweet Harvest.

For more details, contact Rene Napeñas, Head of the NCCA Public Affairs and Information Office and PIAF Media Director at 527-5529, 09285081057, 09275582656 or PIAF Deputy Festival Manager, Vanessa Marquez at 527-2209 or 09186380412. Email us at ncca.paio@gmail.com.

For inquiries, please contact the Public Affairs and Information Division at (T) 527-5529, (F) 527-2191 local 612-615, or email at info@ncca.gov.ph.

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Children's Corner of NCCA

I found a really nice and interactive site of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts! Sharing with you all to enjoy...

I just wish they included audio instructions and narration for the stories as well as real voices to sing the songs as well.

Visit NCCA Children's Corner site now!

2010 Top Twenty Independent Artists Revealed

by Donna Villanueva

We are a group of young filmmakers from different colleges and universities. We firmly believe that independent filmmaking is a great way for an actor or filmmaker to develop his or her style and abilities and it's not about the paycheck. Our group did a comprehensive research about our Top Twenty independent artists aged 18 to 40 years old (10 males & 10 females) that are ubiquitous figures in Philippine independent cinema.

Our top lists of Independent actors were a mixed batch composed of mainstream/character actors and theater thespians. We accord cinema and television the same respect and rigor as we do theater. These are not just entertainment but are art forms as well. Only when we begin to treat actors as artists can we demand from them to perform with artistry. We treat movie and television actors the same way we do our theater actors.

We would like to acknowledge the following Actors who have contributed to the independent film for the past years;

Ms. Gloria Romero,Ms. Anita Linda, Boots Anson Roa, Barbara Perez, Caridad Sanchez, Maricel Soriano,Cherrie Gil, ,Gina Alajar, Gina Pareño, Daria Ramirez, Cherrie Pie Picache, Jacklyn Jose, Rio Locsin, Tessie Thomas, Susan Africa, Elizabeth Oropesa, Chin Chin Guttirez, Mylene Dizon, Agot Isidro,Ma. Isabel Lopez, Ama Quiambao, Irma Adlawan, Shamaine Buencamino, Ermie Concepcion, Anggie Ferro,Malou Crisilogo, Flor Salanga, Lui Manansala, Mailes Kanapi, Kimberly Diaz, Ara Mina, Gissele Sanchez, Julia Clarete, Karylle, Ina Feleo, Monica Llamas, ,Joanne Miller,Ynez Veneracion, Liza Dino, Johnny Manahan, Johnny Delgado, Robin Padilla, Cesar Montano, Michael V.,Robert Arevalo, Jaime Fabregas , Michael de Mesa, Dick Israel, Albert Martinez, Bembol Roco, Joel Torre, Ricky Davao, Mark Gil, Pen Medina, Gary Valenciano, Nonie Buencamino, Ronnie Lazaro, Rez Cortez, Robert Sena,Garry Lim, Gardo Versosa, Raymund Bagatsing,John Arcilla, Julio Diaz, Allan Paule, Emilio Garcia, Richard Quan, TJ Trinidad, Ryan Eigenmann, Lou Veloso, Archie Adamos, Soliman Cruz, Bodjie Pascua, Dido de La Paz, Fonz Desa, Andoy Ranay,Crispin Pineda, Nor Domingo, Joe Gruta, Jojit Lorenzo, Jake Macapagal, Perry Dizon, Jess Evardone, Mario Magalona, Ketchup Eusebio, Jiro Manio, T.J Trinidad,Simon Ibarra, Carlo Maceda, Christian Vasquez,Nathan, Lopez Lito Caliso and Eddie Garcia.

Our 2010 Top Twenty Independent Artists

In Alphabetical Order:

1.Aguilos Kalila
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits (2009):
Ang beerhouse (2009), Last Supper No.3 (2009)

Previous Years Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Inang yaya (2006), Ligalig (2006), Sinungaling na Buwan (2007), Haw-Ang (2007), ), Death in the Land of the Encantos (2007) FROU FROU, Shhhh!....'Wag Mong Sabihin Kay Itay' (2008)

TV Series:
"Lobo" (2008),"Sana'y wala ng wakas" (2003), "Kay tagal kang hinintay" (2002),

Kalila was a part of Tanghalang Pilipino's Zsazsa Zaturnah (ZeMuzical) as antagonist, Ang Mga Huwad as Carmen Villa, Queen Femina
Suarestellar Baroux, played Madame Jeanne Forestier in Tanghalan at Obra's musical adaptation, The Necklace and the Bride in theInternational Theatre Institute Congress presentation of BloodWeeding. Other theater credits include Troyanas, Middle of the
Silence, Paglayang minamahal, Ang Pagpatay Kay Luna, Dularawang Pating, Aguinaldo: 1898, Ulilang Tahanan, El Filibusterismo; Likhaan's, Noli me Tangere, Magnificat and Disyembre. Kalila is also a costume designer, singer, painter & graphic designer.

2.Aquino, Angel
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits (2007):
Biyaheng lupa (2009), Bonsai (2009)

Previous Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Crying Ladies (2003), ICU Bed #7 (2005), Ebolusyon ng Pamilyang
Pilipino (2005), Ina, Anak, Pamilya (2006), Nasaan si Francis (2006), Kaleldo (2006), Donsol (2006), Pamana, Ang (2006), Faces of Love (2007), Siquijor: Mystic Island (2007), Kadin (2007), God Only Knows (2008)

Mainstream Film Credits
Mumbaki (1996), Bata, bata... Paano ka ginawa? (1998), Serafin Geronimo, Kriminal ng Baryo Concepcion (1998), Sana Pag-ibig na
(1998), Wansapanataym: The Movie (1999), Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay ko (1999), Minsan, minahal kita (2000), Daddy O! Baby O! ,(2000), Laro sa Baga (2000), Vida Rosa, La (2001), Beautiful Life (2004), I Love You Goodbye (2009)

International Films/TV:
Goodbye America (1997),

T.V. Series:
"Recuerdo de amor" (2001), Hunger Strike (2002) (TV), "Hiram" (2004), "Etheria: Ang ikalimang kaharian ng encantadia" (2005), "Captain Barbell" (2006), "Maging sino ka man: Ang pagbabalik" (2007), "Lobo" (2008)

Angel Aquino is no stranger to the limelight. (Angelita Velasquez Aquino real name). She finished Bachelor of Arts in Journalism at
University of the Philippines in Baguio City. Starting out as a model, Angel has metamorphosed into an effective film actress and television style host. Angel has 2 daughters - Iana (born 1993) and Thea (born
1995). She is warm, open, vibrant and lively. Angel Aquino will always be one of my favorite models. Her well-chiseled facial features,
fantastic skin tone, and great figure are the foundation of her beauty. But one element that brings that beauty to life is her
animated personality. Angel is a truly beautiful woman. Angel won Best Performance of an Actress for "Donsol" from the 2006 Cinemalaya Film Festival.. Her short film God Only Knows won as Best short film from the 2008 Cinemalaya Film Ferstival

3.Bayani, Angeli
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits (2009):
Ang laro ng buhay ni Juan (2009), Panahon na (2009), Aurora (2009)

Previous Years Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Ang Huling Araw ng Linggo (2006), Kwarto (2006), Mga Lunes ng Hapis (2007), Endo (2007), Death in the Land of the Encantos(2007), Melancholia (2008), Adela (2008), Kolorete (2008), Aurora(2008)

Angeli is a member of the Tanghalang Pilipino Actor's Company, Angeli dreams one day of becoming an Indie princess. As a resident actor of CCP, Angeli's favorite roles are: Maria Clara's in TP's Noli Me Tangere The Musical; Mrs. Capulleto in TP's R'meo Luvs Dew-Lhiett; Induduli in TP's Hudhuhd an Ifugao romance and Pinnochio in TP's children musical Pinocchio.

In March 2006 she performed in Tokyo, Japan, with the theater company Rinko Gun/Good Fellow's Inc as part of Philippine Bedtime Stories, a series of one-act Filipino plays performed in Tagalog and Japanese.
She has also performed with jay Cruz of Dancing Wounded Contemporary Dance Commune. Her film Mga Lunes ng Hapis (Monday of Sorrow) is competing in the fourth Con-Can Movie Festival, an online short film
festival in Japan this month. Her film Death of the Land of Encantos won special from Venice filmfest. Bayani won the Best Actress in the 2008 Cinemanila International Film Festival.

4.Cabral, Mercedes
10 August 1986
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits(2009):
Chronicle of Wasted Lives (2009), Butas (2009), Padyak (2009), 1017: Sa paglaya ng aking salita (2009), Kinatay (2009), Ang panggagahasa kay Fe (2009), Latak (2009), Karera (2009), Panahon na (2009), Biyaheng lupa (2009)
Previous Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Serbis (2008)
Mercedes Cabral started her acting debut in independent films and theatre. She stars in Kinatay, the independent Filipino film which won the award for Best Director at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival this year. A darling of the Philippine indie film scene, Mercedes is no stranger to Cannes: She also starred in the Philippine entry Serbis two years ago and won the title of Most Beautiful Actress in Cannes. The freelance model and fine arts student from U.P Diliman certainly deserves the title.

5.Calzado Iza
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits (2009):
Dukot (2009), Bente (2009), Manila (2009), Fuschia (2009)
Previous Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Pinoy Blonde (2005),Blackout(2007), Mona: Singapore Escort (2007), Batanes (2007), Kusina (2008) , Adela(2008),

Mainstream Film Credits:
Milan, (2004) ,Annie B. (2004), Sabel(2004), Sigaw (2004), Ispiritista: Itay, may moomoo! (2005), Mulawin The Movie(2005), Moments of Love(2006), Eternity(2006), Shake, Rattle & Roll 8(2006), Ouija (2007), Desperadas(2007), The Echo (Hollywood Remake of Sigaw) (2008), One True Love (2008), Scaregiver(2008), Desperadas 2(2008), Sundo2009, Ang Panday (2009), Yaya & Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie (2009)

T.V. Series:
Click (2001). Kung Mawawala Ka(2001), Te Amo, Maging Sino Ka Man (2004), Encantadia (2005), Etheria: Ang Ikalimang Kaharian ng Encantadia(2005), Encantadia: Pag-Ibig Hanggang Wakas (2006), Atlantika(2006), Impostora (2007), Joaquin Bordado(2008), ESP(2008), LaLola(2008), Obra(2008), All About Eve(2008),Encantadia : Arizonia(2009), "All About Eve" (2009), "Kaya kong abutin ang langit" (2009)

Born as Maria Izadora Ussher Calzado, she was named in part for the legendary dancer, Isadora Duncan. Her father is choreographer and TV director Lito Calzado and her mother was the late Irish-Spanish-Filipina, Mary Ann Ussher. Iza's brother, Dash, is a member of Legit Misfitz, a Pinoy rap group.In the late 1990s, she finished her high school in Miriam College and after which finished her undergraduate education in the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in Fine Arts.

Before entering show business, she worked as a dubber. Iza started out as a guest teen star in the now defunct show, Click, which led to further roles. Iza won her first ever heroine role through the soap opera Te Amo with the Argentinean actor Segundo Cernadas.Iza Calzado bagged her original role in The Echo, the English-language remake of Filipino director Yam Laranas’ horror film Sigaw. Calzado will be sharing the screen with Hollywood actor Jesse Bradford, who was last seen in Clint Eastwood’s World War II epic Flags of Our Fathers. Bradford will portray an ex-convict who will get entangled in the troubles of a battered wife, to be played by Calzado. Although she will be reprising a role that won her an Urian Best Supporting Actress award in 2005, she still had to audition. One of her co-stars, Carlos de Leon, asked her if she is Hispanic because of her facial feature. She won Best Supporting Actress for 28th Gawad Urian. On January 18, 2008, Iza Calzado won the Model Star Award from the Korea Asia Model Award Festival.

6.De Castro, Glaiza
January 21, 1988
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits (2009):
Bente (2009), Astig (Mga batang kalye) (2009)
Previous Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Twilight Dancers (2006), Still Life (2007), Batanes (2007), Rakenrol(2008), Hula (2008), Ultraelectromagnetic Love (2008) , Ang Manghuhula, (2008),

Mainstream Film Credits:
Cool Dudes (2001), Singsing ni Lola (2002), Miss Pinoy (2005), Close to You (2006), Sukob (2006), Manay po (2006), Pacquiao: The Movie •(2006), White Lady (2006), ZsaZsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh (2006), Mano po 6: A Mother's Love (2009),Hula (2010/II), Tarot (2009)

TV Series:
"Berks" (2002), "Spirits" (2004), "Ikaw ang lahat sa akin" (2005), "Fantastikids" (2006), "Boys Nxt Door"(2007), "Asian Treasures" (2007), Sine Novela: Kaputol Ng Isang Awit (2008), Gagambino" (2008), "Stairway to Heaven" , "Kung aagawin mo ang lahat sa akin" (2009),

Glaiza is a television and film actress. Glaiza “Aiza” Galura in real life was born on January 21, 1988. She is the sister of Alcris Galura. Dan Alvaro is Glaiza’s uncle.Glaiza likes Playing the guitar, watching TV, reading and swimming. She is a great fan of Hollywood actors Johnny Depp, Natalie Portman, Kirsten Dunst, Gael Garcia Bernal. She won New Movie Actress of the year (18th Star Awards for Movies 2001)Glaiza is under the management of DMV Entertainment headed by Manny Valera. This year Glaiza earned nominations from Gawad Urian as Best Actress for Still Life.

7.Domingo, Eugene

Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits (2009):
Biyaheng lupa (2009),
Previous Years Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Tuli (2005), Foster Child (2007), Pisay (2007), Ploning (2008),100 (2008),

Mainstream Film Credits:
Ikaw pa rin ang iibigin (1998), Pagdating ng Panahon (1998), Tanging Ina, Ang (2003), Malikmata (2003), Volta (2004), Can This Be Love (2005), D'Lucky Ones (2006), Kapag tumibok ang puso (Not once, but twice), You Are the One (2006), Txt (2006), Reyna: (2006), Shake, Rattle & Roll 8 (2006), The Promise (2007), Cute ng ina mo, Ang (2007), Paano kita Iibigin (2007, Apat dapat, dapat apat: (2007), Pasukob (2007), Bahay kubo (2007), Katas ng Saudi (2007), Ikaw pa rin, bongga ka boy! (2008), My Monster Mom (2008), I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust and Love You) (2008), Desperadas 2 (2008), Ang Nanay kong aswang,(2009), Kimmy Dora (2009),

TV Series:
"Sa dulo ng walang hanggan" (2001), "Buttercup" (2003), "Tanging Ina" (2003), "Marina" (2004), "Kampanerang Kuba" (2005), "Kokey" (2007), "Ako si Kim Samsoon" (2008), "Adik sa'yo" (2009), "Ang babaeng hinugot sa aking tadyang" (2009)

Eugene “Uge” Domingo is a theater, television, film actress. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Theater arts from the University of the Philippines. Eugene is one of the best comedienne’s in the entertainment industry and succeeded in making audience laugh out loud. Her last theater performance includes Welcome to Intelstar as MA'AM CHELSEA. She has done more than 30 mainstream films. She wants to play character roles for future projects. She is noted on winning the Best Supporting Actress award in the 2007 Metro Manila Film Festival and 2008 Gawad Tanglaw. Currently, she is seen in TV5. She won Best supporting actress from Cinemalaya Film Festival for 100 and earned Best Actress nominations from Gawad Urian for Foster Child.

8.Escaño, Perry
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits (2008):

Ded na si Lolo (2009), Ang laro ng buhay ni Juan (2009),Balag(2010),Chronicle of Wasted lives (2010)

Previous Years Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Sitak (2005), Mathew, Mark, Luke and John (2005), Geegee & Waterina(2006), Compound (2006), Siyudad (2006), Butas (2006), Pinoy Postcard (2006), Abadeha (2006), Stop Over (2007), Transition (2007), Elliptical Road (2007), Baliw (2007), Stiryo (2007), Walang Paraiso (2007), Graveyard Shift (2007), Baliw (2007),Ala Suerte Ala Muerte (2007), Sinungaling na Buwan (2007), Ranchero (2008), Magkaibang Direksyon (2008), Jojo (2009)

Mainstream Film Credits:
Frats (1999), Pinay Pie (2003), Malikmata (2003), Batas Militar (2006), Shake Rattle & Roll 10 (Emergency), Scaregivers (2008), Tarot (2009),

T.V. Series:
Sugo (2005), I Luv New York (2006), Makita Ka Lamang Muli (2006),Agawin Mo Man ang Lahat (2006), Super Twins (2007), Lupin (2007), Zaido(2007), Kamandag(2007), La Vendeta (2007), Kokey (2007), Iisa Pa Lamang (2008),Ligaw na Bulaklak(2008),Babangon Ako’t Dudurugin Kita (2008), Joaquin Bordado (2008), Gagambino (2008), Totoy Bato (2009),Tayong Dalawa (2009), Dahil May Isang Ikaw(2009), Tanging Yaman(2009)

Perry is an actor for stage, television and film. He finished Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering in Lyceum University Manila. He earned his professional theater acting workshop with Gantimpala Theater facilitated by Bodjie Pascua and has received his television/film advance and intensive acting training from Ms. Gina Alajar at MOWELFUND. His film credits include Will Fredo’s Compound was an official selection in 2006 Cleveland and Washington D.C. International Film Festival and got nominations from Golden Screen Awards. Perry is also part of Redd Ochoa’s Baliw received special selection in 2007 World film festival in Montreal Canada and Chennai Internatinal Film Festival in India. He has been part of Cinemalaya and Cinemanila films such as Sinungaling na Buwan, Walang Paraiso, Ala Suerte Ala Muerte and Ranchero.

He has portrayed mostly major roles and has done more than twenty professional plays in his theater projects. He is one of the few young actors who can do lead and supporting roles and cross over from theater, television and film. Perry is one of the busiest character actors on television. He appeared on a number of hit teleseryes and drama anthologies in ABS-CBN and GMA-7. Recently he played supporting for two Japanese films entitled Kazuma vs Amusak and Joker The Brilliant. Perry is a freelance actor.

9.Feleo, Ina
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits (2009):
Sanglaan (2009)

Previous Years Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Endo (2007),Gulong (2007)

Mainstream Film Credits:
Birhen ng Manaoag (2005),

TV Series: "Kahit kailan" (2002), "Kung Fu Kids" (2008), "Ligaw na bulaklak" (2008), "HusHHush" (2008),Dahil May Isang Ikaw (2009),

Trina Feleo in real life youngest of two daughters of Laurice Guillen and Johnny Delgado. A writing student at the Ateneo de Manila University, She is a member of Bayanihan Dance company. Thought she would just play a bit role in _Birhen ng Manaoag (2005)) but the endorsement of director Marilou Diaz-Abaya got her the plum role. She won as Best actress for 2007 and 2009 Cinemalaya Film Festival for the film Endo and Sanglaan.

10.Galura Alchris
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits (2009):
24K (2009), Si Bok at ang trumpo (2009), Heavenly Touch (2009),

Previous Years Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Babae sa Breakwater (2004),Lagusan (2005), Sarong banggi (2005),
Pusang Gala (2005), Batad sa paang palay (2006), Seroks (2006), Endo (2007),Maikling Kwento (2007),
Mainstream films:
Magkaibigan (2008), Walang kawala (2008), Tiyanaks (2007)

Alcris is a film actor. He is the brother of Glaiza de Castro
(Actress). He portrayed a 14-year old Batad Boy "Ag-ap" in the film
Batad, a high school dropout, is forced to sell produce in the Banawe
market to augment whose big dream is to own a pair of nifty sports
shoes in. He bagged the best actor awards from 2006 Cinemalaya Film
Festival and 2006 Golden Screen Awards for his heartwarming
performance in Batad. He also received Best Supporting Actor
nominations from the URIAN for his performances in Mario O'Hara's
Babae sa Breakwater.

11.Geisler Baron
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits (2009):
Maximus & Minimus (2009), The Forgotten War (2009), Manila (2009), Padyak (2009),

Previous Years Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Durog (2007), Ang Huling Araw ng Linggo (2006), Taxi ni Pilo (2001), Jay (2008),

Mainstream Film Credits:
Ang TV Movie: The Adarna Adventure (1996), Haba-baba-doo, puti-puti-poo!(1998), Mahal na kung mahal (1999), Tar-San (1999), Anak (2000), Jologs (2002), A Love Story (2007), SupahPapalicious (2008), Torotot (2008), Baler (2008), Nandito ako... Nagmamahal sa 'yo (2009), Kimmy Dora (2009)

T.V.Series: "Gimik" (1996), "Tabing ilog" (2000), "Recuerdo de amor" (2001), "It Might Be You" (2003), "Vietnam Rose"(2005), "Calla Lily"(2006) , "Maging sino ka man" (2006), "Pieta"(2008), Eva Fonda(2008),Tayong Dalawa (2009), "Obra"(2009), "Nasaan ka Maruja?" (2009) , "Kambal sa uma" (2009)

Baron Frederick von Geisler is half-German. Baron’s hobbies include painting & writing poetry. Older brother, Donald, is a member of the Philippine taekwondo national team that competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He was launched as a member of the male trio "Koolits" with John Lloyd Cruz and Marc Solis. He won an award for 'Best Single Performance by an Actor' in the recently concluded Star Awards for TV (2005) for his performance in 'Maalaala mo kaya'.He got Best Supporting nominations from URIAN for Anak (2000).In this year he won Best Actor from Cinemalaya Film Festival for “Jay”. Jay was included in 65th Venice Int'l Film Festival, Bangkok and International Film Festival.

12.Lucero, Sid
March 12, 1983
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits(2009):
Astig (Mga batang kalye) (2009), Sabungero (2009)

Previous Years Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Donsol (2006), Tambolista (2007), Siquijor: Mystic Island (2007), Tagapagligtas (2007),Tukso (2007), Batanes (2007),Selda (2007), Aurora (2008), Bulong (2008),, Selda(2008), Independencia(2009)

Mainstream Film Credits:
Manay Po 2: Overload, Manay po 2: Overload (2008) ,

T.V. Series:
"Krystala" (2004), Etheria: Ang Ikalimang Kaharian ng Encantadia" (2005), "Prinsesa ng Banyera" (2007), Kokey (2007), Kung Fu Kids (2008), Ligaw na Bulaklak (2008), "Flash Bomba" (2009) ,Dahil May Isang Ikaw (2009),

Timothy Mark Pimentel Eigenmann in real life. Once in a while, a new face comes along in the entertainment scene that truly catches our attention. The moment we saw Sid Lucero, we knew that he's got it. And after seeing him act in his very first television drama role, there's no doubt that Sid will be the next best
young actor of his generation. Sid is being introduced in the much talked about soap opera "Hanggang Kailan," from GMA-7 and Filmex, Inc. where he is pitting talents against some of the country's acting heavyweights like Lorna Tolentino and Christopher de Leon. In the soap, he plays a lost young teenage boy who is searching for love and acceptance while in the process of finding himself. If his face looks familiar, it's because Sid is the son of thespian Mark Gil. The eyebrows, the nose and the piercing look is so very Mark, and from that initial episodes that we've seen, the boy has got the same natural intensity and passion like his dad. We learned that his manager Ricky Gallardo of The Talent Factory was
responsible in choosing his screen name. Sid Lucero is the name of the character Mark Gil played in the award-winning Mike de Leon film, "Batch 81," where Mark was elevated to lead status, and where he met and fell in love with Sid's mother, the former fashion model and
actress Bing Pimentel.

Sid, together with the other young cast of the soap, had to undergo intensive training in proper acting techniques with workshop director Peque Gallaga before facing the cameras. A quick learner, he says that from the time he started taping, he learned a lot in terms of motivation, delivery and focus, with the guidance of his directors Joey Reyes and Mark Reyes. He won Breakthrough Performance by an Actor for Donsol from 2007 Golden Screen Awards and Best actor from Cinema One Film Festival for Tambolista. Sid Lucero won Best Actor award in the 49-year history of the November 14-23, 2008 Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece, regarding film Selda. This year he got Best Supporting Actor nominations from URIAN for Tambolista and won Best actor from Manunuri for Selda. Sid is under Talent Factory management headed by Ricky Gallardo

13.Martin, Coco
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits(2008):
Biyaheng lupa (2009), Kinatay (2009),
Previous Years Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Pitong Tagpo (2007), Nars (2007), Tambolista (2007), Tirador (2007), Ataul For Rent (2007), "OFW" (2007), "Batanes: Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan"(2007), "Box Office" (2007), Siquijor: Mystic Island (2007),Masahista (2005), Kaleldo (2006), Serbis 2008, Daybreak (2008), "Condo" (2008), Next Attraction (2008), Jay (2008)

T.V. Series:
Ligaw na Bulaklak (2008), Tayong Dalawa (2009) ,"Nasaan ka Maruja?" (2009)

Coco is a film and television actor. He has appeared in several TV commercials before breaking into showbiz with his debut film Masahista which won him the Young Critics Circle Best Actor Award in 2006. He also starred in Kaleldo in 2006. He's the father of a child born on June 3, 2005 by his co-star in the movie Masahista and ex-girlfriend, Katherine Luna. Early in 2007, Coco became an exclusive artist of GMA Network, and appeared in several GMA TV shows starting with "Daisy Siete Season 15". He is also a member of the boy-group The Studs.He won Best Supporting Actor from Gawad URIAN for Jay.

14.Paras, Joey
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits(2009):
Last Supper No. 3 (2009)

T.V. Series:
"The Last Prince" (2010), "Ikaw sana" (2009), "Maging sino ka man" (2006),
Joey is a theater, film and television actor. He graduated in University of Santo Tomas '98 with the degree of AB COMMUNICATION ARTS .He worked as Sound Technician in his past films. He plays Didi in Zsazsa Zaturnnah the Musical. His superb performance in Ang Bayot, ang Meranao, at ang Habal-Habal sa Isang Nakababagot na Paghihintay sa Kanto ng Lanao del Norte got nominations as Best Stage Actor from Aliw Award. He is now active in television and in theater as director. Joey is a freelance actor. He played lead in his independent film Last Supper No. 3 in Cinemalaya film festival won as Best Picture.

15.Ramos Che
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits(2009):
Mangatyanan (2009), Anacbanua (2009) , Ang beerhouse (2009
Previous Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Pain Things (2007), Ataul: For Rent (2007), Off World (2009

Mainstream Film Credits:
Patient X (2009)

Cheryl Ramos independent film debut is Pain Things by Jon Red. Che is a theatre, television, film actress and print ad and commercial model. She graduated in University of the Philippines Los Baños with the degree of BA Sociology. Daughter of Carolyn Ramos and Roberto Ramos. She likess to read a lot, watching fireworks and being around funny people. She is a Michael Jackson fanatic and loves the movies Say Anything, Pride And Prejudice. Her superb portrayal as lead in Mangatyanan catches the attention of the audience in the reacent Cinemalaya film festival held in CCP.

16.Reyes Arnold
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits(2009):
Puntod (2009), Astig (Mga batang kalye) (2009) , Ugat sa Lupa (Roots on Earth) (2009), The Forgotten War (2009), Pera-perahang lata (2009) , Padyak (2009)

Previous Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Pisay (2007), Huling araw ng linggo, Ang(2006), Kagat ng dilim (2006) Big Time (2005), Condo (2008), Barako(2008), Adela(2008), Imoral(2008),

Mainstream Film Credits: Luv Text (2001), My Bestfriend's Girlfriend(2008), In My Life (2009), Karera (2009),

T.V. Series:
"I Heart Betty La Fea" (2008), Iisa Pa Lamang (2008),"Krystala" (2004),

Arnold is a familiar face on television, having done ads for several products like Globe Telecom, Lucky Me, San Miguel and more. However Arnold is not stranger to the world of theater. Credits include Dulaang U.P’s St. Louis Loves Dem Filipinos, Hibik at Himagsik nina Viktoria Laktaw and winter’s Tale: Atlants’ Rent, Actor’s Repertory’s Romeo and Juliet and florante at Laura; Gantimpala’s Grethology, Kanser, Sinag and pepe and Pilar; Chase International’s Once on this Island,among Others. He has also produced and composed songs for Regine Velasquez (Perry’s Will), Ogie Alcasid (Hanggang Saan Hanggang Kailan), Born Diva Album (Di Man Lang Nagpaalam), K and the Boxers (Ikaw Lang), Anton Diva (Paano Na), Erik Santos( You and Kung Maalala Mo.) His song Paano Na? won him the siler prize in the 200 Metro Pop Song Writing Festival, and in 2003, his composition Kung Ako Ba siya? Won the Texter’s Choice Award and was a finalist in the first Himig Handog Love Song Festival. Most Recently, Arnold got nominations as Best Stage Actor from Aliw Award for his portrayal Ang Bayot, and Maranao at ang Habal-Habal sa Isang Nakakabagot na Paghihintay sa Kanto ng Lanao del Norte.

17.Sandejas Zoe
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits(2009):
Dinig Sana Kita (2009)
Previous Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Tulad ng Dati

Zoe Katerina Genato Sandejas in real life and was born in New York. Daughter of writer, director and producer Mike Escareal Sandejas. Zoe is a singer and ac actress. Sings with rock bands and as a solo acoustic performer. She first appeared in independent film Tulad ng Dati and played as Nina Sevillas as lead in Dinig Sana Kita in last Cinemalaya film festival. She loves photography and soon to be a U.P student.

18.Sese Neil Ryan
Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits (2009):
Sanglaan (2009), Mangatyanan (2009) , Buenavista (Ang kasaysayan ng Lucena) (2010)


Previous Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Mathew Mark Luke and John (2005), Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros
(2005), Kubrador (2006), Graveyard Shift (2007), Seroks (2006), Hawang (2007), Huling Pasada (2008)

Mainstream Film Credits:
Caregiver (2008),Aishite imasu (Mahal kita) 1941 (2004),Beautiful Life (2004), Gatas sa Dibdib ng Kaaway (1999)

T.V. Series: "Pieta" (2008), Prinsesa ng Banyera (2007), Maria Florde Luna (2007) ), Lupin (2007), Asian Treasure (2007), Makita Ka LamangMuli (2006), "Etheria: Ang
ikalimang kaharian ng encantadia" (2005),Sugo( 2005), "Krystala" (2004), "Spirits"
(2004), "Darating ang umaga" (2003), "Buttercup" (2003), "Kay tagal kang
hinintay" (2002), "Basta't kasama kita" (2002), "Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan" (2001), "Obra" (2009),Tayong Dalawa 2009, The Wedding 2009

Neil is an actor for stage, television and film. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Theater arts from the University of the Philippines. From then on, guided by his mentors, he honed craft by taking part in various. To new a few, he appeared in Shakespearean classics such as Othello (Dulaang U.P); Merchant of Venice, Taming of the Shrew (UP Shakespearean Company); Greek classics like Oedipus Rex
(Dulaang UP) and Troyanas (Tanghalang Pilipino), Kanser (Gantimpala) , Laro (Gantimpala) and Asian Drama like St. Louis Loves Dem Filipinos (Dulanng UP); Hudhud (TP), Kanjicho (Dulanng UP), Sepharad: Voces de Exilio, Basilia ng Malolos ( UPPT), Orpheus Descending (TP) and Sa Ngalan ng Anak (Dulaang UP) and line producer of the digital film
Laya. He is one of the visible character actors on television.

19.Trillio Dennis

Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits(2009):
Astig (Mga batang kalye) (2009)
Mainstream Film Credits:
Mano po III: My love (2004), Aishite imasu (Mahal kita) 1941 (2004), Blue Moon (2006), Pamahiin (2006), Txt (2006, Shake, Rattle & Roll 9 (2007), I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust and Love You) (2008), Mag-ingat ka sa... Kulam (2008), Tarot (2009), Yaya & Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie (2009), Mano po 6: A Mother's Love (2009) , The Other Man (2010)
T.V. Series:
"Sa dulo ng walang hanggan" (2001), "Twin Hearts" (2003), "Mulawin" (2004), "Etheria: Ang ikalimang kaharian ng encantadia" (2005), Mulawin: The ,Movie (2005), "Majika" (2006), "Super Twins" (2007), "Kung mahawi man ang ulap" (2007), "Zaido: Pulis pangkalawakan" (2007), "Magdusa ka" (2008, "Gagambino" (2008, Sugat ng Kahapon (2009), "Adik sa'yo" (2009) , "Obra" ., "Darna",

Abelardo Dennis Florencio Ho in real life. Born on May 12, 1981. Dennis Trillo is a television singer and film actor. His film debut Aishite Imasu (Mahal Kita) 1941 which skyrocketed him into a matinee idol status. He is currently an artist of GMA Network, his rise to fame was proven in 2006 when he won the Best Actor trophy thrice that same year defeating heavy contender, Piolo Pascual, Making him the only non-veteran actor to defeat Piolo Pascual in the said feat. Trillo comes from a well-off family. He finished his high school in Jose Abad Santos Memorial School in Quezon City, and he spent his grade school years at the Ateneo De Manila University. He has a B.A. in International Studies from Miriam College.
His career in entertainment started in 2000 at ABS-CBN,[1] when he was introduced as one of the young talents for the 10th batch of Star Circle, ABS-CBN Network’s artist machinery (now known as Star Magic). He was seen in the television soap opera Pangako Sayo & Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan where he played the confidante of one of the lead stars. Despite his exposure, Trillo’s career did not really take off. He used to be in a rock band called Moyg.
His biggest breaks came upon his transfer to GMA Network wherein he became one of its contract stars. He was cast in several television outings like Kahit Kailan,Twin Hearts and Love to Love.
Trillo's stardom continued to rise in 2004, when he became one of the lead stars in the popular telefantasya (fantasy-themed TV series) Mulawin. He made his film debut in Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita, where he received raves for his portrayal of a cross-dressing spy for the HUKBALAHAP during the advent of the Japanese invasion in World War II. For Aishite Imasu, he received several awards and citations including Best Supporting Actor from the 30th Metro Manila Film Festival and Best Actor trophies from the Film Academy of the Philippines, the PMPC Star Awards For Movies, and the Young Critics Circle.

20.Vargas Alfred
October 24, 1981

Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits(2009):
Previous Independent Short/ Full Length Film Credits:
Ang Lagusan (2005), Amamanhig (2009)
Mainstream Film Credits:
Liberated (2003), Bridal Shower (2004), Bikini Open (2005) I Wanna Be Happy (2007), Gigil(2007), Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah: Ze Moveeh (2007), Faces of Love (2007), Banal (2007), Single (2009), When I Met You (2009)

T.V. Series:
Pangako Sa 'Yo(2002) ,Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan (2003), Encantadia (2004), Etheria (2004), I Luv NY (2006), Muli (2006), Impostora (2007), Dyesebel (2008), Una Kang Naging Akin(2008), All About Eve (2009), Zorro (2009),Zorro (2009)

Alfredo Paolo Dumlao in real life.Vargas graduated in A.B. Management Economics in Ateneo de Manila University. He began his career as a member of ABS-CBN Star Magic (formerly Star Circle) acting workshop Batch 10. From there, he had his TV role in the drama soap opera, Pangako Sa'yo, from the same network. But this Ateneo de Manila graduate was acting in theatre long before the talent scouts lured him into television.
His breakthrough role came in the film Bridal Shower in which he was able to display his acting potential as a drama actor. This along with the move to the GMA Network opened a slew of opportunities for the young actor. This move has seen him featured prominently in three notable shows in Philippine television: the daytime drama series, Daisy Siete, the fantasy series, Encantadia (as Aquil), and its prequel series Etheria (as Amarro, Aquil's father).
He played the leading role on the GMA daytime series Muli, opposite the Malaysian actress Carrie Lee and Marian Rivera as well as being part of the cast of Impostora in 2007. In 2008, he worked again with Marian Rivera in Dyesebel. He is also part of the upcoming installment of Una Kang Naging Akin co-starringAngelika dela Cruz, in which he plays "Ronnie".
His most recent movie projects include Status: Single and When I Met U. He is set to do an indie film, Amamanhig. In 2009, he appeared in All About Eve where he is reunited with his Impostora castmates Sunshine Dizon, Iza Calzado, and Mark Anthony Fernandez. He then made a villainous turn when he played the pirate captain Lima Wong in Zorro. He went on to play "Gabriel" in Darna but had to leave the series as he applied for candidacy for councilor.In 2010, Alfred is currently reappearing in "Darna", becoming a successful reporter.

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SAS Screenwriting Series in SINGAPORE: What is a screenplay? (Free & Open o he Public)

Screenwriters Association (Singapore) presents
the first installment of:

SAS Screenwriting Series
(free and open to the public)

This month's talk:
What is a screenplay? (Introductory level)

Saturday, 27 Feb 2010
11 am - 12 pm
The Substation Classroom 2 (level 2)

Who should attend:
Anyone new to screenwriting and interested to learn more.

We will answer these basic questions in an informal setting:

- What is the Screenwriters Association and what does it do?

- What is screenwriting, and why do people do it?

- What are the different types of screenwriting?

- How does screenwriting fit into film making?

- How is screenwriting different from other forms of writing?

- How does the screenwriting industry work in Hollywood?

- Should I write a screenplay?

- How do I learn screenwriting?

This talk will be presented by Mark Kwan, award-winning screenwriter and new president of the SAS, and JF Koh, webmaster of SAS.

Visit us at:
http://www.screenwriters.org.sg

Watch out for these future topics in our SAS Screenwriting Series:

27 March 2010: Basics of Screenwriting
24 April 2010: Creative Techniques in Screenwriting
29 May 2010: So I Have Written a Screenplay -- What Next?
26 June 2010: How To Sell a Screenplay

If you would like to be a guest speaker or help out as a volunteer, please contact us here.

Philippine International Visual Arts Festival 2010 this February 2010

The NCCA Committee on Visual Arts, headed by Egai Talusan Fernandez, will mount the Philippine International Visual Arts Festival 2010 (PIVAF), featuring the masterworks of renowned visual artists. The exhibit will also showcase the talents of the Filipino artists from different regions as well as make their works accessible to the public. Aside from the exhibit, seminar-workshops will also be conducted, and sand sculpture and body paintings sessions will also take place.

The PIVAF is one of the highlights of the Philippine International Arts Festival, a celebration of the National Arts Month this February 2010, spearheaded by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), led by its Chairman Vilma Labrador and Executive Director Cecile Guidote Alvarez, through Ricardo de Ungria, Commissioner of the NCCA Sub-commission on the Arts (SCA).

The NCCA has been holding such events, a series of festivities and activities mounted throughout the country celebrating Filipino artistry and promoting the arts and the artists, for 19 years now, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 683 signed in 1991.

PIAF aims to feature the talents and performances of the many artists and arts groups in the seven arts on whose trainings, competitions, and creative expressions it has invested the past year or so. More than a way of looking back at past accomplishments, the festival will be a celebration of the fruits of the creative efforts for the past year and a looking forward to a richer, more fertile ground in the coming years for the evolution of artistic modes of expression available to the Filipino creative imagination.

All over the country, different arts and culture groups as well as local governments will hold events for the PIAF with funding and support from the NCCA with the theme “Ani ng Sining” or harvest of the arts.

At the forefront and the highlight of the PIAF are the major projects of the committees of the SCA, namely, Cinema, Dance, Literary Arts, Architecture and Allied Arts, Visual Arts, Music, and Dramatic Arts.

The PIVAF will be held from February 17 to 21, 2010, at the Shangri-la Plaza mall in Mandaluyong City, and from February 24 to 28, 2010, in Boracay Island, Aklan.

For details, please contact RENE NAPEÑAS, Head of the NCCA-Public Affairs and Information Office (PAIO) at cellphone number 0928-5081057) or VANESSA MARQUEZ, NAM Deputy Festival Director at cellphone number 0918-6380412, or call (02) 527-5529 / 527-2192 loc. 508, 612 to 615, email at ncca.paio@gmail.com or public_affairs@ncca.gov.ph.

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NCCA launches second ORGANIK MUSIK Festival

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) presents Organik Musik: 2 Palay Bigas Kanin in line with this year's Philippine International Arts Festival (PIAF) in celebration of National Arts Month as per Presidential Proclamation No. 683 in 1991.

This year's musical production is written by award-winning poet-educator Vim Nadera and will be performed by some of the country’s best contemporary music artists like Cynthia Alexander, Junior Kilat, Sigaw ng Tundo, and Radioactive Sago Project. Respected musician Joey Ayala heads the NCCA's Committee on Music.

This musical extravaganza aims to strengthen the link between the NCCA, the government body tasked to promote arts and culture, and the music community all over the country. Organik Musik 2 aims to have about 300 performers, to be able to reach 4,000 to 6,000 music lovers, artists, and enthusiasts throughout the country.

Organik Musik 2 is one of the seven flagship projects of PIAF 2010. It will showcase the historical evolution of Filipino music from the traditional bugtong and pasyon to modern-day's rap music through the use of various literary and musical elements.

Organik Musik 2 will be staged in the University of Santo Tomas, Iloilo, Tagum City in Davao del Norte, and Baguio City in February 2010.

The month-long celebration is led by NCCA Chairman, Dr. Vilma Labrador, Executive Director, Cecile Guidote Alvarez, and PIAF Festival Director and Head of Subcommission on Arts, Ricardo de Ungria.

For details, please contact RENE NAPEÑAS, Head of the NCCA-Public Affairs and Information Office (PAIO) and PIAF Media Director at 527-5529 or at numbers 097-5582656 / 09285081057 or VANESSA MARQUEZ, PIAF Deputy Festival Manager at 527-2209 or 0918-6380412. You can also call us at 527-2192 (loc. 612-615) or email us at ncca.paio@gmail.com.

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'Archi(Types/Text)' features 8 component exhibits

The National Committee on Architecture and Allied Arts of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will be mounting eight exhibits in different venues highlighting architecture and its role and connection in Philippine life as part of the Philippine International Arts Festival (PIAF) in celebration of National Arts Month (NAM) Presidential Proclamation No. 683 in 1991

“Archi(Types/Text): Architecture in Philippine Life” features eight different exhibits that tackle “landscape and urban planning, painting and photography, cinema and postcards.”

Also this year, the Committee on Architecture and Allied Arts led by its vice head, Architect Gerard Lico, recognizes notable works and contributions done by architect and painter Andres Luna de San Pedro. The committee also decided to feature the Vargas Collection at the Vargas Museum, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.

Other exhibits which will allow art enthusiasts and architects alike to architecture as an art include “Imperial Reproduction: Imagining the Philippines in Color,” “Imperial Gaze: Representations of Far Zamboanga in Colonial Photography,” “Manila and the River that Runs Through It,” “Deco Decadence: Philippine Art Deco Architecture,” “Philippine Landscape and Urban Planning 1900-1960,” and “Pa(ng)labas = architecture + cinema.”

These exhibits aims to let people experience architecture in a different perspective. It comes our as both a type and text because it is “both a thing and subjectivity...Architecture finally becomes complex in culture and history: it is formative and figurative,” according to the committee.

The exhibits will happen mostly in different venues in Metro Manila and one in Cebu.

For more details, contact Rene Napeñas, Head of the NCCA Public Affairs and Information Office and PIAF Media Director at 527-5529, 09285081057, 09275582656 or PIAF Deputy Festival Manager, Vanessa Marquez at 527-2209 or 09186380412. Email us at ncca.paio@gmail.com

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CineRehiyon 2 highlights Regional Filmmakers

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will once again highlight some of the best works of the regional Filipino filmmakers in CineRehiyon 2 – a non-competition film festival, and one of the seven flagship projects of this year’s Philippine International Arts Festival (PIAF) Ani ng Sining celebration.

Expect a bigger, more diverse film festival with the participation of 10 featured regions from all over the country. CineRehiyon 2 aims to give budding regional filmmakers the opportunity to showcase their unique culture, through films set in their respective regions, and shot in their local dialects.

The Cinema Committee, led by Dr. Miguel Rapatan, and Vice-Head, Teddy Co, will head the selection of standout short and full-length films from each participating regions. The selected films will be screened in the culminating film festival to be held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines from February 16 to 20. Forums and panel discussions will also be organized prior to the film festival.

The regions, and provincial centers who participated for this year’s CineRehiyon 2 are: Bacolod, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Iloilo, Naga, Pampanga, Samar, Central Visayas (Cebu and Bohol), and Western and Central Mindanao.

PIAF is held every February, as part of the National Arts Month in pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 683 signed by President Corazon Aquino in 1991. The month-long celebration is led by NCCA Chairman, Dr. Vilma Labrador, Executive Director, Cecile Guidote Alvarez, and PIAF Festival Director and Head of Subcommission on Arts, Ricardo de Ungria.

For details, please contact RENE NAPEÑAS, Head of the NCCA-Public Affairs and Information Office (PAIO) and PIAF Media Director at 527-5529 or at numbers 097-5582656 / 09285081057 or VANESSA MARQUEZ, PIAF Deputy Festival Manager at 527-2209 or 0918-6380412. You can also call us at 527-2192 (loc. 612-615) or email us at ncca.paio@gmail.com.

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TABOAN: 2nd Philippine Writers Festival in Cebu this February 10-12, 2010

On February 10-12, over a hundred literary pens will be scrawling in Cebu as the city plays host to the national writers’ confab dubbed Taboan: 2nd Philippine Writers Festival. Taboan is a Cebuano word meaning “gathering” or “trading at the market place.”

Now on its second year, the 2010 Taboan celebration gives the reigns to the Visayan writers. This, according to Ricardo de Ungria, head of the Subcommission on the Arts of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and director of the Philippine International Arts Festival, is for the Visayan authors to have the center stage this year. “Our intention is to make the focus of the Taboan different each year. Last year, the focus was Luzon. For 2010, it will be the Visayas. The year after that will be Mindanao,” he shared.

Highlights of the event are the panel discussions on a plethora of topics about writing such as translation, regional children’s literature, ecoliterature, alternative publishing, writing for a living, writing ethnicity, and writers block, among others. There will also be workshops, performance poetry presentations, a zarzuela show, and for the first time, a teachers' conference on teaching literature.

The event will end with a program recognizing some outstanding Visayan writers: Resil Mojares, Leocio Deriada, Magdalena Jalandoni (posthumous), Rene Estrella Amper (posthumous), Estrella Alfon (posthumous), Lina Espina Moore (posthumous) and Edilberto Tiempo (posthumous).

The Taboan is part of the month-long national celebration of the arts slated every February. Called the Philippine International Arts Festival (PIAF), the grand celebration is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 683 signed by President Corazon Aquino in 1991. It is being spearheaded by the NCCA headed by its chairman, Dr. Vilma Labrador and executive director, Cecile Guidote Alvarez.

The Taboan is implemented by the NCCA National Committee on Literary Arts with the Arts Council of Cebu Foundation, Inc. as conduit.

For more details please contact Mr. Rene Napeñas, Head of the NCCA Public Affairs and Information Office/PIAF Media Director at 527-5529 * 09285081057 / 09275582656 or PIAF Deputy Festival Manager, Vanessa Marquez at 527-2209 or 09186380412. You could also call us at 527-2192 loc. 612-615 or email us at ncca.paio@gmail.com.

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Sayaw Pinoy Celebrates Different Dance Forms

Following the highly successful and acclaimed dance concert tour in last year’s National Arts Month (NAM), the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Committee on Dance are all set to bring the dance festival around the country again in this year's Philippine International Arts Festival (PIAF) Ani ng Sining celebration for the whole month of February.

The committee led by Shirley Halili-Cruz of Quezon City Ballet, feels that reaching out to grassroots will lead to the discovery of new talents as well connecting to more Filipino dance artists. To make it more diverse and colorful, Sayaw Pinoy will involve “indigenous arts and artists in the production” all over the Philippines. The dance festival hopes that the interaction will create a more productive and a more creative atmosphere in the arts and culture sector.

The dance tour “brings together different dance forms such as classical ballet, folk dance, contemporary and modern dance. The country's top dance companies perform back to back with the local dance troupes of host cities and municipalities.” Sayaw Pinoy is one of the seven flagship projects of PIAF in celebration of NAM as per Presidential Proclamation No. 683 in 1991.

Judging from the requests the committee gets from local government units to perform in their cities, Sayaw Pinoy has established itself as one of the much-awaited events during the arts month. The month-filled event is set to capture a new breed of audience and pique the interests of many dance enthusiasts.

Sayaw Pinoy 2010 is set to hold performances in Batangas, Bicol, Bukidnon, Davao, Negros Occidental, and Kalinga as well as key places in Metro Manila.

For more details, please contact Mr. Rene Napeñas, Head of the NCCA Public Affairs and Information Office/PIAF Media Director at 527-5529 * 09285081057 / 09275582656 or PIAF Deputy Festival Manager, Vanessa Marquez at 527-2209 or 09186380412. You could also call us at 527-2192 loc. 612-615 or email us at ncca.paio@gmail.com.

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Philippines chosen as 2010-2011 ASEAN Culture Capital

The Philippines has been declared by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as its Culture Capital for 2010 to 2011. As the region’s culture capital, the Philippines is tasked to host the 4th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts (AMCA) and the 6th Senior Officials Meeting for Culture and Arts (SOMCA) in Clark, Pampanga in March 2010.

Along with the said meetings, the Philippines will also host the 4th ASEAN Festival of Arts (AFA). With the theme “The Best of the ASEAN,” the festival will highlight the creativity and foster the exchange of ideas among the best artists from ASEAN countries. Each ASEAN member will showcase one of their country’s finest works in their chosen field of art (theater, music, literature, film, or dance).

As its contribution to the festival, the Philippines will be restaging “Baler sa Puso Ko,” an original zarzuela that reflects the wealth of heritage, and the 400-year history of the town of Baler.

Performances for the AFA will be held in the Convento Theater at Nayong Pilipino sa Clark Expo (NPCE). Meanwhile, film showings, workshops, poetry readings, and book launchings will take place at NCPE’s dormitory, arcadia, and library.

Led by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the aforementioned events serve as a continuing effort in promoting common identity and diversity, enhancing cultural heritage and tourism, and strengthening ties among members of the ASEAN.

And with the Philippine International Arts Festival 2010 Ani ng Sining celebration this coming February, NCCA Executive Director Cecile Guidote Alvarez aims to “project the Philippines as the Cultural Gateway to the Southeast Asian region.”

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National and College Theater Festival to Open

It’s their time to shine.

To highlight the outstanding theater achievements of university-based theater groups, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), through its National Committee on Dramatic Arts headed by Dr. Glecy Atienza, will be holding Tanghal, the fourth National University and College Theater Festival on February 1-5, 2010 as part of the Philippine International Arts Festival (PIAF).

The event will feature a showcase of six exceptional theater performances that will be followed by a conference featuring international guest artists that will tackle the contributions of theater groups in the universities and colleges all over the Philippines in the hopes of forming a National Student Theater Alliance. The fourth Tanghal is aimed at marking the importance of university and college-based theater programs in the Philippine history.

This year’s fourth Tanghal is slated to take place in the National Capital Region (NCR), as the three previous theater festivals were held in the provinces. The first Tanghal was held in Iloilo City in 2007 and was hosted by the University of San Agustin and the Teatrokon Western Visayas Theater Network. In 2008, Tanghal moved to Zamboanga with the Western Mindanao State University and the local government unit of the City of Zamboanga playing hosts. For the third leg of the theater festival, Tanghal was held at Laguna, hosted by Colegio de San Juan Letran in Calamba in cooperation with the Arts Research and Training Institute in Southern Tagalog, Inc., Linang Laguna Theater Network and the Lusong Luzon Theater Network.

The PIAF is annually held every February as per the Presidential Proclamation No. 683 signed by former President Corazon Aquino in 1991 and is currently undertaken by NCCA headed by its chairman, Dr. Vilma Labrador and its executive director Cecile Guidote Alvarez. Commissioner Ricardo de Ungria, head of the Subcommission on the Arts, is the festival director of PIAF 2010.

For details, please contact RENE NAPEÑAS, Head of the NCCA-Public Affairs and Information Office (PAIO) and PIAF Media Director at 527-5529 or at numbers 097-5582656 / 09285081057 or VANESSA MARQUEZ, PIAF Deputy Festival Manager at 527-2209 or 0918-6380412. You can also call us at 527-2192 (loc. 612-615) or email us at ncca.paio@gmail.com.

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