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Sunday, September 25, 2011

ICONS: CCP ARCHICTECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITION EXHIBIT

ICONS: CCP ARCHICTECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITION EXHIBIT

The exhibit showcases the finalists of the CCP Architectural Design Competition. Proposals, concept boards, drawings,scale models for the new Performing Arts Theater and the Artists’ Center set to rise in the new CCP complex. Featuring the work of Leandro V. Locsin Partners, Buensalido + Architects, Syndicated Architects, Inc., Palafox and Associates, and Lor Calma Design, Inc. Done in celebration of the 42nd Anniversary Year of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Dates & Time: September 8 til October 16
Venue: Bulwagang Juan Luna (CCP Main Gallery)
Free admission

Monday, September 5, 2011

Filipiniana Sunsets at the CCP

Folkloric groups regale local and international visitors with songs and dances from the rich cultural heritage of the Philippines from the indigenous, to the Spanish and American colonial periods. The colorful pageantry is set against the backdrop of the famous sunset of Manila Bay.

Date & Time: 19 & 26 October, 6:00PM
Venue: CCP North Promenade
Free admission

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Jose Joya Retrospective

A major retrospective of the works of National Artist for Visual Arts Jose Joya.

Date & Time: October 13 to November 6
Venue: Bulwagang Juan Luna (Main Gallery)
Free admission

Friday, May 13, 2011

LUAL solo exhibit by Rita Badilla-Gudino at the CCP Small Gallery

Lual is about transforming the firing process of ceramics into an art form embodying the relationship between birthing and firing. The exhibit is collateral to the artist’s performative presentation of the same project to be launched at the University of the Philippines, Diliman and will be feature the works and the photo and video documentation of the process involved. Rita Badilla-Gudino is a faculty member of the Visual Communication Department of UP College of Fine Arts in Diliman is the faculty coordinator of its ceramics studio.

Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo (CCP Small Gallery)
Free Admission

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

9 Works Theatrical with Powerdance "FREE DANCE TRIAL CLASS"




FREE DANCE TRIAL CLASS Schedule on JUNE 20:

(For Kids until 12 years old)
3-345pm Junior Jazz
4-445pm Junior Hip Hop
5-545pm Junior Latin Ballroom

(For Teens and Adults - 12 years old and above)
6-645pm Jazz
7-745pm Hip Hop
8-845pm Latin Ballroom

*Bring dance shoes and comfortable clothes

Feel free to invite family and friends!
See you there!!!

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9 Works Theatrical/Douglas Nierras Powerdance will be offering Dance Classes @ The Rockwell Club starting July 1, 2010.

Here's our Schedule:

FROM JULY 1:

Junior Jazz Series (Kids til 11-12 years old)
Mon, Fri 430-530pm & Sun 130-230pm

Junior Hip Hop Series (Kids til 11-12 years old)
Wed 430-530pm & Sat 130-230pm

Jazz Series (Teens & Adults - 12 years old and above)
Tue, Thurs 7-830pm & Sat 530-7pm

Hip Hop Series (Teens & Adults - 12 years old and above)
MWF 530-7pm


FROM JULY 16:
Latin Ballroom Series (Teens & Adults - 12 years old and above)
Tue, Thurs 830-10pm


Call T557-5860 or email info@9workstheatrical.com for inquiries.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Summer Workshops at Alabang Town Center (April 19 - June 5, 2010)

Alabang Town Center
SUMMER WORKSHOPS


GUITAR
April 19 to May 31, 2010
Mondays - for children ages 10 to 12 years
Wednesdays - for children ages 13 to 15 years
2pm to 3pm

ART CLASSES
April 23 to June 4, 2010
Fridays, 3pm to 4pm
For children ages 6 to 12 years

BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY
April 24 to June 5, 2010
Saturdays, 3pm to 6pm
Participants must be 15 yo and above

Venue: Sports Hobbies & Fitness Zone

For inquiries and registration, please visit or call Concierge at 842-2782

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

'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.

Monday, March 22, 2010

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.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

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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Saturday, March 20, 2010

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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Thursday, March 18, 2010

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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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

FEATURED ARTIST: Robert Sena

Robert Sena is the Creative Director of Spotlight Artists Centre.

Regarded as “worldclass tenor,” Robert, a 2-time Aliw Award winner, can crossover to rock music and musical theatre. He played "Thuy" and "The Engineer" in the original West End and German Productions of Miss Saigon. As an accomplished actor both in film and stage, the respected singer, is currently passionate at sharing his decades of musical experience to budding Filipino talents.

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

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!

Saturday, February 20, 2010

FEATURED ARTIST: Tricia Amper Jimenez

Tricia Amper Jimenez is the Music Director of Spotlight Artists Centre.

Tricia is a graduate of the U.P. Conservatory of Music major in Voice. Solo albums include CLOSE TO YOU, GREAT LOVE, THROUGH THE YEARS, TRICIA JILMENEZ SINGS ANDREI DIONISIO SONGS. In theatre, she earned rave reviews for her performances in MAGSIMULA KA, BONGBONG AT KRIS, GODSPELL, WIDOWS, ORPHANS AND WILDEBEASTS. Her voice was heard in numerous jingle ads such as Milo, Palmolive, Johnsons etc.

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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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Monday, February 8, 2010

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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Sunday, February 7, 2010

'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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Saturday, February 6, 2010

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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