Denmark mounts Filipino film festival
06/03/2012
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| A scene from the movie "Captive" by Brillante Mendoza |
MANILA, Philippines -- The first recurrent film festival dedicated to cinema from the Philippines in Europe will open later this month in Denmark.
The Filippinsk Film Festival will be held in Copenhagen from June 11-17 and in Aarhus from June 14-20 as it hopes to “bring together a Danish and Filipino audience to build a bridge between the two cultures.”
“The Filipino cinema reflects a developing movement and has been awarded in the past five years in many film festivals in Europe (Cannes, Berlin, Venice),” the organizers said in a statement.
According to the festival’s website, Filippinsk aims to provide the Danish audience, and by extension a Scandinavian audience, with “an opportunity to discover, understand and appreciate a culture from a developing country through films.”
It also hopes to help Filipino filmmakers distribute their films in Europe.
Organizers said it expects to attract 1,500 moviegoers throughout all week, as well as national media coverage.
The guest of honor at the Filipino film festival is filmmaker Brillante Mendoza, who will be visiting Copenhagen.
Mendoza received the award for best director at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009 for his movie, “Kinatay,” which is among the films to be screened at the festival.
The festival will show Mendoza’s latest movie, the critically acclaimed drama “Captive,” starring French actress Isabelle Huppert.
Also to be screened at the festival are Mendoza’s “Lola, acclaimed independent films “Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa,” “Nono” and “Isda,” and the comedy “Here Comes the Bride,” starring Angelica Panganiban.
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