From Jeff Solema - Festival Director, Filipino International Film Festival Los Angeles
FIFFLA [Filipino International Film Festival Los Angeles] Organization is happy to announce its film selections that will be screening, for the first time ever;
The Festival will take place on October 16th, 17th, & 18th into the heart of Hollywood at the Regency Fairfax Cinema, 7907 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048. This three day event will highlight award winning features and short films from the Philippines and the United States.
Tickets are now on Sale and the movie guide is available at www.fiffla.org.
FIFFLA is a non-profit organization devoted to bringing films from the Philippines with the sole purpose to raise the global awareness of this new Renaissance of film making. Filipinos are, currently undergoing a new breed of talented filmmakers, writers, producers and actors who are collectively working to create these films for the world to see.
To give you a glimpse of where the future of Philippine Cinema is going, there will be a showcase of great films from the past, as well as new films in the present moment of time.
Since this is our first year, FIFFLA is managing a way to best represent Philippine Cinema to its fullest.
The Film Festival is located in the “Entertainment Capital of the World”, solely devoted to the Filipino Films and Filipino talents.
The chosen films are an eclectic view of what the festival represents and offers to the movie industry world, and they are an insight into our diverse culture, history and traditions.
FIFFLA promises to deliver Philippine Cinema that is rarely seen which will be thought-provoking and inspirational.
FIFFLA Line Up
“Jose Rizal”
Date: Opening Night, Friday, October 16th, 2009, Time: 8:00PM
“Dekada 70”
Date: Saturday, October 17th, 2009, Time: 1:00PM
“Hilot” (Midwife)
Date: Saturday, October 17th, 2009, Time: 1:00PM
“Himala” (Miracle)
Date: Saturday, October 17th, 2009, Time: 3:00PM
“Ang Manghuhula”(The Fortune Teller)
Date: Saturday, October 17th, 2009, Time: 3:00PM
Short Film Program #1
Date: Saturday, October 17th, 2009Time: 5:00PM
University of the Philippines Film Institute Showcase
The Festival will include; A “Round Table” initiative. Admission is FREE
Date: Saturday, October 17th, 2009, Time: 6:00PM
Sponsored by the PABA Foundation, the roundtable will feature Fil-Am filmmakers, academics, actors and critics each of whom will discuss the status of Asian films and actors in Hollywood and international film festivals. The roundtable is FREE to the public and pending certification for 1.0 hour of CLE with the State Bar of California.
“Brown Soup Thing”
Date: Saturday, October 17th, 2009, Time: 8:00PM
“Eskapo”
Date: Sunday, October 18th, 2009, Time: 1:00PM
“Fidel”
Date: Sunday, October 18th, 2009,Time: 1:00PM
“Tribu”
Date: Sunday, October 18th, 2009, Time: 3:00PM
Short Film Program #2
International Showcase
Date: Sunday, October 18th, 2009, Time: 3:00PM
“Tambolista” (Drumbeat)
Date: Sunday, October 18th, 2009, Time: 7:00PM
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Health Care Providers will Receive 10% off Tickets with an ID or Business card.
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FIFFLA will be donating $1.00 from every $10.00 ticket sold to the Philippines Typhoon Relief Fund.
Typhoon Relief Fund will be given to the Ayala Foundation USA.
