Stars: Arjo Atayde, Julia Montes, Sid Lucero, Kokoy De Santos, Vin Abrenica, Gerard Acao, Rosh Barman, Kayley Carrigan, Enchong Dee | Written by Jim Flores, Will Fredo, Richard Somes | Directed by Richard Somes
A Special Forces operative suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder is discharged from the army due to his extreme medical condition. Finding employment as a security guard, his world is turned upside down when he finds himself embroiled in a different kind of urban war after a young woman seeks protection from a corrupt police death squad working for one of the most brutal drug cartels. As the pair continues to fight for their lives, the man must confront his inner demons and earn the redemption he desperately craves…
Set in the Philippines and opening with the kind of jungle-based action not scene since the 80s heyday of filmmakers like Teddy Page and Cirio H. Santiago – filmmakers who capitalised...
A Special Forces operative suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder is discharged from the army due to his extreme medical condition. Finding employment as a security guard, his world is turned upside down when he finds himself embroiled in a different kind of urban war after a young woman seeks protection from a corrupt police death squad working for one of the most brutal drug cartels. As the pair continues to fight for their lives, the man must confront his inner demons and earn the redemption he desperately craves…
Set in the Philippines and opening with the kind of jungle-based action not scene since the 80s heyday of filmmakers like Teddy Page and Cirio H. Santiago – filmmakers who capitalised...
- 8/31/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
"War isn't the world's fault. War is man's making." Raven Banner has revealed an official US trailer for an indie action film titled Triggered in English, from Filipino filmmaker Richard Somes. This trailer doesn't hold back! It's insanely gory and brutally violent. The film is premiering at the 2023 Locarno Film Festival underway now in Switzerland, with an expected release later this year in the US. Here's the festival's intro: Discharged from the army due to post-traumatic stress disorder, Miguel gets embroiled in a different kind of war when a drug peddler seeks his protection against a vigilante death squad. All the while he must confront his own demons in order to earn his redemption. Arjo Atayde stars as an Ex-Special Forces security guard who attempts to save the life of a woman who is being hunted by a corrupt police death squad working for a drug cartel. The Filipino action...
- 8/7/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Raven Banner Entertainment continues to rack up sales for Richard V. Somes’ action spectacle “Topakk.”
“Topakk”(“Trigger”) has been sold to Aud (South Korea), Superfine Films (India), Kinologistika (Cis and the Baltics) and Lighthouse (German-speaking Europe).
It’s not the end of good news, as the film – debuting its trailer and produced by Fusee, with Strawdogs Studio Production and Nathan Studios co-producing – is also set to bow at Locarno next week.
“It’s an amazing feeling. I have never imagined it,” admits the director.
In “Topakk,” which he co-wrote with Jim Flores and Will Fredo, Somes shows a man struggling with Ptsd. Discharged from the army, he finds himself in the middle of a different kind of conflict when a drug peddler seeks his protection against a vigilante death squad.
“I am really inspired by the 1980s action films. It all started with ‘First Blood’ or even [Arnold Schwarzenegger starrer] ‘Commando.
“Topakk”(“Trigger”) has been sold to Aud (South Korea), Superfine Films (India), Kinologistika (Cis and the Baltics) and Lighthouse (German-speaking Europe).
It’s not the end of good news, as the film – debuting its trailer and produced by Fusee, with Strawdogs Studio Production and Nathan Studios co-producing – is also set to bow at Locarno next week.
“It’s an amazing feeling. I have never imagined it,” admits the director.
In “Topakk,” which he co-wrote with Jim Flores and Will Fredo, Somes shows a man struggling with Ptsd. Discharged from the army, he finds himself in the middle of a different kind of conflict when a drug peddler seeks his protection against a vigilante death squad.
“I am really inspired by the 1980s action films. It all started with ‘First Blood’ or even [Arnold Schwarzenegger starrer] ‘Commando.
- 8/4/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
As I have mentioned many times before, violence has been repeatedly used in cinema as a medium of intricate commentary, mostly revolving around sociopolitical, psychological and philosophical themes. This tactic finds one of its apogees in “Batch 81”, a film that deals with the underground tactics of the university fraternities, but is also an allegory regarding fascism and the Marcos regime. The film premiered at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival during the Directors' Fortnight, screened alongside de Leon's 1981 “Kisapmata”. The Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (Filipino Film Critics) included it on their list of the Ten Best Films of the Decade. In 2017, it was digitally restored with the support of the Asian Film Archive, with a theatrical premiere at the 74th Venice International Film Festival as part of the Venice Classics section.
Also of note is the fact that Mark Gil, who plays the protagonist Sid Lucero, is the father of Timothy Mark Pimentel Eigenmann,...
Also of note is the fact that Mark Gil, who plays the protagonist Sid Lucero, is the father of Timothy Mark Pimentel Eigenmann,...
- 4/10/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Action thriller, “Trigger” from writer-director Richard Somes has wrapped production and is beginning sales at the European Film Market.
“Trigger” (aka “Tokakk”) tells the story of a lonely security guard (portrayed by Arjo Atayde) previously discharged from the military due to his post-traumatic stress disorder. He finds himself embroiled in a different kind of war when a young woman (Julia Montes) seeks his protection against a corrupt police death squad. While the pair fight for their lives, the man must confront his inner demons to earn his redemption.
The film also stars Arjo Atayde (“Cattleya Killer”), Julia Montes (“Brothers”), Sid Lucero (“The End of History”) and Kokoy De Santos (“Game Boy”) and is produced by Wilfredo C. Manalang of Fusee (the company that co-produced Cannes Camera d’Or prize-winner “Plan 75”), Somes of Strawdog Studio Production, Ria Atayde and Sylvia Sanchez from Nathan Studios and Michaelangelo Masangkay, co-owner of Toronto-based...
“Trigger” (aka “Tokakk”) tells the story of a lonely security guard (portrayed by Arjo Atayde) previously discharged from the military due to his post-traumatic stress disorder. He finds himself embroiled in a different kind of war when a young woman (Julia Montes) seeks his protection against a corrupt police death squad. While the pair fight for their lives, the man must confront his inner demons to earn his redemption.
The film also stars Arjo Atayde (“Cattleya Killer”), Julia Montes (“Brothers”), Sid Lucero (“The End of History”) and Kokoy De Santos (“Game Boy”) and is produced by Wilfredo C. Manalang of Fusee (the company that co-produced Cannes Camera d’Or prize-winner “Plan 75”), Somes of Strawdog Studio Production, Ria Atayde and Sylvia Sanchez from Nathan Studios and Michaelangelo Masangkay, co-owner of Toronto-based...
- 2/19/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Nightbird (2023) Movie Trailer: Christine Bermas vows to seek Revenge in Lawrence Fajardo’s Thriller
Nightbird Trailer — Lawrence Fajardo‘s Nightbird (2023) movie trailer has been released by Viva Films. The Nightbird trailer stars Christine Bermas, Sid Lucero, Mark Anthony Fernandez, Felix Rocco, Arron Villaflor, Chloe Jenna, and Alexa Ocampo. Plot Synopsis Nightbird‘s plot synopsis: “In a party arranged by friends, Rachel meets four men. The night full of booze [...]
Continue reading: Nightbird (2023) Movie Trailer: Christine Bermas vows to seek Revenge in Lawrence Fajardo’s Thriller...
Continue reading: Nightbird (2023) Movie Trailer: Christine Bermas vows to seek Revenge in Lawrence Fajardo’s Thriller...
- 1/12/2023
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Bugso Trailer — Adolfo Alix Jr.‘s Bugso (2022) movie trailer has been released by Vivamax. The Bugso trailer stars Ayanna Misola, Sid Lucero, and Hershie De Leon. Plot Synopsis Bugso‘s plot synopsis: “Dado and Estrella want to to start a family and forget their old work as sex workers. But when they meet Baby, their [...]
Continue reading: Bugso (2022) Movie Trailer: Ayanna Misola & Sid Lucero Try to Forget their Pasts in Adolfo Alix Jr.’s Film...
Continue reading: Bugso (2022) Movie Trailer: Ayanna Misola & Sid Lucero Try to Forget their Pasts in Adolfo Alix Jr.’s Film...
- 12/29/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Exclusive: Raven Banner Entertainment has boarded action thriller Trigger (Topakk), directed by the Philippines’ Richard Somes, to executive produce and handle international sales.
Currently in production, the film stars Arjo Atayde (Cattleya Killer), Julia Montes (Brothers), Sid Lucero (The End Of History) and Kokoy De Santos (Game Boy).
Wilfredo C. Manalang of Philippines production house Fusee is producing the film with Somes’ Strawdogs Studio Production, Ria Atayde and Sylvia Sanchez for Nathan Studios and Michaelangelo Masangkay and Fernando Henna for Toronto-based post sound house, Theo & Atlas Productions Inc.
Atayde plays a security guard previously discharged from the military due to post-traumatic stress disorder. He finds himself embroiled in a different kind of war when a young woman (Montes) seeks his protection against a corrupt police death squad.
Fusee previously co-produced Japanese drama Plan 75, which is Japan’s submission to the best international feature category of the Oscars. The company also...
Currently in production, the film stars Arjo Atayde (Cattleya Killer), Julia Montes (Brothers), Sid Lucero (The End Of History) and Kokoy De Santos (Game Boy).
Wilfredo C. Manalang of Philippines production house Fusee is producing the film with Somes’ Strawdogs Studio Production, Ria Atayde and Sylvia Sanchez for Nathan Studios and Michaelangelo Masangkay and Fernando Henna for Toronto-based post sound house, Theo & Atlas Productions Inc.
Atayde plays a security guard previously discharged from the military due to post-traumatic stress disorder. He finds himself embroiled in a different kind of war when a young woman (Montes) seeks his protection against a corrupt police death squad.
Fusee previously co-produced Japanese drama Plan 75, which is Japan’s submission to the best international feature category of the Oscars. The company also...
- 11/2/2022
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Outside of ones that specialize in horror, exploitation films are not exactly the norm for film festivals, since the usually intense sex and violence elements they incorporate have nothing to do with the art-house aesthetics most programmers seem to seek for. Thus, it is a rather pleasant surprise (for diversity’s sake) to see such a title in Udine, even more so since it comes from Viva, a Filipino production company that specializes in star-driven, genre films that frequently include intense erotic elements, in another set of terms festivals seem to keep as far away from as possible.
“Reroute” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival
The movie opens with a drone shot of a car moving on a small road in a remote area. Inside, Dan and his wife Trina are having a fight as they are on their way to a town called Morindha. Dan’s toxic masculinity fills the screen,...
“Reroute” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival
The movie opens with a drone shot of a car moving on a small road in a remote area. Inside, Dan and his wife Trina are having a fight as they are on their way to a town called Morindha. Dan’s toxic masculinity fills the screen,...
- 4/27/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
With the image I had of the Philippines being largely formed by the ragtag surroundings of poorness and drama Brillante Mendoza paints on his films, “Apocalypse Child” was a surprise for me, as the scenery of the beach in Baler provides a radically different perspective on the country.
“Apocalypse Child” screened at Art Film Fest Kosice
The script is inspired by the shooting of “Apocalypse Now” in the area, as the crew of the film had quite a lot of “contact” with local girls, with many of those affairs resulting in illegitimate children. One of those children is Ford, a champion surfer, whose mother, Chona supposedly had him with Francis Ford Coppola himself (thus the name), when she was just 14 years old. At the time the story begins, Ford has a new girlfriend, Fiona, who seems to have touched something very deep inside him. However, when his childhood friend Rich,...
“Apocalypse Child” screened at Art Film Fest Kosice
The script is inspired by the shooting of “Apocalypse Now” in the area, as the crew of the film had quite a lot of “contact” with local girls, with many of those affairs resulting in illegitimate children. One of those children is Ford, a champion surfer, whose mother, Chona supposedly had him with Francis Ford Coppola himself (thus the name), when she was just 14 years old. At the time the story begins, Ford has a new girlfriend, Fiona, who seems to have touched something very deep inside him. However, when his childhood friend Rich,...
- 6/6/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
In Shireen Seno’s opaque but beautiful drama, an eight-year-old Filipina finds a pen she believes responds to people’s feelings
Nervous Translation from the Filipino artist and film-maker Shireen Seno (a former stills photographer for Lav Diaz) is a challenging film for the head and the heart, difficult to decode and to respond to emotionally. The title does not really help: nobody is “nervous” exactly – anxious, concerned, yes – and “translation” doesn’t precisely describe what is going on. But, as a slice of life, as a direct transcription of a child’s-eye view of the world, it is intriguingly and lovingly detailed.
The setting is the Philippines in the late 1980s, just after the Marcos rule. Yael (Jana Agoncillo) is an eight-year-old girl who is alone at home a lot of the time after school before her mum Val (Angge Santos) comes home from a hard day’s work.
Nervous Translation from the Filipino artist and film-maker Shireen Seno (a former stills photographer for Lav Diaz) is a challenging film for the head and the heart, difficult to decode and to respond to emotionally. The title does not really help: nobody is “nervous” exactly – anxious, concerned, yes – and “translation” doesn’t precisely describe what is going on. But, as a slice of life, as a direct transcription of a child’s-eye view of the world, it is intriguingly and lovingly detailed.
The setting is the Philippines in the late 1980s, just after the Marcos rule. Yael (Jana Agoncillo) is an eight-year-old girl who is alone at home a lot of the time after school before her mum Val (Angge Santos) comes home from a hard day’s work.
- 4/4/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
With her first film “Big Boy”, Shireen Seno proved how much she understands children, and particularly their need to get away from the norms grown-ups impose on them. This quality is highlighted even more in “Nervous Translation” which won the Netpac award at Iffr.
“Nervous Translation” is screening at Five Flavours Festival
The film takes place in 1987, a bit after the People Power Revolution that led to the fall of President Marcos and his dictatorship, and revolves around eight-year-old Yael, a shy and distant girl. Her father is away, working in Riyadh, her mother works in a small industry that manufactures shoes, and Yael has to spend a lot of time by herself. During these times, she repeatedly listens to the cassettes her father has recorded for them in an old player that occasionally breaks the tapes, or plays cooking in her mini stove. Her uncle, who is actually her father’s twin,...
“Nervous Translation” is screening at Five Flavours Festival
The film takes place in 1987, a bit after the People Power Revolution that led to the fall of President Marcos and his dictatorship, and revolves around eight-year-old Yael, a shy and distant girl. Her father is away, working in Riyadh, her mother works in a small industry that manufactures shoes, and Yael has to spend a lot of time by herself. During these times, she repeatedly listens to the cassettes her father has recorded for them in an old player that occasionally breaks the tapes, or plays cooking in her mini stove. Her uncle, who is actually her father’s twin,...
- 11/17/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
With her first film “Big Boy”, Shireen Seno proved how much she understands children, and particularly their need to get away from the norms grown-ups impose on them. This quality is highlighted even more in “Nervous Translation” which won the Netpac award at Iffr.
“Nervous Translation” is screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival (Sdaff)
The film takes place in 1987, a bit after the People Power Revolution that led to the fall of President Marcos and his dictatorship, and revolves around eight-year-old Yael, a shy and distant girl. Her father is away, working in Riyadh, her mother works in a small industry that manufactures shoes, and Yael has to spend a lot of time by herself. During these times, she repeatedly listens to the cassettes her father has recorded for them in an old player that occasionally breaks the tapes, or plays cooking in her mini stove. Her uncle, who...
“Nervous Translation” is screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival (Sdaff)
The film takes place in 1987, a bit after the People Power Revolution that led to the fall of President Marcos and his dictatorship, and revolves around eight-year-old Yael, a shy and distant girl. Her father is away, working in Riyadh, her mother works in a small industry that manufactures shoes, and Yael has to spend a lot of time by herself. During these times, she repeatedly listens to the cassettes her father has recorded for them in an old player that occasionally breaks the tapes, or plays cooking in her mini stove. Her uncle, who...
- 11/8/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
“Time and forgetfulness are the enemies of abusers.”
When novelist Filipino writer and journalist Felisa Batacan wrote “Smaller and Smaller Circles”, the crime story revolving around a series of murders of children was meant as a mirror of her home country. Even though it follows the conventions of a crime novel, the themes it touches are deeply embedded within Filipino politics and society, its “unwillingness to embrace change” as well as many other frustrations she and others felt at the time. Most significantly, the gap between the rich and poor had become extreme with an upper class completely oblivious to the world in their ivory towers and the rest trying to make ends meet scavenging food and surviving one day to the next.
Smaller and Smaller Circles screened at Fractured Visions Film Festival
Of course, the image sounds exaggerated, but the attitude Batacan witnessed and described is not. The differences...
When novelist Filipino writer and journalist Felisa Batacan wrote “Smaller and Smaller Circles”, the crime story revolving around a series of murders of children was meant as a mirror of her home country. Even though it follows the conventions of a crime novel, the themes it touches are deeply embedded within Filipino politics and society, its “unwillingness to embrace change” as well as many other frustrations she and others felt at the time. Most significantly, the gap between the rich and poor had become extreme with an upper class completely oblivious to the world in their ivory towers and the rest trying to make ends meet scavenging food and surviving one day to the next.
Smaller and Smaller Circles screened at Fractured Visions Film Festival
Of course, the image sounds exaggerated, but the attitude Batacan witnessed and described is not. The differences...
- 9/30/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Shireen Seno’s sophomore feature Nervous Translation confirms her place as a unique voice in a national cinema that often gets ignored, or distilled to only a few directors. While mainstays like Lav Diaz, Brillante Mendoza, and Lino Brocka all are worthy of their relative praise, their shared pessimism can make forays into Filipino culture a challenging prospect. Seno, whose newest film assumes the perspective and imagination of young eight-year-old Yael, presents an innocent and sincere frame of reference into the culture, inspired by Seno’s own experiences growing up in the Filipino diaspora.
Yael is often left to her own devices at home. Her mother Valentina works through the day and lives through soap operas at night, too exhausted to spend time with her daughter, while her father is a part of the Philippines “biggest export”–the overseas worker, funding their more privileged lifestyle in their large dollhouse home.
Yael is often left to her own devices at home. Her mother Valentina works through the day and lives through soap operas at night, too exhausted to spend time with her daughter, while her father is a part of the Philippines “biggest export”–the overseas worker, funding their more privileged lifestyle in their large dollhouse home.
- 3/31/2018
- by Jason Ooi
- The Film Stage
With the image I had of the Philippines being largely formed by the ragtag surroundings of poorness and drama, Brillante Mendoza paints on his films, “Apocalypse Child” was a surprise for me, as the scenery of the beach in Baler provides a radically different perspective on the country.
The script is inspired by the shooting of “Apocalypse Now” in the area, as the crew of the film had quite a lot of “contact” with local girls, with many of those affairs resulting in illegitimate children. One of those children is Ford, a champion surfer, whose mother, Chona supposedly had him with Francis Ford Coppola himself (thus the name), when she was just 14 years old. At the time the story begins, Ford has a new girlfriend, Fiona, who seems to have touched something very deep inside him. However, when his childhood friend Rich, currently a senator, returns in the area with Serena,...
The script is inspired by the shooting of “Apocalypse Now” in the area, as the crew of the film had quite a lot of “contact” with local girls, with many of those affairs resulting in illegitimate children. One of those children is Ford, a champion surfer, whose mother, Chona supposedly had him with Francis Ford Coppola himself (thus the name), when she was just 14 years old. At the time the story begins, Ford has a new girlfriend, Fiona, who seems to have touched something very deep inside him. However, when his childhood friend Rich, currently a senator, returns in the area with Serena,...
- 11/28/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
For 10 years, Five Flavours Film Festival has been presenting the best cinema from Asia, its meanings and contexts. Initially, the Festival focused solely on Vietnamese films, but it evolved to become a yearly review of the cinema of East and Southeast Asia, the only such event in the country.
The 10th edition is held in Warsaw, on November 16-23 (Muranów and Kinoteka cinemas), and in Wrocław on November 18-24 (New Horizons Cinema).
This year’s edition of Five Flavours is the biggest in history – it presents over 40 productions. The program combines artistic and commercial cinema, allowing the audience to experience the best Asian films have to offer. On the one hand, there are the intimate stories with a social angle, on the other – fresh, innovative blockbusters, filled with the sheer joy of cinematic creation, attracting millions of viewers in their homelands.
Three
This diversity is already visible in the choice...
The 10th edition is held in Warsaw, on November 16-23 (Muranów and Kinoteka cinemas), and in Wrocław on November 18-24 (New Horizons Cinema).
This year’s edition of Five Flavours is the biggest in history – it presents over 40 productions. The program combines artistic and commercial cinema, allowing the audience to experience the best Asian films have to offer. On the one hand, there are the intimate stories with a social angle, on the other – fresh, innovative blockbusters, filled with the sheer joy of cinematic creation, attracting millions of viewers in their homelands.
Three
This diversity is already visible in the choice...
- 10/28/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
As if new films from the Coens and Jeff Nichols weren’t enough, the 2016 Berlin Film Festival has further expanded their line-up, adding some of our most-anticipated films of the year. Mia Hansen-Løve, following up her incredible, sadly overlooked drama Eden, will premiere the Isabelle Huppert-led Things to Come, while Thomas Vinterberg, Lav Diaz, André Téchiné, and many more will stop by with their new features. Check out the new additions below, followed by some previously announced films, notably John Michael McDonagh‘s War on Everyone.
Competition
Cartas da guerra (Letters from War)
Portugal
By Ivo M. Ferreira (Na Escama do Dragão)
With Miguel Nunes, Margarida Vila-Nova
World premiere
Ejhdeha Vared Mishavad! (A Dragon Arrives!)
Iran
By Mani Haghighi (Modest Reception, Men at Work)
With Amir Jadidi, Homayoun Ghanizadeh, Ehsan Goudarzi, Kiana Tajammol
International premiere
Fuocoammare (Fire at Sea) – documentary
Italy / France
By Gianfranco Rosi (Sacro Gra, El Sicario...
Competition
Cartas da guerra (Letters from War)
Portugal
By Ivo M. Ferreira (Na Escama do Dragão)
With Miguel Nunes, Margarida Vila-Nova
World premiere
Ejhdeha Vared Mishavad! (A Dragon Arrives!)
Iran
By Mani Haghighi (Modest Reception, Men at Work)
With Amir Jadidi, Homayoun Ghanizadeh, Ehsan Goudarzi, Kiana Tajammol
International premiere
Fuocoammare (Fire at Sea) – documentary
Italy / France
By Gianfranco Rosi (Sacro Gra, El Sicario...
- 1/11/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
New titles from Thomas Vinterberg, Mia Hansen-Løve, Danis Tanovic, Lav Diaz and Gianfranco Rosi among line-up.Scroll down for full list
Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 11-21) has added nine titles to its Competition line-up, bringing the current total to 14 (the full Competition programme will be announced soon, according to the fest).
The new additions include The Commune, marking the first time Danish director Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt, Far From The Madding Crowd) has been in Competition at Berlin since Submarino in 2010. The film centres on a Danish commune in the 1970s and will be released in Denmark this weekend (Jan 14).
French director Mia Hansen-Løve (Eden) has been selected with her drama Things to Come, starring Isabelle Huppert as a woman embarking on a new life after her husband leaves her for another woman. The film will world premiere at Berlin.
Another world premiere will be documentary Fire at Sea, capturing life on...
Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 11-21) has added nine titles to its Competition line-up, bringing the current total to 14 (the full Competition programme will be announced soon, according to the fest).
The new additions include The Commune, marking the first time Danish director Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt, Far From The Madding Crowd) has been in Competition at Berlin since Submarino in 2010. The film centres on a Danish commune in the 1970s and will be released in Denmark this weekend (Jan 14).
French director Mia Hansen-Løve (Eden) has been selected with her drama Things to Come, starring Isabelle Huppert as a woman embarking on a new life after her husband leaves her for another woman. The film will world premiere at Berlin.
Another world premiere will be documentary Fire at Sea, capturing life on...
- 1/11/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
In a year that has witnessed the big hitters, such The Wolf of Wall Street, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Amazing Spiderman 2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier amongst many others, all marred by lengthy running times; Lav Diaz’s Norte, the End of History, with an empathetic four hour and ten minute duration, is something of a peculiar case.
It tells the story of three people whose lives become intertwined when law student Fabian (Sid Lucero) commits a double murder and Joaquin (Archie Alemania) takes the fall, leaving his wife, children and parents to fend for themselves. Frequently accused of being an enemy of man, time is an enduring entity that confronts every filmmaker who attempts to imbue his or her film with a precise pace, and thereby ensure that the credits roll neither too soon nor too late. Diaz’s latest cinematic odyssey sees him...
It tells the story of three people whose lives become intertwined when law student Fabian (Sid Lucero) commits a double murder and Joaquin (Archie Alemania) takes the fall, leaving his wife, children and parents to fend for themselves. Frequently accused of being an enemy of man, time is an enduring entity that confronts every filmmaker who attempts to imbue his or her film with a precise pace, and thereby ensure that the credits roll neither too soon nor too late. Diaz’s latest cinematic odyssey sees him...
- 7/18/2014
- by Paul Risker
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Crime & Punishment: Diaz’s Latest Epic Examines the Banality of Evil
For those accustomed to the cinema of Lav Diaz, the four hour running time of his latest opus, Norte, the End of History, seems conservatively trim by comparison. But for those uninitiated, this is an excellent place to start. Basically, Diaz’s narrative displaces Dostoevsky’s Crime & Punishment to the Philippines, further examining the moral suffering of his Raskolnikov figure by denying societal sanctioned consequences, exacerbated by the fact that another man takes the fall for his actions. Truth and meaning, the sacred and profane, society and the family—all are philosophical notions discussed figuratively and literally in the frameworks of Diaz’s latest, but not to the radical effect that this may imply. Instead, the banality of life and the dreadful, sometimes excruciating passage of time devours all.
Fabian (Sid Lucero), is an increasingly angry young man who...
For those accustomed to the cinema of Lav Diaz, the four hour running time of his latest opus, Norte, the End of History, seems conservatively trim by comparison. But for those uninitiated, this is an excellent place to start. Basically, Diaz’s narrative displaces Dostoevsky’s Crime & Punishment to the Philippines, further examining the moral suffering of his Raskolnikov figure by denying societal sanctioned consequences, exacerbated by the fact that another man takes the fall for his actions. Truth and meaning, the sacred and profane, society and the family—all are philosophical notions discussed figuratively and literally in the frameworks of Diaz’s latest, but not to the radical effect that this may imply. Instead, the banality of life and the dreadful, sometimes excruciating passage of time devours all.
Fabian (Sid Lucero), is an increasingly angry young man who...
- 6/25/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
"Truth is dead," declares Fabian (Sid Lucero) at the beginning of Norte, the End of History, luxuriating smugly in his own wisdom. "So is meaning."
Similarly vacuous insights abound as the college dropout and self-styled philosopher holds forth for several minutes on the subject of revolutionary politics, amusing his friends over drinks with such radical pronouncements as "capitalism is evil" before asking them, quite indecorously, to lend him some money.
He hardly seems embarrassed: Fabian, naturally, regards himself as something of a superior specimen, and he therefore considers niceties like social etiquette and morality beneath his consideration. If only he'd studied his Dostoevsky a little closer.
His Übermensch delusions, like Raskolni...
Similarly vacuous insights abound as the college dropout and self-styled philosopher holds forth for several minutes on the subject of revolutionary politics, amusing his friends over drinks with such radical pronouncements as "capitalism is evil" before asking them, quite indecorously, to lend him some money.
He hardly seems embarrassed: Fabian, naturally, regards himself as something of a superior specimen, and he therefore considers niceties like social etiquette and morality beneath his consideration. If only he'd studied his Dostoevsky a little closer.
His Übermensch delusions, like Raskolni...
- 6/18/2014
- Village Voice
Exclusive: UK distributor acquires rights to Lav Diaz’s Un Certain Regard entry.
UK distributor New Wave Films has acquired Lav Diaz’s epic drama Norte, the End of History.
The festival favourite, which debuted in Un Certain Regard at Cannes and has also played at Karlovy Vary, Locarno and Toronto among other festivals, begins as a riff on Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment but also alludes to Philippino class and politics, the country’s intelligentsia and its foreign-worker phenomenon.
New Wave, which acquired the film from producer is Raymond Lee after its screening at the London Film Festival, plans a spring 2014 release.
Cinema Guild had already acquired Us rights.
Screenplay is from Lav Diaz and Rody Vera. Cast includes Sid Lucero, Angeli Bayani, Archie Alemania, Angelina Kanapi and Soliman Cruz.
Philippine New Wave director Diaz won Venice’s Orrizonti Award in 2008 for drama Melancholia.
UK distributor New Wave Films has acquired Lav Diaz’s epic drama Norte, the End of History.
The festival favourite, which debuted in Un Certain Regard at Cannes and has also played at Karlovy Vary, Locarno and Toronto among other festivals, begins as a riff on Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment but also alludes to Philippino class and politics, the country’s intelligentsia and its foreign-worker phenomenon.
New Wave, which acquired the film from producer is Raymond Lee after its screening at the London Film Festival, plans a spring 2014 release.
Cinema Guild had already acquired Us rights.
Screenplay is from Lav Diaz and Rody Vera. Cast includes Sid Lucero, Angeli Bayani, Archie Alemania, Angelina Kanapi and Soliman Cruz.
Philippine New Wave director Diaz won Venice’s Orrizonti Award in 2008 for drama Melancholia.
- 11/28/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Albert Martinez's Rosario, stripped of all its gloss, is essentially about the titular woman, played illustriously by luscious Jennlyn Mercado, whose fate seems to be dictated by her passions unleashed that during that time were severely discouraged, especially for women. Nonetheless, Rosario, presumably out of an upbringing influenced by the liberalities preached by America, the Philippines' new colonial master, succumbs to every call of her flesh, first with her father's trusted assistant (Yul Servo), whom she marries to the chagrin of her parents, second with her best friend's boyfriend (Dennis Trillo), which caused her separation with her husband and her children, and third, with her landlord's enamored nephew (Sid Lucero). As such, it holds immense promise beyond the trite melodramatics that usually accompany such material.
However, the film, like the many well-dressed and well-made up characters that populate it, is far too concerned in decorating itself to be anything more than an expensive ornament.
However, the film, like the many well-dressed and well-made up characters that populate it, is far too concerned in decorating itself to be anything more than an expensive ornament.
- 12/27/2010
- Screen Anarchy
2010 International Emmy World Television Festival nominee panels.Photo copyright Jakes Van Der Watt / PR Photos. Sebastian Koch attends 2010 International Emmy World Television Festival nominee panels.Photo copyright Jakes Van Der Watt / PR Photos. Sebastian Koch, Sid Lucero and Leonardo Sbaraglia attend 2010 International Emmy World Television Festival nominee panels.Photo copyright Jakes Van Der Watt / PR Photos. Lilia Cabral attends 2010 International Emmy World Television Festival nominee panels.Photo copyright Jakes Van Der Watt / PR Photos. Sebastian Koch attends 2010 International Emmy World Television Festival nominee panels.Photo copyright Jakes Van Der Watt / PR Photos. 11/21/2010 - Leonardo Sbaraglia - 2010 International Emmy World Television Festival - Nominee Panels - Hotel Sofitel New...
- 11/24/2010
- by Michelle Wray
- Monsters and Critics
Digital Spy presents the full list of winners at the 2010 International Emmy Awards. Arts Programming
All My Life: Cazuza - TV Globo (Brazil)
Imagine...David Hockney: A Bigger Picture - BBC / Coluga Pictures (United Kingdom)
Personas Inside Out -TV Asahi (Japan)
The World According to Ion B. - HBO Romania / Alexander Nanau Production (Romania) - Winner! Best Performance By An Actor
Bob Hoskins - The Street (ITV Studios - United Kingdom) - Winner!
Sebastian Koch - Sea Wolf (Tele-München / Gate Film / Clasart / Zdf / Orf / Rhi - Germany)
Sid Lucero - Dahil May Isang Ikaw (Abs-cbn Broadcasting Corporation -The Philippines)
Leonardo Sbaraglia - Epitafios (HBO Latin America Originals / Pol-Ka Productions - Argentina) Best Performance By An Actress
Iris Berben - The Krupps - A Family Between War and Peace (Moovie - the Art (more)...
All My Life: Cazuza - TV Globo (Brazil)
Imagine...David Hockney: A Bigger Picture - BBC / Coluga Pictures (United Kingdom)
Personas Inside Out -TV Asahi (Japan)
The World According to Ion B. - HBO Romania / Alexander Nanau Production (Romania) - Winner! Best Performance By An Actor
Bob Hoskins - The Street (ITV Studios - United Kingdom) - Winner!
Sebastian Koch - Sea Wolf (Tele-München / Gate Film / Clasart / Zdf / Orf / Rhi - Germany)
Sid Lucero - Dahil May Isang Ikaw (Abs-cbn Broadcasting Corporation -The Philippines)
Leonardo Sbaraglia - Epitafios (HBO Latin America Originals / Pol-Ka Productions - Argentina) Best Performance By An Actress
Iris Berben - The Krupps - A Family Between War and Peace (Moovie - the Art (more)...
- 11/23/2010
- by By Christian Tobin
- Digital Spy
The full list of nominees at the 2010 International Emmy Awards, to be held in New York on November 22, is as follows: Arts Programming
All My Life: Cazuza - TV Globo (Brazil)
Imagine...David Hockney: A Bigger Picture - BBC / Coluga Pictures (United Kingdom)
Personas Inside Out -TV Asahi (Japan)
The World According to Ion B. - HBO Romania / Alexander Nanau Production (Romania) Best Performance By An Actor
Bob Hoskins - The Street (ITV Studios - United Kingdom)
Sebastian Koch - Sea Wolf (Tele-München / Gate Film / Clasart / Zdf / Orf / Rhi - Germany)
Sid Lucero - Dahil May Isang Ikaw (Abs-cbn Broadcasting Corporation -The Philippines)
Leonardo Sbaraglia - Epitafios (HBO Latin America Originals / Pol-Ka Productions - Argentina) Best Performance By An Actress
Iris Berben - The Krupps - A Family Between War and Peace (more)...
All My Life: Cazuza - TV Globo (Brazil)
Imagine...David Hockney: A Bigger Picture - BBC / Coluga Pictures (United Kingdom)
Personas Inside Out -TV Asahi (Japan)
The World According to Ion B. - HBO Romania / Alexander Nanau Production (Romania) Best Performance By An Actor
Bob Hoskins - The Street (ITV Studios - United Kingdom)
Sebastian Koch - Sea Wolf (Tele-München / Gate Film / Clasart / Zdf / Orf / Rhi - Germany)
Sid Lucero - Dahil May Isang Ikaw (Abs-cbn Broadcasting Corporation -The Philippines)
Leonardo Sbaraglia - Epitafios (HBO Latin America Originals / Pol-Ka Productions - Argentina) Best Performance By An Actress
Iris Berben - The Krupps - A Family Between War and Peace (more)...
- 10/6/2010
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Simon Cowell is to receive a special prize at this year's 38th International Emmy Awards. The music mogul will be presented with the International Emmy Founders Award for his work on various TV talent shows, including "American Idol" and "America's Got Talent".
Other nominees include Helena Bonham Carter who has been nominated in the Best Performance by an Actress category for her portrayal of children's author Enid Blyton in the biopic "Enid", while Bob Hoskins is up for Best Performance by an Actor for his role as a reformed alcoholic in "The Street".
Nominations span 15 countries, Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, The Philippines, The Netherlands and the U.K., and the various prizes recognize excellence by individual stars and specific TV programming such as documentaries, comedy shows and drama series.
"Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels, who helped launch the careers...
Other nominees include Helena Bonham Carter who has been nominated in the Best Performance by an Actress category for her portrayal of children's author Enid Blyton in the biopic "Enid", while Bob Hoskins is up for Best Performance by an Actor for his role as a reformed alcoholic in "The Street".
Nominations span 15 countries, Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, The Philippines, The Netherlands and the U.K., and the various prizes recognize excellence by individual stars and specific TV programming such as documentaries, comedy shows and drama series.
"Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels, who helped launch the careers...
- 10/5/2010
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
Actors Helena Bonham Carter and Bob Hoskins will be flying the flag for the U.K. at the International Emmy Awards after helping Britain land a total of nine nominations. The "Alice in Wonderland" star has been hailed in the best actress category for her TV portrayal of iconic children's writer Enid Blyton in "Enid", while Hoskins is up for best actor for his role in BBC drama "The Street".
The program, about the lives of different residents on a road in northwest England, will also compete for the title of best drama series, alongside the likes of U.K. comedy "Peep Show", "Japan's Clouds Over the Hill", "The Killing II" (Denmark), "Traffic Light" (Israel) and Argentinian crime series "Epitafios". "Epitafios" ' lead star Leonardo Sbaraglia will battle Hoskins for the best actor honor, with other nominees including "Sea Wolf" 's Sebastian Koch (Germany) and Sid Lucero for "Dahil May Isang Ikaw" (Philippines).
Meanwhile,...
The program, about the lives of different residents on a road in northwest England, will also compete for the title of best drama series, alongside the likes of U.K. comedy "Peep Show", "Japan's Clouds Over the Hill", "The Killing II" (Denmark), "Traffic Light" (Israel) and Argentinian crime series "Epitafios". "Epitafios" ' lead star Leonardo Sbaraglia will battle Hoskins for the best actor honor, with other nominees including "Sea Wolf" 's Sebastian Koch (Germany) and Sid Lucero for "Dahil May Isang Ikaw" (Philippines).
Meanwhile,...
- 10/5/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Actors Helena Bonham Carter and Bob Hoskins will be flying the flag for the U.K. at the International Emmy Awards after helping Britain land a total of nine nominations.
The Alice In Wonderland star has been hailed in the best actress category for her TV portrayal of iconic children's writer Enid Blyton in Enid, while Hoskins is up for best actor for his role in BBC drama The Street.
The programme, about the lives of different residents on a road in northwest England, will also compete for the title of best drama series, alongside the likes of U.K. comedy Peep Show, Japan's Clouds Over the Hill, The Killing II (Denmark), Traffic Light (Israel) and Argentinian crime series Epitafios.
Epitafios' lead star Leonardo Sbaraglia will battle Hoskins for the best actor honour, with other nominees including Sea Wolf's Sebastian Koch (Germany) and Sid Lucero for Dahil May Isang Ikaw (Philippines).
Meanwhile, Iris Berben's performance in Thr Krupps - A Family Between War and Peace (Germany) and Lerato Moloisane for Home Affairs (South Africa) are also among the best actress contenders.
Brazil garnered a total of five mentions, while Japan and Argentina follow with four apiece.
Music mogul Simon Cowell will receive the International Emmy Founders Award in recognition of his dominance in the reality TV world with his shows American Idol, The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent.
The winners of the 38th International Emmy Awards will be unveiled in New York on 22 November. Former Beverly Hills, 90210 star Jason Priestley will present the ceremony.
The Alice In Wonderland star has been hailed in the best actress category for her TV portrayal of iconic children's writer Enid Blyton in Enid, while Hoskins is up for best actor for his role in BBC drama The Street.
The programme, about the lives of different residents on a road in northwest England, will also compete for the title of best drama series, alongside the likes of U.K. comedy Peep Show, Japan's Clouds Over the Hill, The Killing II (Denmark), Traffic Light (Israel) and Argentinian crime series Epitafios.
Epitafios' lead star Leonardo Sbaraglia will battle Hoskins for the best actor honour, with other nominees including Sea Wolf's Sebastian Koch (Germany) and Sid Lucero for Dahil May Isang Ikaw (Philippines).
Meanwhile, Iris Berben's performance in Thr Krupps - A Family Between War and Peace (Germany) and Lerato Moloisane for Home Affairs (South Africa) are also among the best actress contenders.
Brazil garnered a total of five mentions, while Japan and Argentina follow with four apiece.
Music mogul Simon Cowell will receive the International Emmy Founders Award in recognition of his dominance in the reality TV world with his shows American Idol, The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent.
The winners of the 38th International Emmy Awards will be unveiled in New York on 22 November. Former Beverly Hills, 90210 star Jason Priestley will present the ceremony.
- 10/4/2010
- WENN
Cannes/Mipcom, October 4, 2010: Nominations for the 38th International Emmy® Awards were announced today by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a Press Conference at Mipcom. There are 39 nominees in 10 categories. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will be announced at a Black-Tie Ceremony hosted by Actor/Director Jason Priestley, on November 22, 2010 at the Hilton New York Hotel. Nominations span 15 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, The Philippines, The Netherlands and The United Kingdom, The competition took place with three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months, with participation from over 700 judges in 50 different countries. Performance nominations include leading actors and actresses from Argentina- Leonardo Sbaraglia; Brazil-Lilia Cabral; Germany- Sebastien Koch & Iris Berben; The Philippines-Sid Lucero; The United Kingdom-Bob Hoskins & Helena Bonham Carter and South Africa-Lerato Moloisane. In addition to the presentation...
- 10/4/2010
- by TIM ADLER
- Deadline London
"To invest funds and other assets in such activities or undertakings that shall directly and indirectly promote development of the film industry, including the production of films and other terms and conditions as it may deem wise and desirable;"
- Section 3 (9), Republic Act 9167 entitled "An Act Creating the Film Development Council of the Philippines, Defining its Powers and Functions, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and Other Purposes"
Chito Roño's Emir, a seventy-million peso endeavor by the Film Development Council of the Philippines, with generous funding from the President's social funds and other government sponsorships or partnerships, looks exactly the part. Set in the most picturesque locations in the Philippines, from the grandiose Banaue Rice Terraces to the rustic Paoay Church, and Morocco, the film is mostly lovely to look at, exactly like moving musical postcards from various touristy destinations. The film also sounds expensive, with the several musical numbers utilizing full...
- Section 3 (9), Republic Act 9167 entitled "An Act Creating the Film Development Council of the Philippines, Defining its Powers and Functions, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and Other Purposes"
Chito Roño's Emir, a seventy-million peso endeavor by the Film Development Council of the Philippines, with generous funding from the President's social funds and other government sponsorships or partnerships, looks exactly the part. Set in the most picturesque locations in the Philippines, from the grandiose Banaue Rice Terraces to the rustic Paoay Church, and Morocco, the film is mostly lovely to look at, exactly like moving musical postcards from various touristy destinations. The film also sounds expensive, with the several musical numbers utilizing full...
- 6/16/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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