CINEMAPUA 2014 OFFICIAL SHORT FILM ENTRIES

CINEMAPUA 2014 STUDENT SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
January 20-25, 2014
Foundation Week of Mapua Institute of Technology
Intramuros, Manila and Makati City

FILM ENTRY 1: "ALUMANA"

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FILM ENTRY 2: "AWIT 30:2"

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FILM ENTRY 3: "BANDAGE"

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 FILM ENTRY 4: "BIGOTE"

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 FILM ENTRY 5: "BITIW"

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 FILM ENTRY 6: "DEUS SOLUM ME IUDICARE POTEST 

(Only God Can Judge Me)"

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FILM ENTRY 7: "INFITIALIS"

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FILM ENTRY 8: "ITIM NA LAWA"

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FILM ENTRY 9: "MALETA"

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FILM ENTRY 10: "MATA"

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 FILM ENTRY 11: "MITHIIN"

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 FILM ENTRY 12: "REPLEKSYON"

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FILM ENTRY 13: "SALAMIN"

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FILM ENTRY 14: "SALIGIA"

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 FILM ENTRY 15: "TAGUAN"

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FILM ENTRY 16: "TRIO"

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PLEASE SUPPORT CINEMAPUA 2014 on JANUARY 20-25, 2014 during the Foundation Week of MAPUA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY in Intramuros, Manila and Makati campuses.

SEE YOU ALL!

CINEMAPUA 2014 IS ON.

Please visit the official Cinemapua facebook page at www.facebook.com/FameCineMapua

VOTE for your favorite CINEMAPUA 2014 Film Posters and Film Teasers. Please like the CineMapua page first before you like the posters and teasers for your votes to be counted.

SUPPORT CINEMAPUA 2014 on January 20-25, 2014, Mapua Institute of Technology, Intramuros and Makati campuses, Philippines.

THANK YOU!

I would like to say thank you very much to RAMIR PEREZ (US), JASON CONDE (Japan), and JX CHAVEZ for their contributions to my film campaign via INDIEGOGO.COM.

God bless you, and your family!

Benigno B. Agapito, Jr.
Scriptwriter/Director

CAMPAIGN FOR FUNDS: Please help make my film happen!

I'm knocking the door of the people, with golden hearts, around the world to please help me raise a fund for my film entitled "Buwanang-Dalaw (Menstrual Period)". 

Here's the link of my fund campaign:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/buwanang-dalaw-menstrual-period 

This film is a quality material which I intend to send in the International Film Festivals. But due to lack of fund, I can’t produce the film. 

• BUWANANG-DALAW (MENSTRUAL PERIOD) is a suspense-drama film that discloses the story of a 13-year old barrio lass (Elena) who suffers from menstrual psychosis, which causes her to have unusual confusions, hallucinations, and manic depressions every and during her monthly period. In the story, the life of Elena revolves around the love of her mother (Rosa), her suitor (Greg), and a 7-year old boy (Deloy). The story depicts the clash between the modern medical treatment and the barrio’s tradition and beliefs on girl’s monthly period in the Philippines. It also reveals the locals’ lack of proper medical and scientific knowledge on menstruation. 

This campaign for funds to put my film into an actual production is really significant because this is one way to show the tradition and rural beliefs of Filipinos regarding girl’s menstrual period. This is also a channel to show to the world the Filipino cultural traditions. Your financial assistance will link the Filipino culture to the rest of the world.

Your support will never put into waste because I assure you of a quality and educational film that can touch the hearts and minds of all the people in the world. This can be proven through my previous full-length films that I’ve written and directed.

I’m also hoping that you will help me disseminate my fruitful campaign for possible assistance from people within your community. Please help me by sharing my campaign to your friends!

Thank you and God bless you all.

CALL FOR INDEPENDENT FILM PRODUCER

I'm an independent filmmaker in the Philippines, and I'm looking for an independent film producer to finance my next independent film. It's a quality material with socio-cultural relevance.

Interested independent film producer can email me at bbagapito@mapua.edu.ph

Thanks and God bless.

CINEMAPUA 2014: Deadline for the submissions of all required materials

To all CINEMAPUA 2014 finalists,

Deadline for the submissions of all required materials:

Dec. 20, 2013 - 16x20 film poster (soft copy)

Dec. 27, 2013 - 30-sec to 1-min film teaser (soft copy)

Jan. 17, 2014 - completed film (soft copy) and 16x20 film poster printed on glossy poster paper

For your information and strict compliance. 

Thank you and Good luck.

CALL FOR AUDITIONS

The CINEMAPUA in cooperations with the Film Arts and Media Enthusiasts (FAME) and the directors of the 2014 Cinemapua official entries will be conducting a general audition to portray big roles in 2014 film entries. 

Qualifications:

Males or Females

With acting prowess

With looks or without

Interested aspirants are advised to see Prof. Benny Agapito, Guile Sarne and the directors of next year's official entries on November 23, 2013, Saturday, 4:30-7:30 p.m. at SW405 of Mapua Intramuros campus.

"KALATAS" is my second indie film under Kalinangang Kayumanggi Productions.

KALATAS is a trilogy melodrama film that reveals and deals with the "Life and Dreams" of an OFW, a teacher, and an archetypal young man. This movie reflects the call to fight for human existence. The first episode is a story of a typical housewife who forces herself to work abroad to provide what is due to her family when her husband suffers from an extreme depression upon losing job. The second episode shows the strenuous efforts of the family to extend the value of teaching profession from generation to generation. The third and the final episode deals with the story of an ordinary young man from the outland who feels contented and comfortable with the flow of simple living. 

Produced by: Kalinangang Kayumanggi Productions

Written by: Noemi Mopia-Vistan

Directed by: Benigno B. Agapito Jr. 

KALATAS Movie Poster

CINEMAPUA 2014 FINALISTS

The 16 finalists for the 2014 CINEMAPUA are:

AWIT 30:2 by Denise Angela Cruz
BANDAGE by Marc Justin Galang
BIGOTE by Raynier Brizuela
BITIW by Genelyn Paguibitan
DEUS IUDEX MEUS by Caisam Yvez Nopueto
GUNTING by Jana Jimenez
INFITIALIS by Rob Christian Coprada
ITIM NA LAWA by John Matthew Lapidario
MALETA by Maica Bianca Balbas
MASKARA by Roi Gilmour Ferma
MATA by Raymil Villacorte
REPLEKSYON by Bianca Dizon / Rodilyn Parreno
SALAMIN by Earl Anthony Perez
SALIGIA by Raynier Brizuela
TAGUAN by Hannah Del Rosario
TRIO by Denzel Ezikiel Rogacion

Note: Please attend the orientation on Tuesday (Nov. 19, 2013), 4:30 p.m. at SW405, Mapua Intramuros. Failure to attend means withdrawing your slots. The slots vacated will be given to the next entries in rank. Thanks and good luck!

CINEMAPUA: Students' Annual Film Festival for 12 years

CINEMAPUA  is an annual Short Film Festival of Mapua Institute of Technology, which showcases the skills of Mapuans in producing short film and in appreciating the value of film making. I conceptualized Cinemapua in Mapua Makati in 2003 as a student activity of the School of Languages, Humanities and Social Sciences (SLHS) in cooperation with the TheaterLinks, a student organization I had created in Mapua Makati campus. The legacy and academic value of Cinemapua had continued through the efforts of the SLHS Makati professors, until Mapua Administration considered Cinemapua to be an official institutionalized annual event in 2011.

Cinemapua 2011 was a perfect move to make the students’ film festivity more accessible to a bigger audience with SM Cinema as a partner, and during my conversation with SM Marketing officers they said they are open to be the major sponsor of Cinemapua short film festival annually.  

The Cinemapua has its Festival Organizing Committee both in Intramuros and Makati campuses with the cooperation of the Department of Multimedia Arts and Sciences (now School of Multimedia and Visual Arts). The Cinemapua also has its official student organization as festival co-handler, The Film Arts and Media Enthusiasts (FAME), the student organization in Mapua Intramuros campus which I had created to officially handle the various activities of the festival.

The Cinemapua aims to: 1) to enhance the Mapuans' awareness on the importance of film arts in the academe, community and the world as a whole; 2) to develop the skills of the Mapuans in using film technology as a tool for learning; 3) to educate the Mapuans about the basic concepts, principles and practices of film arts and visual communication; and 4) to promote values through film production.

The Cinemapua also serves as a training ground for Mapuans to compete in the national and international film festivals. The CINEMALAYA provided Cinemapua winners the slots in 2011 and 2012 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, as exhibition films. And they have promised that they will give the annual slots for Cinemapua winners in the Cinemalaya Independent Festival.

Cinemapua is open to all students of Mapua Institute of Technology, Intramuros and Makati campuses. The competition has two (2) phases: The film script phase and the film production phase.  All submitted short film scripts will be screened to select the Top 16 best scripts to join the Official Entries in the annual CineMapua. Only the top 16 scripts will be allowed to proceed to the second phase of the competition, which is the actual film production.

Cinemapua is getting bigger every year and next year’s Cinemapua is expected to launch a different student film festival with quality film stories and excellent film productions.

VIVA MAPUA!

"Sepulturero" is my first full length independent film.

SEPULTURERO is an action-drama film in 2011. It tackles the life of a grave-digger, named Popoy, who considers cemetery as his life where he finds his own happiness, misery and destiny. The film talks about the different human challenges of an ordinary cemetery worker despite the solemnity and serenity of the resting place he calls home. Popoy and his family are forced to live in the cemetery due to economic pressure from the real human community. They find their own living inside the cemetery where they live normally, but their escape from human society does not exempt them from social trials and despair. Their life becomes dispirited when Popoy has witnessed the slaying of a prominent person inside the graveyard because of the human trafficking issue.

Actor:

Prince Jude Hurtado

Written and Directed by:

Benigno B. Agapito Jr.

Sepulturero Official Movie Poster

Sepulturero Official Movie Trailer

Production stills from the indie film "Sepulturero".