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May 26, 2017

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FILIPINO FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 10 YEARS, SCREENS JUNE 9-17


Former president of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Skypes in June 9 to discuss issues addressed in the opening-night film

WHAT: Filipino Film Festival
WHEN:
June 9-17, 2017
TICKETS: Regular screenings: $10, $8 museum members. Free for kids 18 and under.
INFO: 532-6097, mailto:ddt@honolulumuseum.org, www.honolulumuseum.org (publishable)
High-res images available on request    

HONOLULU, HAWAI‘I—The annual Filipino Film Festival moves to June this year to line up with Philippines Independence Day. The festival—now in its tenth year—includes stories that address the political and social issues of our time. Special thanks to festival supporting sponsor Consuelo Foundation, hospitality sponsor Aqua-Aston Hospitality, and media sponsor The FilAm Courier.

Across the Crescent Moon—a romance featuring the Philippines’ often-overlooked Muslim community—making it the perfect film to transition from the Seventh Art Stand film series held at the museum late May/early June. The screening follows the opening reception June 9, which includes Filipino cuisine served by the Museum Café, and live entertainment. Film director Baby Nebrida will be in attendance, and will lead a post-screening discussion that will include Skype-in appearances by actor Mateo Guidicelli, and former president of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Local filmmaker Maribel Apuya directed The Sakada Seriesthree short films that tell the stories of immigrant and second-generation Filipino-Americans who worked in Hawai‘i’s sugar and pineapple plantations. “The Sakada Series captures intrinsic Filipino values I deeply care about and grew up with—perseverance, strong work ethics, respect for people, family, and celebrating culture through our dances and festivals—all through the lens of Hawai‘i plantation labor and history,” says Apuya. “It is something I felt could access personally as an immigrant, and because my grandfather worked in the sugar plantations. The film is meant to educate and celebrate Filipino culture and history, and I'm really excited because the Filipino Film Festival is the perfect place for it.”

Director Marlon Rivera bites the hand that feeds him with a pair of movies lampooning Filipino cinema. First, The Woman in the Septic Tank takes aim at indie filmmakers who seem to have an obsession with “poverty porn,” and then The Woman in the Septic Tank 2: #ForeverIsNotEnough goes after the mainstream industry’s tendency to make formulaic romantic comedies.

In the lead up to Philippines Independence Day (June 12), the theater screens Lav Diaz’s eight-hour epic 2016 film The Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery. The film blends fact and mythology as it weaves together narratives against the backdrop of the 1896 Philippine Revolution. Complimentary food and beverages are available throughout the screening.

Full Schedule

Disturbing the Peace
Directed by Stephen Atkon and Andrew Young. 87 mins. USA. 2016.
Wednesday June, 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday June, 8 at 1 p.m.
Combatants for Peace is a volunteer-based advocacy-activist group trying to forge the path to a nonviolent future in a region wracked by violence. Its website breaks its steering committee into the “Palestinian side” and the “Israeli side. This award-winning documentary, and New York Times Critics’ Pick, looks at follows these Israelis and Palestinians who embark on a transformational journey from enemy soldiers to united peace crusaders. The former enemy combatants—Israeli soldiers from elite units and Palestinian fighters, many of whom served years in prison—have joined together to challenge the status quo and say “enough."

Read the New York Times review

3000 Nights
Directed by Mai Masri. Palestine/France/Jordan/Lebanon/Qatar/United Arab Emirates. 2015. 103 mins. Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles.
Thursday, June 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Documentarian Mai Masri's first narrative feature tells the inspiring based-on-a-true story of a Palestinian schoolteacher finding hope and strength against all odds while serving long prison sentences. After she is falsely convicted for terrorist collaboration in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, teacher Layla (Maisa Abd Elhadi) must serve a sentence that lasts 3,000 nights. During her time in prison, Layla discovers she is pregnant, and gives birth to the child despite the prison director's insistence on an abortion. She raises her child in captivity—think Palestinian Room. Masri's film is a timely reminder of the injustices faced by Palestinian people—and women, in particular—living under the occupation. But more than anything, it's an affecting human story of motherhood, sisterhood, and solidarity. Despite Layla's dire circumstances, 3000 Nights offers a powerful portrait of human resilience. 

Filipino Film Festival 2017
June 9-17, 2017
Special thanks to the Filipino Film Festival Committee: Rickie Camara, Rose Churma, Pepi Nieva, Rhoda Yabes-Alvarez, Apolonia Stice, Tracy Larrua, Natalie Aczon, Patrick Parsons, Gabe Torno, and Ethel Ward.

Opening-night reception
June 9, 6-7:30 p.m.
$35 general admission, $30 museum members
The Museum Café serves a Filipino menu, and guests can enjoy music and live entertainment. Wine, beer, and soda are available for purchase. Across the Crescent Moon screens at 7:30 p.m.

Across the Crescent Moon
Directed by Baby Nebrida. Philippines. 2017. 130 mins. Tagalog with English subtitles.
Friday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 15 at 7:30 p.m.
The story revolves around a Special Action Forces exemplary agent Abbas Misani (Matteo Guidicelli), who is a devout Muslim, and his wife Emma (Alex Godinez), whose strict Christian parents won’t accept Abbas to the family. While the film highlights the struggles of inter-faith relationships, it also reveals the menace of human trafficking. Though the action-drama story is a work of fiction, the stories depicted are inspired by true-to-life encounters of modern day slavery.

The Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis)
Directed by Lav Diaz. Philippines. 2016. 485 mins. Tagalog with English subtitles.
Saturday, June 10 from 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Celebrate Philippine Independence Day with Lav Diaz’s ambitious eight-hour historical drama about the bloody 1896 Philippine Revolution. In his masterwork, Lav Diaz portrays the revolution’s interconnected narratives. Audiences can immerse themselves in the stories that inform the Filipino psyche: the story of the ballad “Jocelynang Baliwag,” the hymn of the revolution; Gregoria de Jesus’ forlorn search for the body of the “Father of the Philippine Revolution” Andres Bonifacio; the journey of the fictional national heroes Simon and Isagani; the role of the Philippine mythical hero Bernardo Carpio and the half-man, half-horse Tikbalang/Engkanto. Shot in black-and-white, the film marries mythology, fact, and a vibrant sense of history.

Complimentary food and beverages is available throughout the film.

The Woman in the Septic Tank (Ang Babae sa Septic Tank)
Directed by Marlon Rivera. With Eugene Domingo, Kean Cipriano, JM de Guzman, Cai Cortez. Philippines. 2012. 92 mins. Tagalog and English with subtitles.
Sunday, June 11 at 1 p.m.
In this hilarious, genre-bending box-office hit, a three-person indie filmmaking team—all middle-class, English-speaking, young, and ambitious—has grand plans to make it big in the film world. The trio has just the right story to satisfy the appetite of the global film elites: a desperate mother of seven kids in an urban slum who has no choice but to pimp out one of her offspring—initially a girl, but later switched to a boy for sure-win dramatic effect. On top of exploiting the “poverty porn” formula, the filmmakers experiment with every possible stylistic cliché, from heart-wrenching docudrama to campy musical, to maximize the emotional response. This witty comedy proves that Filipino filmmakers are not afraid to poke fun at themselves.

The Woman in the Septic Tank 2 (Ang Babae sa Septic Tank 2): # Forever is Not Enough
Directed by Marlon Rivera. With Eugene Domingo, Kean Cipriano, JM de Guzman, Cai Cortez. Philippines. 2016. 92 mins. Tagalog and English with subtitles.
Sunday, June 11 at 4 p.m.
Tuesday, June 13 at 1 p.m.
Wednesday, June 14 at 1 p.m. + 7:30 p.m.
While the original was a satire focused on the Philippine indie film industry’s obsession with “poverty porn” and the dishonesty of filmmakers participating in foreign festivals, this sequel satirizes the mainstream film industry, particularly filmmakers’ fixation on making formulaic romantic comedies. The film stars aging celebrity actor Eugene Domingo, who prepares to make her comeback film titled The Itinerary, written and directed by filmmaker Rainier de la Cuesta (Kean Cipriano). In the film within the film, Eugene's absurd suggestions and recommendations change Rainier's script. What begins as a realistic portrayal of love and marriage turns into a mainstream rom-com.

Sunday Beauty Queen
Directed by Baby Ruth Villarama. Hong Kong/Japan/Philippines/UK/Macao. 2016. 95 mins.
Filipino, Tagalog, English, and Cantonese with English subtitles.
Sunday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Beneath Hong Kong's glittering facade, is a corps of Filipina domestic helpers working in relative anonymity and for near slave wages. In a beauty pageant like no other in the world, five helpers give themselves makeovers for a day and gleefully reclaim their dignity. Follow a group of expatriate domestic workers in Hong Kong as they prepare to take part in an annual beauty pageant.

The Sakada Series
Directed by Maribel Apuya. USA. 2016. 35mins. English and Tagalog with subtitles.
Tuesday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m.
The Sakada Series includes three short films that capture the personal stories, struggles, and successes of the sakadas and the second-generation Filipino-Americans in Hawai‘i, within a cultural and historical context. Sakadas are Filipino men who immigrated to Hawai‘i between 1906-1946 to work as contract laborers for Hawai‘i’s sugar and pineapple plantations.

A Sakada Story (9 min.) introduces us to Cipriano Erice, who immigrated to Hawai‘i in 1946 to work for the Waialua Sugar Plantation.

Living Treasure (10 min.) captures the unique life story of Angel Ramos, who immigrated to Hawai‘i in 1946 to work for the Kahuku Sugar Plantation.

Filipina (14 min.) portrays the life story of Apolonia Agonoy Stice, a second-generation sakada descendant, who grew up in the pineapple plantation town of Lāna‘i City in the 1940s.

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Curiosity, Adventure, & Love
Directed by Sunshine Lichauco de Leon and Suzanne Richiardone. Philippines. 2016. 60 mins.
Tagalog with English subtitles.
Tuesday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m.
A young American woman leaves her country and all security behind to begin an adventure in the Philippines—and ends up witnessing the birth of a nation, a cruel war, an occupation, and reconstruction. Jessie Lichauco is a striking personality who knew no boundaries and flew far ahead of her times, without regard to sex or society. Her story of a century well-lived is a journey through a century of love, war, and discovery.

Special guests: Co-directors Sunshine Lichauco de Leon and Suzanne Richiardone speak after the film.

Ma’ Rosa
Directed by Brillante Mendoza. Starring Jaclyn Jose. Philippines. 2017. 110 mins. Tagalog and English with subtitles.
Saturday, June 17 at 1 p.m. + 7:30 p.m.
Jaclyn Jose won the best actress prize at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for her role as Ma’ Rosa—a well-liked mother of four who owns a small convenience store in a poor neighborhood of Manila. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband Nestor resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa’s children are ready to do anything to buy their parents’ freedom from the corrupt police.

Bank of Hawaii Family Sunday:
Animation Show of Shows
Sunday, June 18 at 11:10 a.m. + 1 p.m.
Free admission
The Animation Show of Shows returns for its second year in theaters with 12 charming family-friendly films. Highlights include “About a Mother,” a new folktale with echoes of Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree,” Disney/Pixar’s sweet “Piper,” and the latest in 360-degree storytelling in Google’s touching father-and daughter-journey “Pearl” by Academy Award®-winner Patrick Osborne. Many of these shorts have garnered awards from prestigious festivals around the world.

Featuring techniques ranging from hand-drawn to stop-motion to the latest computer-generated imagery, the extraordinary films in this program were created by animators from Belgium, Canada, France, Israel, Korea, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Scotland, the U.K., and the U.S.

Free admission
Stems, Ainslie Hendersen (Scotland)
Shift, Cecilia Puglesi & Yijun Liu (U.S.)
Pearl, Patrick Osborne (U.S.)
Crin-crin, Iris Alexandre (Belgium)
Mirror, Chris Ware, John Kuramoto, Ira Glass (U.S.)
Last summer in the garden, bekky O’Neil (Canada)
Waiting for the New Year, Vladimir Leschiov (Latvia)
Piper, Alan Barillaro (U.S.)
Bøygen, Kristian Pedersen (Norway)
Afternoon Class, Seoro Oh (Korea)
About a Mother, Dina Velikovskaya (Russia)
Exploozy, Joshua Gunn, Trevor Piecham, & John McGowan (U.S.)
Inner Workings, Leo Matsuda (U.S.)

Total runtime: 90 mins.

25 April
Directed by Leanne Pooley. 2015. Australia. 85 mins.
Sunday, June 18 at 4 p.m.
The tragic 1915 Gallipoli campaign, in which thousands of Australian and New Zealand regiments were needlessly slaughtered, inspired one of the great war films—Gallipoli, which launched Mel Gibson as a star. Now Leanne Pooley tells the animated story of the debacle through six real-life New Zealanders—using their words from diaries, letters, and memoirs.

The graphic novel-like animation brings World War I experiences out of the usual black-and-white archive pictures and into vibrant, dynamic color.

During World War I, Turkey was a German ally. Hoping to knock Turkey out of the war, the British launched an invasion at the Gallipoli Peninsula. As part of the British Empire, colonial troops from Australia and New Zealand fought in this campaign. They became known as ANZACs. Gallipoli was to be a defining event in the history of these two nations. 25 April tells the story of the New Zealand’s involvement in this flawed and brutal campaign.

I, Daniel Blake
Directed by Ken Loach. USA. 2016. 100 mins.
Sunday, June 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 20 at 1 p.m. + 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 21 at 1 p.m. + 7:30 p.m.
Ken Loach is 80, and at the top of his social realist game—I, Daniel Blake took the top 2016 Cannes prize (his second one). He quietly raises an everyday story about a working-class hero to art. A 59-year-old carpenter—Daniel Blake—recovering from a heart attack befriends Katie, a single mother of two, as they navigate their way through the impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system. Katie’s only chance to escape a one-room homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn’t know some 300 miles away. Daniel and Katie find themselves in a no-man’s land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of “striver and skiver” in modern-day Britain. Set in a bleak Newcastle, the New York Times’ Stephen Holden writes, “Its performances are so fine-tuned that you often feel you are watching a Frederick Wiseman documentary.” When the film premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the audience gave it a 15-minute standing ovation.

Read the New York Times review

Colossal
Directed by Nacho Vigalondo. Starring Anne Hathaway. 2017. USA. 110 mins.
Thursday, June 22 at 1 p.m.
Friday, June 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 24 at 1 p.m. + 4 p.m.
Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is an out-of-work party girl who finds herself in relationship trouble with her sensible boyfriend Tim (Dan Stevens), and is forced to move back to her tiny hometown to get her life back on track. She reconnects with childhood friend Oscar (Jason Sudeikis), a good-natured bar owner with a coterie of drinking buddies (Tim Blake Nelson and Austin Stowell), and resumes her drinking lifestyle. But in a genre-twisting move, Colossal also features a larger-than-life creature attacking Seoul, South Korea, on a nightly basis, captivating spectators around the world. One night, Gloria is horrified to discover that her every move at a local playground is being mimicked on a catastrophic scale by the rampaging beast. When Gloria's friends get wind of the bizarre phenomenon, a second, more destructive creature emerges, prompting an epic showdown between the two monsters.

Deconstructing the monster movie genre in wildly imaginative ways, writer-director Nacho Vigalondo unleashes a fantastical tale that also triumphs as a wholly original and subversive romantic comedy. Featuring an empowering central performance by Anne Hathaway, Colossal is that rare beast, the story of a woman battling for her survival and taking control of her own life in the shadow of two very different monsters on either side of the world.

Read the New York Times review

Personal Shopper
Directed by Olivier Assayas. Starring Kristen Stewart. USA. 2016. French, English, and Swedish with English subtitles. 105 mins.
Thursday, June 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 23 at 1 p.m.
Saturday, June 24 at 7 p.m.
Olivier Assayas, the internationally acclaimed director of Clouds of Sils Maria and Summer Hours, returns with this ethereal and mysterious ghost story starring Kristen Stewart as a high-fashion personal shopper to the stars who is also a spiritual medium. Grieving the recent death of her twin brother, she haunts his Paris home, determined to make contact with him. Winner of the Best Director Award at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

Read the Washington Post review

XX
Directed by Jovanka Vuckovic, Anne Clark, Roxanne Benjamin, and Karyn Kusama. USA. 2016. 80 mins.
Thursday June 22 at 9:30 p.m.
Friday June 23 at 9:30 p.m.
XX is a horror anthology with a gender twist—all segments are helmed by female directors and star female leads. Filmmakers Jovanka Vuckovic, Annie Clark, Roxanne Benjamin, and Karyn Kusama present four tales of terror. In "The Box" a boy (Peter DaCunha) starts to display strange behavior after looking inside a mysterious gift box. In "The Birthday Party" a woman (Melanie Lynskey) refuses to let an untimely death ruin her son's bash. In "Don't Fall" an innocent camping trip turns deadly, and in "Her Only Living Son" a mother (Christina Kirk) must deal with the child from hell. The anthology is framed by stop-motion-animated segments depicting a walking dollhouse, directed by Sofia Carrillo.

Read the Chicago Tribune review

Jonathan Demme Tribute:
The Silence of the Lambs
Directed by Jonathan Demme. Starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. USA. 1991. 118 mins.
Saturday, June 24 at 9:30 p.m.
The Doris Duke Theatre remembers late filmmaker Jonathan Demme (1944-2017) by revisiting one of his most memorable films on the big screen. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins deliver sensational, Oscar-winning performances in this powerful thriller. This terrifying masterpiece garnered five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. A psychopath nicknamed Buffalo Bill is murdering women across the Midwest. Believing it takes one to know one, the FBI sends agent Clarice Starling (Foster) to interview a demented prisoner who may provide clues to the killer's actions. The film that put fava beans in the chilling spotlight.

Jonathan Demme Tribute:
Stop Making Sense
Directed by Jonathan Demme. USA. 1984. 100 mins.
Sunday, June 25 at 7:30 p.m.
In memory of the late filmmaker Jonathan Demme (1944-2017) the Doris Duke Theatre screens Stop Making Sense, lauded by many critics as the greatest concert film of all time. Demme captures the frantic energy and artsy groove of Talking Heads in this concert movie shot at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in 1983. Front man David Byrne first appears on an empty stage, armed with only an acoustic guitar, and is gradually joined by bassist Tina Weymouth, drummer Chris Frantz, keyboardist Jerry Harrison, and a cadre of backup singers as they perform the band's hits, culminating in an iconic performance featuring Byrne in an enormous suit.

Monterey Pop
Directed by D.A. Pennebaker. USA. 1968. 79 mins.
Sunday, June 25 at 1 p.m. + 4 p.m.
Enjoy the newly restored release of this landmark concert film. Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love, the first and only Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade’s spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey would launch the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few among a wildly diverse cast that included Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, The Who, The Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and the extraordinary Ravi Shankar. With his characteristic vérité style, D. A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend smashing his guitar, Jimi Hendrix burning his.

Read the New York Times review

Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Directed by John Scheinfeld. USA. 2016. 99 mins.
Tuesday, June 27 at 1 p.m. + 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 28 at 1 p.m.
Directed by John Scheinfeld. USA. 2016. 99 mins. Chet Baker has Let’s Get Lost, Thelonious Monk has Straight, No Chaser, now saxophone great John Coltrane has a definitive documentary film. Don’t miss this profile of an outside-the-box thinker with extraordinary talent whose boundary-shattering music continues to impact and influence people around the world. Anyone who appreciates the power of music to entertain, inspire, and transform will enjoy this smart, passionate, thought-provoking documentary. Written and directed by critically acclaimed filmmaker John Scheinfeld, the film is produced with the full participation of the Coltrane family and the support of the record labels that collectively own the Coltrane catalog. Set against the social, political, and cultural landscape of the times, the film brings John Coltrane to life as a fully dimensional being, inviting the audience to engage with Coltrane the man, Coltrane the artist. Includes commentary from Denzel Washington, Carlos Santana, Common, Cornell West, and Bill Clinton.

David Lynch Tribute
June 28-30
With the successful return of Twin Peaks, the theater screens Lynch's debut feature and an in-depth documentary profile.

Eraserhead
Directed by David Lynch. USA. 1977. 109 min.
Wednesday, June 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 29 at 1 p.m.
Since its 1977 release, David Lynch's surrealist horror debut has become a cult classic. Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) is driven to extremes when he's left to care for a baby that looks like a lamb fetus amid a desolate industrial landscape and the horrific visions of his mind.

David Lynch: The Art Life
Directed by Jon Nguyen. USA. 2016. 90 min.
Thursday, June 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 30 at 1 p.m.
David Lynch: The Art Life looks at Lynch's art, music, and early films, shining a light into the dark corners of his world and giving audiences a better understanding of the man and the artist.

Live Performance
Erin Smith Vocal Coaching presents: The "It" Kids 2017
Monday June 12 at 7 p.m. 
$15 general admission, $12 museum member
Erin Smith (three-time Nā Hōkū Hanohano award nominee; 2015 best rock band nominee, Honolulu Pulse; four-time winner of best female musician in Maui Time Magazine), is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and a dynamic performer. Her popular coaching program aims to turn students into top-notch performers. Smith has played in major venues and has performed alongside bands like Train, Silversun Pickups, Panic! at the Disco, The Dirty Heads, 311, Daughtry, and Bad Brains, to name a few.

The concert features performances by her vocal coaching, stagecraft, songwriting, guitar, and violin students. The ages of the performers range from six to 18 years old, and will showcase some stellar up-and-coming talent. The program includes popular (rock/pop/hip-hop/R&B) and original songs.

Doris Duke Theatre information:
The Doris Duke Theatre opens its doors on Kina‘u Street one half-hour before each film screening and concert.

Film tickets: Available at the theater door on the day of screening, beginning one half-hour before each showing, or online in advance.

Film admission: $10 general admission; $8 museum members; free for children 18 and under at the door.

Matinee Rewards Card: Pick one up at the theater box office. When theatergoers attend three matinees, they receive free admission to a fourth screening. Or they can bring three friends to a single matinee and receive free admission to a future screening. The free screening pass is valid for three months.

Concession stand: In the lobby, visitors can purchase classic movie snacks and locally made goodies ($2-$6). Drinks include coffee, hot tea, Perrier, Bai, Bundaberg, Ginger Beer, and bottled water ($2-$4.5).

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