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Filipino film ‘Lola’ at the Sydney Film Festival 2010
May 12th
June 6, 2010June 7, 2010June 8, 2010
Western Union and Sinta are proud to share the news that Filipino film “Lola” by acclaimed director Brillante Mendoza has been selected from hundreds of entries to be in the running for the prestigious 2010 Sydney Film Festival Prize.
The award recognises cutting-edge filmmaking with the winner receiving a $60,000 cash prize – the largest cash award for film in Australia.
This is only the third year that the Sydney Film Festival (SFF) has sponsored such an award, placing Filipino film among the stars of the filmmaking industry. To put in context, this year’s SFF alone More >
The Folding Wife to show at the Powerhouse as part of national tour
May 12th
May 19, 2010 5:00 pmtoMay 22, 2010 5:00 pm
IT HAS taken nine years to get here, but an evocative play about immigration will finally hit the Brisbane stage as part of a national tour this month.
The Folding Wife was first envisaged by writer Paschal Daantos Berry after the death of his Filipina mother in 2001. Six years later it debuted in Sydney to critical acclaim. “The work is poetic and language-based so it’s nice to see that it hasn’t dated,” he says. Philippines-born Berry, who moved to Australia when he was 10 years old, says it took several years More >
John Fick
May 12th
Venturing out of the wedding scene, we post these photos to show you some of the images that we also cover for other creative shoots. Enjoy!
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Interview: Apl.de.ap
May 12th
Wearing a dark blue denim jacket, black jeans and his trademark hat, apl.de.ap – one quarter of famous hip hop act Black Eyed Peas – strides across the hotel lobby with a big smile on his face.
The group’s two-hour show at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney finished more than an hour ago and was a huge success. Their rendition of global hit ‘Where is the love?’ drew a standing ovation. The song is a track from their latest album Elephunk, which is certified gold in the US, the UK and the Philippines.
But rather than talk about the show, something else is More >
Monique Lhuillier’s Spring design gets Fashion Week raves
May 12th
NEW YORK — Swear to gad. One of the models walked with a limp. A slight one though. Sure, she had a model’s pencil-thin frame, ashen face and pulled-back hair, but this one didn’t glide on the catwalk. She twitched on one foot, and the audience followed that foot from one end of the runway to the other.
There we were, Elton Lugay (Philippine News branch manager for the East Coast) and I, finding ourselves drenched and thrust into a New York moment called Fashion Week – on a rainy Sept. 11 morning.
It’s that time of the year when designers converge More >
Filipino Expat Miguel Syjuco’s Breakout Novel
May 12th
In Spanish, Ilustrado means “enlightened one.” During the 19th century, it referred to the Philippines’ Europe-educated literati, whose revolutionary ideas helped establish the foundations for Asia’s first democracy. Fast-forward 200 years: expatriate Filipino author Miguel Syjuco has put a modern spin on this dated term with his 2008 Man Asia Literary Prize–winning novel Ilustrado. Syjuco’s novel follows the exploits of a young Filipino protagonist — also named Miguel Syjuco — who returns to the Philippines and the past he left behind to investigate the death of his dissident mentor Crispin Salvador. This satire of Philippine society comes at a time when More >
Her Son, Jose Rizal
Jun 3rd
June 17, 2010toJune 20, 2010
“Her Son, Jose Rizal” is a brilliant theatre piece on the Philippines’ national hero, Dr Jose Rizal, during Spain’s colonization of the Philippines in the 18th century. This one-act play is a recollection of Jose’s childhood days and some of those precious moments with his mother, Dona Teodora and siblings Soledad and Paciano, while in prison writing his last poem (“Mi Ultimo Adios”) and awaiting execution for conspiracy, sedition and rebellion in Bagumbayan, Manila.
A maiden production by Fine Artists Collaboration, Director Armando “RC” Reyes brings together on stage professional and amateur artists led by singer actor RJ More >
