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6 February 2012 GMT 9:37 AM

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SINEKULTURA (March)

An Educational Film Screening Series by the University of San Carlos

Contact Person:

MISHA ANISSIMOV

Cinema Coordinator, CAFA

SCREENING SCHEDULES

MAR 2, 2012

MAN WITHOUT A PAST

Directed by Aki Kaurismaki

The film follows a man who arrives in Helsinki and gets beaten up so severely he develops amnesia. Unable to remember his name or anything from his past life, he cannot get a job or an apartment, so he starts living on the outskirts of the city and slowly starts putting his life back on track. Kaurismaki is another master director from the Ozu school of humor.

2002, Finland, 97 min, Color

MAR 5, 2012

BATTLE OF ALGIERS

Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo & Giuliano Montaldo True-to-life chronicle of the Algerian people’s struggle to overthrow the French Colonial Government in the mid-1950s. The focus is thrown on the leaders of the Liberation Movement and the French general who is driven obsessively by the idea of catching them. This film was one of the first to portray terrorist tactics on film. The film was extensively studied by antiterrorism experts in the USA.

1967, France, 120 min, BW

MAR 7, 2012

IVAN’S CHILDHOOD

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Tarkovsky’s debut feature is about a 12-year old Ivan who works as a spy at the eastern front during World War II. Russian and Germany are at war. The small Ivan can cross the German lines unnoticed to collect information. Three Soviet officers try to take care of this boy-child. Realistic in depiction of its subject material, Tarkovsky rejected realism in his later films to bring more artistry and abstraction to his later works.

1962, Russia, 95 min, BW

MAR 9, 2012

TIN DRUM

Directed by Victor Schlondorff

In Germany, before World War II, a fully mature three-year-old Oskar Matzerath decides to stop growing--and succeeds--then finds playing his favorite toy, a tin drum, useful for tuning out things that annoy him, like his mother’s dallying with their Polish boarder, the Nazi rallies his father attends, or even the advent of war itself. Winner of the 1979 Palm D’Or, sharing the prize that year with “Apocalypse Now”.

1979, Germany, 142 min, Color

MAR 12, 2012

L’ENFANT

Directed by the Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Bruno, 20, and Sonia, 18, are surviving on her welfare checks and Bruno’s petty crimes when Sonia becomes pregnant. Bruno sells their baby to a black market adoption ring to make some quick cash. Faced with Sonia’s shock, he regrets his mistake and buys the child back at a premium but, after being turned away by Sonia, his mounting debts and desperation lead Bruno down a quick path to prison. Shot in the trademark, gritty, “cinema-verite” handheld-Dardenne style. Winner of the 2005 Cannes Palm D’Or.

2005, Belgium, 95 min, Color

Admission: limited
Event Type: Cinematic Arts
Schedule(s) and Venue(s):
March 2, 2012 → 5:30 PM, University of San Carlos-College of Architecture & Fine Arts, Talamban, Cebu City

	Tomonori Arai & Gen Matsuda: A Duo Guitar Performance TOMONORI ARAI (Guitarist) Tomonori Arai was born in Shibuya, Tokyo. He started to learn guitar at the age of six with his father Kazuo Arai. In 1991 he began to take lessons of Yoshinobu Hara. Tomonori won First prize at Junior Guitar Competition, Student Guitar Competition, and Spanish Guitar Music Competition. In 1992, he entered Cologne Music University where he received diploma in 1998. He continued to study in Aachen and finished Concert Examination in 2000. During his stay, he has studied with, Tadashi Sasaki, Zoran Dukic , Thomas Müller-Perring.His recordings include three solo CDs, "Abrir" "Castillos de Espana" "Simple Essence" and a guitar trio "Harpo Rhythm. Arai has held recitals in Germany, Austria, France, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Italy, Thailand, and the Philippines. He is presently teaching in Ueno Gakuen University and the Gendai Guitar Academy. GEN MATSUDA (Guitarist) He was born in July 16, 1982 at Kochi Japan. Graduated at Waseda University, Graduate School of Education. Competition Prizes: 2009 - Tokyo International Guitar Competition, #1 International Guitar Competition in Asia, #1 2006 - 37th Classical Guitar Competition, #1 2005 - 23rd Japan Spanish Guitar Music Competition, #1 2004 - The 50th Kyushu Guitar Music Competition, #1 2003 - 11th Guitar Competition in Nagoya, #1 For inquiries please call Arts Council of Cebu at 233-0452 or email us at artscouncilcebu@gmail.com or artscouncilcebu@ymail.com ... Admission: limited Event Type: Music TOMONORI ARAI (Guitarist) Tomonori Arai was born in Shibuya, Tokyo. He started to learn guitar at the age of six with his father Kazuo Arai. In 1991 he began to take lessons of Yoshinobu Hara. Tomonori won First prize at Junior Guitar Competition, Student Guitar Competition, and Spanish Guitar Music Competition. In 1992, he entered Cologne Music University where he received diploma in 1998. He continued to study in Aachen and finished Concert Examination in 2000. During his stay, he has studied with, Tadashi Sasaki, Zoran Dukic , Thomas Müller-Perring.His recordings include three solo CDs, "Abrir" "Castillos de Espana" "Simple Essence" and a guitar trio "Harpo Rhythm. Arai has held recitals in Germany, Austria, France, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Italy, Thailand, and the Philippines. He is presently teaching in Ueno Gakuen University and the Gendai Guitar Academy. GEN MATSUDA (Guitarist) He was born in July 16, 1982 at Kochi Japan. Graduated at Waseda University, Graduate School of Education. Competition Prizes: 2009 - Tokyo International Guitar Competition, #1 International Guitar Competition in Asia, #1 2006 - 37th Classical Guitar Competition, #1 2005 - 23rd Japan Spanish Guitar Music Competition, #1 2004 - The 50th Kyushu Guitar Music Competition, #1 2003 - 11th Guitar Competition in Nagoya, #1 For inquiries please call Arts Council of Cebu at 233-0452 or email us at artscouncilcebu@gmail.com or artscouncilcebu@ymail.com Event Type: Music Admission: limited Schedule(s) and Venue(s): February 3, 2012 → 8:00pm, Friday, Marcelo B. Fernan Cebu Press Center
	SINEKULTURA (February) An Educational Film Screening Series by the University of San Carlos Contact Person: MISHA ANISSIMOV Cinema Coordinator, CAFA SCREENING SCHEDULES FEB 1, 2012 FAHRENHEIT 911 Directed by Michael Moore The first documentary ever to win the Cannes Palm D’Or, this typically Michael Moore “expose” documentary delves into the details of President Bush’s reaction to the devastating attacks of the World Trade Center, as well as the Bush’s family’s intricate personal ties with influential Arabs and the oil industry in the Middle East. As always, seemingly simple events on the surface, are in reality complex, nuanced, with many financial and political interwoven interests involved. When political leaders go to war, are the motivations really the same as what the people are told? 2004, USA, 122 min, Color FEB 3, 2012 SUPER SIZE ME Directed by Morgan Spurlock Junk food junkies beware! You may never look at your Jollibee or McDo burger the same again. Spurlock delivers a compelling documentary based on a very simple premise: to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at McDonalds every day for a month…and see what happens. The marketing machine of junk food companies has fattened up the population of the world (Americans in particular) creating obesity and health risks. In America, it is much cheaper to buy junk food, than to buy normal cooking ingredients like fish, vegetables and rice. Winner at the Sundance Film Festival. 2004, USA, 98 min, Color FEB 6, 2012 TO LIVE Directed by Zhang Yimou Epic in its grandeur and historical sweep, To Live tells the story from the 1940s to the 1970s, of a Chinese family who triumph over political and physical hardships. This is one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history (from dynasty to communism), directed by arguably one of the best living Chinese directors. 1994, China, 145 min, Color FEB 8, 2012 APARAJITO Directed by Satyajit Ray The second part of the Apu Trilogy (First part Pather Panchali screened last sem) set in 1920 India. An older Apu studies to become a priest, but his mind is engaged by scientific questions rather than religious ones. He struggles with his mother over this but, ultimately, she agrees to let him study in Calcutta via a scholarship when he promises not to neglect his religious training. After much struggling, he returns to his village upon learning of his mother’s failing health. He arrives a day after her death. Rejecting his uncle’s attempts to persuade him to stay in the village and resume his priesthood, Apu returns to Calcutta. A masterwork of Indian cinema. This is not Bollywood! 1959, India, 113 min, BW FEB 10, 2012 SANSHO THE BAILIFF Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi The children of a noble family in feudal Japan are kidnapped and sold as slaves to a bailiff who treats them inhumanely. The children grow to young adulthood at the slave camp. Anju still believes in the teachings of her father, who advocated treating others with humanity, but Zushio has repressed his humanity, becoming one of the overseers who punishes other slaves, in the belief that this is the only way to survive. Mizoguchi has often been compared to other Japanese master directors such as Kurosawa and Ozu. 1954, Japan, 130 min, BW FEB 13, 2012 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Directed by Jean Cocteau The true love of a beautiful woman restores a beast to the handsome young prince that he was, before a spell was cast on him. This is definitely not the Disney version. While it remains faithful to the plot of the classic fairy tale by Leprince de Beaumont, Jean Cocteau’s 1946 French romantic fantasy is the product of a sophisticated, mature sensibility in its tones and textures and, above all, in its surprising emotional power. 1946, France, 93 min, BW FEB 15, 2012 FREAKS Directed by Tod Browning A circus’ beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance. It is ironic how director Tod Browning followed up “Dracula”--a horror film with painterly set design and a distinct atmosphere of unease--with a horror film more grounded in reality. Whereas the sets in “Dracula” were as skillfully rendered as the most elaborate of tapestries, the abstraction of Freaks comes from the title characters, who are at once hideous, wonderful, and all too human. Regardless, the film was banned in the United States and effectively put an end to Tod Browning’s career. 1932, USA, 64 min, BW FEB 17, 2012 THE ELEPHANT MAN Directed by David Lynch A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity. Although shot in 1980, Lynch had to fight for permission to shoot the film in black and white in an era where color was increasingly viewed as essential to ticket sales. Moody and evocative, one can draw parallels with his earlier film, Eraserhead. 1980, USA, 124 min, BW FEB 20, 2012 EAST OF EDEN Directed by Elia Kazan In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to his estranged mother. Breakout masterful acting performance by Hollywood bad boy James Dean. 1955, USA, 115 min, Color FEB 22, 2012 REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE Directed by Nicholas Ray The landmark teen film that solidified Dean’s image with the public follows the story of rebellious middle-class teens, disenfranchised with their parents, and given to a life of thuggery and deadly dangerous drag racing to win over women. Beloved by women, James Dean was known as a father’s worst nightmare! 1955, USA, 111 min, Color FEB 27, 2012 GOOD MORNING Directed by Yasujiro Ozu Ozu’s hilarious Technicolor reworking of his silent I Was Born, But..., Good Morning is the story of two young boys in suburban Tokyo who take a vow of silence after their parents refuse to buy them a television set. Shot from the perspective of the petulant brothers, Good Morning is an enchantingly satirical portrait of family life that gives rise to gags about romance, gossip, and the consumerism of modern Japan. A comedy with no slapstick….just carefully observed circumstances. 1959, Japan, 93 min, Color FEB 29, 2012 DOWN BY LAW Directed by Jim Jarmusch DJ Zack and pimp Jack end up in prison for being too laid-back to avoid being framed for crimes they didn’t commit. They end up sharing a cell with eccentric Italian optimist Roberto, whose limited command of the English language is both entertaining and infuriating -but rather more useful to them is the fact that Roberto knows an escape route. One of the funniest prison escape films ever made. Jarmusch is known to be heavily influenced by Ozu. 1986, USA, 107 min, BW ... Admission: limited Event Type: Cinematic Arts An Educational Film Screening Series by the University of San Carlos Contact Person: MISHA ANISSIMOV Cinema Coordinator, CAFA SCREENING SCHEDULES FEB 1, 2012 FAHRENHEIT 911 Directed by Michael Moore The first documentary ever to win the Cannes Palm D’Or, this typically Michael Moore “expose” documentary delves into the details of President Bush’s reaction to the devastating attacks of the World Trade Center, as well as the Bush’s family’s intricate personal ties with influential Arabs and the oil industry in the Middle East. As always, seemingly simple events on the surface, are in reality complex, nuanced, with many financial and political interwoven interests involved. When political leaders go to war, are the motivations really the same as what the people are told? 2004, USA, 122 min, Color FEB 3, 2012 SUPER SIZE ME Directed by Morgan Spurlock Junk food junkies beware! You may never look at your Jollibee or McDo burger the same again. Spurlock delivers a compelling documentary based on a very simple premise: to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at McDonalds every day for a month…and see what happens. The marketing machine of junk food companies has fattened up the population of the world (Americans in particular) creating obesity and health risks. In America, it is much cheaper to buy junk food, than to buy normal cooking ingredients like fish, vegetables and rice. Winner at the Sundance Film Festival. 2004, USA, 98 min, Color FEB 6, 2012 TO LIVE Directed by Zhang Yimou Epic in its grandeur and historical sweep, To Live tells the story from the 1940s to the 1970s, of a Chinese family who triumph over political and physical hardships. This is one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history (from dynasty to communism), directed by arguably one of the best living Chinese directors. 1994, China, 145 min, Color FEB 8, 2012 APARAJITO Directed by Satyajit Ray The second part of the Apu Trilogy (First part Pather Panchali screened last sem) set in 1920 India. An older Apu studies to become a priest, but his mind is engaged by scientific questions rather than religious ones. He struggles with his mother over this but, ultimately, she agrees to let him study in Calcutta via a scholarship when he promises not to neglect his religious training. After much struggling, he returns to his village upon learning of his mother’s failing health. He arrives a day after her death. Rejecting his uncle’s attempts to persuade him to stay in the village and resume his priesthood, Apu returns to Calcutta. A masterwork of Indian cinema. This is not Bollywood! 1959, India, 113 min, BW FEB 10, 2012 SANSHO THE BAILIFF Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi The children of a noble family in feudal Japan are kidnapped and sold as slaves to a bailiff who treats them inhumanely. The children grow to young adulthood at the slave camp. Anju still believes in the teachings of her father, who advocated treating others with humanity, but Zushio has repressed his humanity, becoming one of the overseers who punishes other slaves, in the belief that this is the only way to survive. Mizoguchi has often been compared to other Japanese master directors such as Kurosawa and Ozu. 1954, Japan, 130 min, BW FEB 13, 2012 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Directed by Jean Cocteau The true love of a beautiful woman restores a beast to the handsome young prince that he was, before a spell was cast on him. This is definitely not the Disney version. While it remains faithful to the plot of the classic fairy tale by Leprince de Beaumont, Jean Cocteau’s 1946 French romantic fantasy is the product of a sophisticated, mature sensibility in its tones and textures and, above all, in its surprising emotional power. 1946, France, 93 min, BW FEB 15, 2012 FREAKS Directed by Tod Browning A circus’ beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance. It is ironic how director Tod Browning followed up “Dracula”--a horror film with painterly set design and a distinct atmosphere of unease--with a horror film more grounded in reality. Whereas the sets in “Dracula” were as skillfully rendered as the most elaborate of tapestries, the abstraction of Freaks comes from the title characters, who are at once hideous, wonderful, and all too human. Regardless, the film was banned in the United States and effectively put an end to Tod Browning’s career. 1932, USA, 64 min, BW FEB 17, 2012 THE ELEPHANT MAN Directed by David Lynch A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity. Although shot in 1980, Lynch had to fight for permission to shoot the film in black and white in an era where color was increasingly viewed as essential to ticket sales. Moody and evocative, one can draw parallels with his earlier film, Eraserhead. 1980, USA, 124 min, BW FEB 20, 2012 EAST OF EDEN Directed by Elia Kazan In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to his estranged mother. Breakout masterful acting performance by Hollywood bad boy James Dean. 1955, USA, 115 min, Color FEB 22, 2012 REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE Directed by Nicholas Ray The landmark teen film that solidified Dean’s image with the public follows the story of rebellious middle-class teens, disenfranchised with their parents, and given to a life of thuggery and deadly dangerous drag racing to win over women. Beloved by women, James Dean was known as a father’s worst nightmare! 1955, USA, 111 min, Color FEB 27, 2012 GOOD MORNING Directed by Yasujiro Ozu Ozu’s hilarious Technicolor reworking of his silent I Was Born, But..., Good Morning is the story of two young boys in suburban Tokyo who take a vow of silence after their parents refuse to buy them a television set. Shot from the perspective of the petulant brothers, Good Morning is an enchantingly satirical portrait of family life that gives rise to gags about romance, gossip, and the consumerism of modern Japan. A comedy with no slapstick….just carefully observed circumstances. 1959, Japan, 93 min, Color FEB 29, 2012 DOWN BY LAW Directed by Jim Jarmusch DJ Zack and pimp Jack end up in prison for being too laid-back to avoid being framed for crimes they didn’t commit. They end up sharing a cell with eccentric Italian optimist Roberto, whose limited command of the English language is both entertaining and infuriating -but rather more useful to them is the fact that Roberto knows an escape route. One of the funniest prison escape films ever made. Jarmusch is known to be heavily influenced by Ozu. 1986, USA, 107 min, BW Event Type: Cinematic Arts Admission: limited Schedule(s) and Venue(s): February 1, 2012 → 5:30 PM, University of San Carlos-College of Architecture & Fine Arts, Talamban, Cebu City
	SINEKULTURA (January) An Educational Film Screening Series by the University of San Carlos Contact Person: MISHA ANISSIMOV Cinema Coordinator, CAFA SCREENING SCHEDULES JAN 4, 2012 MUNYURANGABO Directed by Lee Isaac Chung After stealing a machete from a market in Kigali, Munyurangabo and his friend, Sangwa, leave the city on a journey tied to their pasts. Munyurangabo wants justice for his parents who were killed in the Rwandan genocide many years before, and Sangwa wants to visit the home he deserted years ago. Though they plan to visit Sangwa’s home for just a few hours, the boys stay for several days. From two separate tribes, their friendship is tested when Sangwa’s wary parents disapprove of Munyurangabo, warning that “Hutus and Tutsis are supposed to be enemies.” Directed by American film student Lee Chung on location in Rwanda, with a neophyte Rwandan film crew. This debut feature was selected for the Cannes Film Festival. 2007 Rwanda-USA, 97 min, Color JAN 6, 2012 MOOLADE Directed by Ousmane Sembene In an African village this is the day when six 4-9 year old girls are to be circumcised. All children know that the operation is horrible torture and sometimes lethal, and all adults know that some circumcised women can only give birth by Caesarean section. Two of the girls have drowned themselves in the well to escape the operation. The four other girls seek “magical protection” (mooladé) by a woman (Colle) who seven years before refused to have her daughter circumcised. Set in Burkina Faso, this is an inspiring story about a group of women who stand up for their rights against the traditions of their village. 2004, Senegal, 124 min, Color JAN 9, 2012 THE WIND Directed by Victor Seastrom One could argue that the true protagonist of The Wind is the wind itself, a mournful sandstorm that almost drives Gish’s character insane. She plays Letty Mason, a lonely Virginia woman who travels by train to the Texas ranch of her cousin, Cora. When Letty discovers, much to her dismay, that her train-ride suitor, Roddy, already has a wife, she marries an awkward cowboy named Lige. Lige understands that Letty doesn’t love him, but he still wants to take care of her until he can earn enough money to send her back to Virginia. Letty’s story is an unforgettably harrowing tale of betrayal, murder, and finally, redemption. One of Gish’s greatest silent screen performances. 1928, USA , 71 min, BW JAN 11, 2012 GREED Directed by Eric Von Stroheim Always seeking out an opportunity to better her situation, Trina buys a lottery ticket. When the ticket pays off and she wins a fortune, the previously eventempered Trina undergoes a complete personality change, metamorphosing into a grasping, greedy, miserly shrew, hoarding huge sums of money while her husband must get by on his meager earnings as a dentist. Betrayal, revenge, and murder ensue in this silent melodrama classic, shot in the California deserts of Death Valley. 1924, USA, 140 min, BW JAN 13, 2012 BROKEN BLOSSOMS Directed by D.W. Griffith Considered by many to be D. W. Griffith’s most tragic, serious, poetic, intricate, and melodramatic film. This silent film tells the story of a mystical, fragile romance in London’s foggy slums between a young, gentle, opium-addicted Chinese man (Cheng Huan) and an illegitimate Cockney waif (Lillian Gish), who is abused and ultimately killed by her brutish, bigoted prize-fighting father. The purest dreams of the couple, both ‘broken blossoms’, are destroyed by the sordid reality of racism. The film’s tale, in part, inspired director Federico Fellini’s classic drama La Strada (1954) with three similar character roles. 1919, USA, 90 min, BW JAN 23, 2012 THE GRAPES OF WRATH Directed by John Ford Based on the John Steinbeck novel, the movie chronicles a farming family migrating west from the depression era Oklahoma Dust Bowl to escape poverty and to seek a better future in California. What they find is more struggle, discrimination and exploitation. A classic tale of perseverence in the face of overwhelming obstacles by the famous director of mythic Americana, John Ford. 1940, USA, 128 min, BW JAN 25, 2012 THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE Directed by John Ford Going into flashback, a US Senator tells the story of how years ago, as a young lawyer, he came to a small town in which a gang of outlaws terrorized and robbed him. He seeks revenge and finds it in the help of a local cowboy. When the outlaws are finally killed off in a showdown, the lawyer becomes a hero, which leads to his political success. 1962, USA, 122 min, BW JAN 27, 2012 THE SEARCHERS Directed by John Ford Considered one of the great masterpieces of the Western genre, The Searchers tells the story of an embittered veteran, who returns to Texas after the Civil War and discovers that Comanche Indians have killed his family and kidnapped his niece. He sets out for his five year “search” to find his niece, who has been adopted and married into an Indian tribe. 1956, USA, 119 min, Color JAN 30, 2012 AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH Directed by Davis Guggenheim Former American Vice President Al Gore has traveled the world delivering a presentation on the global climate change, proving that humankind must confront global warming now or face devastating consequences. This film captures his journey as a worldwide environmental champion. 2006, USA, 100 min, Color ... Admission: limited Event Type: Cinematic Arts An Educational Film Screening Series by the University of San Carlos Contact Person: MISHA ANISSIMOV Cinema Coordinator, CAFA SCREENING SCHEDULES JAN 4, 2012 MUNYURANGABO Directed by Lee Isaac Chung After stealing a machete from a market in Kigali, Munyurangabo and his friend, Sangwa, leave the city on a journey tied to their pasts. Munyurangabo wants justice for his parents who were killed in the Rwandan genocide many years before, and Sangwa wants to visit the home he deserted years ago. Though they plan to visit Sangwa’s home for just a few hours, the boys stay for several days. From two separate tribes, their friendship is tested when Sangwa’s wary parents disapprove of Munyurangabo, warning that “Hutus and Tutsis are supposed to be enemies.” Directed by American film student Lee Chung on location in Rwanda, with a neophyte Rwandan film crew. This debut feature was selected for the Cannes Film Festival. 2007 Rwanda-USA, 97 min, Color JAN 6, 2012 MOOLADE Directed by Ousmane Sembene In an African village this is the day when six 4-9 year old girls are to be circumcised. All children know that the operation is horrible torture and sometimes lethal, and all adults know that some circumcised women can only give birth by Caesarean section. Two of the girls have drowned themselves in the well to escape the operation. The four other girls seek “magical protection” (mooladé) by a woman (Colle) who seven years before refused to have her daughter circumcised. Set in Burkina Faso, this is an inspiring story about a group of women who stand up for their rights against the traditions of their village. 2004, Senegal, 124 min, Color JAN 9, 2012 THE WIND Directed by Victor Seastrom One could argue that the true protagonist of The Wind is the wind itself, a mournful sandstorm that almost drives Gish’s character insane. She plays Letty Mason, a lonely Virginia woman who travels by train to the Texas ranch of her cousin, Cora. When Letty discovers, much to her dismay, that her train-ride suitor, Roddy, already has a wife, she marries an awkward cowboy named Lige. Lige understands that Letty doesn’t love him, but he still wants to take care of her until he can earn enough money to send her back to Virginia. Letty’s story is an unforgettably harrowing tale of betrayal, murder, and finally, redemption. One of Gish’s greatest silent screen performances. 1928, USA , 71 min, BW JAN 11, 2012 GREED Directed by Eric Von Stroheim Always seeking out an opportunity to better her situation, Trina buys a lottery ticket. When the ticket pays off and she wins a fortune, the previously eventempered Trina undergoes a complete personality change, metamorphosing into a grasping, greedy, miserly shrew, hoarding huge sums of money while her husband must get by on his meager earnings as a dentist. Betrayal, revenge, and murder ensue in this silent melodrama classic, shot in the California deserts of Death Valley. 1924, USA, 140 min, BW JAN 13, 2012 BROKEN BLOSSOMS Directed by D.W. Griffith Considered by many to be D. W. Griffith’s most tragic, serious, poetic, intricate, and melodramatic film. This silent film tells the story of a mystical, fragile romance in London’s foggy slums between a young, gentle, opium-addicted Chinese man (Cheng Huan) and an illegitimate Cockney waif (Lillian Gish), who is abused and ultimately killed by her brutish, bigoted prize-fighting father. The purest dreams of the couple, both ‘broken blossoms’, are destroyed by the sordid reality of racism. The film’s tale, in part, inspired director Federico Fellini’s classic drama La Strada (1954) with three similar character roles. 1919, USA, 90 min, BW JAN 23, 2012 THE GRAPES OF WRATH Directed by John Ford Based on the John Steinbeck novel, the movie chronicles a farming family migrating west from the depression era Oklahoma Dust Bowl to escape poverty and to seek a better future in California. What they find is more struggle, discrimination and exploitation. A classic tale of perseverence in the face of overwhelming obstacles by the famous director of mythic Americana, John Ford. 1940, USA, 128 min, BW JAN 25, 2012 THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE Directed by John Ford Going into flashback, a US Senator tells the story of how years ago, as a young lawyer, he came to a small town in which a gang of outlaws terrorized and robbed him. He seeks revenge and finds it in the help of a local cowboy. When the outlaws are finally killed off in a showdown, the lawyer becomes a hero, which leads to his political success. 1962, USA, 122 min, BW JAN 27, 2012 THE SEARCHERS Directed by John Ford Considered one of the great masterpieces of the Western genre, The Searchers tells the story of an embittered veteran, who returns to Texas after the Civil War and discovers that Comanche Indians have killed his family and kidnapped his niece. He sets out for his five year “search” to find his niece, who has been adopted and married into an Indian tribe. 1956, USA, 119 min, Color JAN 30, 2012 AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH Directed by Davis Guggenheim Former American Vice President Al Gore has traveled the world delivering a presentation on the global climate change, proving that humankind must confront global warming now or face devastating consequences. This film captures his journey as a worldwide environmental champion. 2006, USA, 100 min, Color Event Type: Cinematic Arts Admission: limited Schedule(s) and Venue(s): January 4, 2012 → 5:30 PM, University of San Carlos-College of Architecture & Fine Arts, Talamban, Cebu City
	SINEKULTURA (December) An Educational Film Screening Series by the University of San Carlos Contact Person: MISHA ANISSIMOV Cinema Coordinator, CAFA SCREENING SCHEDULES DEC 2, 2011 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Directed by Stanley Kubrick This science fiction masterpiece was almost universally criticized by critics when it was released. It is not action-adventure sci-fi, but a film more akin to art, metaphysics, and spirituality. Few films attempt to question man’s reason for existence, as this film does. Hal is an artificial intelligence computer created by man. With this intelligence given by man, Hal has also acquired a survival instinct. Has man created a rival in this intelligent computer? Where does intelligence come from? Who is God? This film broke the rules on the science fiction genre, and brought it respectability. 1968, England, 160 min, Color DEC 5, 2011 BLOOD TEA AND RED STRING Directed by Christiane Cegavaske Woman director Cegavaske single handedly crafts this Svankmajer-inspired stop motion animation tale of the struggle between the aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak. The Mice commission the Oak Dwellers to create a beautiful doll for them. When she is complete, the Creatures fall in love with her and refuse to give her up. Resorting to thievery the Mice abscond with her in the middle of the night. 2006, USA, 69 min, Color DEC 7, 2011 KING KONG Directed by Meriam Cooper & Ernest Schoedsack King Kong is a tragic tale of a giant ape that is taken from his jungle home and put on display in the big city of New York. He escapes while pursuing a girl he has become enamored with and dies a tragic death at the hands of a squadron of Biplanes. Stop motion animation artists Willis O’Brien and Ray Harryhausen create the revolutionary special effects of the time. This film served as inspiration for Peter Jackson’s remake and countless Japanese versions. 1933 USA, 104 min, BW DEC 9, 2011 SPIRITED AWAY Directed by Hayao Miyazaki From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animated cinema comes Hayao Miyazaki’s alternate reality world, filled with astonishing animation and epic adventure. Spirited Away is a wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro, trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world. The highest grossing film in Japanese film history (more than $234 million). 2002, Japan, 125 min, Color DEC 12, 2011 PANDORA’S BOX Directed by G.W. Pabst One of the masters of early German cinema, G. W. Pabst had an innate talent for discovering actresses (including Greta Garbo). And perhaps none of his female stars shone brighter than Kansas native and onetime Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legendary persona was defined by Pabst’s lurid, controversial melodrama Pandora’s Box. Sensationally modern, the film follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone she comes in contact with. Daring and stylish, Pandora’s Box is one of silent cinema’s great masterworks and a testament to Brooks’s dazzling individuality. 1929, Germany, 133 min, BW DEC 14, 2011 THE BLUE ANGEL Directed by Josef Von Sternberg The Blue Angel is a desperate, emotionally unrelenting portrait of a man whose consuming love for a cold, manipulative woman leads to moral descent and ruin. Dr. Immanuel Rath (Emil Jannings), is a repressed, middle-aged high school professor who decides to confront Lola Lola (Marlene Dietrich), a cabaret singer, about her “bewitching” of his students. He is captivated by the sensual, carefree Lola Lola, and continues to return to the Blue Angel club to be with her. Soon, he is the object of ridicule, and, in an attempt to protect her honor, marries her. A devastating tale about the cruelty of love. 1930, Germany, 99 min, BW DEC 16, 2011 THE GRADUATE Directed by Mike Nichols “Just one word: plastic.” “Are you here for an affair?” These lines and others became cultural touchstones in the US, as 1960s youth rebellion seeped into the California upper middle-class in this landmark film. Mentally adrift the summer after graduating from college, suburbanite Benjamin Braddock would rather float in his parents’ pool than follow adult advice about his future. He is trapped into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, who happens to be the wife of his father’s business partner and then finds himself falling in love with her teenage daughter, Elaine. 1967, USA, 106 min, Color ... Admission: limited Event Type: Cinematic Arts An Educational Film Screening Series by the University of San Carlos Contact Person: MISHA ANISSIMOV Cinema Coordinator, CAFA SCREENING SCHEDULES DEC 2, 2011 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Directed by Stanley Kubrick This science fiction masterpiece was almost universally criticized by critics when it was released. It is not action-adventure sci-fi, but a film more akin to art, metaphysics, and spirituality. Few films attempt to question man’s reason for existence, as this film does. Hal is an artificial intelligence computer created by man. With this intelligence given by man, Hal has also acquired a survival instinct. Has man created a rival in this intelligent computer? Where does intelligence come from? Who is God? This film broke the rules on the science fiction genre, and brought it respectability. 1968, England, 160 min, Color DEC 5, 2011 BLOOD TEA AND RED STRING Directed by Christiane Cegavaske Woman director Cegavaske single handedly crafts this Svankmajer-inspired stop motion animation tale of the struggle between the aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak. The Mice commission the Oak Dwellers to create a beautiful doll for them. When she is complete, the Creatures fall in love with her and refuse to give her up. Resorting to thievery the Mice abscond with her in the middle of the night. 2006, USA, 69 min, Color DEC 7, 2011 KING KONG Directed by Meriam Cooper & Ernest Schoedsack King Kong is a tragic tale of a giant ape that is taken from his jungle home and put on display in the big city of New York. He escapes while pursuing a girl he has become enamored with and dies a tragic death at the hands of a squadron of Biplanes. Stop motion animation artists Willis O’Brien and Ray Harryhausen create the revolutionary special effects of the time. This film served as inspiration for Peter Jackson’s remake and countless Japanese versions. 1933 USA, 104 min, BW DEC 9, 2011 SPIRITED AWAY Directed by Hayao Miyazaki From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animated cinema comes Hayao Miyazaki’s alternate reality world, filled with astonishing animation and epic adventure. Spirited Away is a wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro, trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world. The highest grossing film in Japanese film history (more than $234 million). 2002, Japan, 125 min, Color DEC 12, 2011 PANDORA’S BOX Directed by G.W. Pabst One of the masters of early German cinema, G. W. Pabst had an innate talent for discovering actresses (including Greta Garbo). And perhaps none of his female stars shone brighter than Kansas native and onetime Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legendary persona was defined by Pabst’s lurid, controversial melodrama Pandora’s Box. Sensationally modern, the film follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone she comes in contact with. Daring and stylish, Pandora’s Box is one of silent cinema’s great masterworks and a testament to Brooks’s dazzling individuality. 1929, Germany, 133 min, BW DEC 14, 2011 THE BLUE ANGEL Directed by Josef Von Sternberg The Blue Angel is a desperate, emotionally unrelenting portrait of a man whose consuming love for a cold, manipulative woman leads to moral descent and ruin. Dr. Immanuel Rath (Emil Jannings), is a repressed, middle-aged high school professor who decides to confront Lola Lola (Marlene Dietrich), a cabaret singer, about her “bewitching” of his students. He is captivated by the sensual, carefree Lola Lola, and continues to return to the Blue Angel club to be with her. Soon, he is the object of ridicule, and, in an attempt to protect her honor, marries her. A devastating tale about the cruelty of love. 1930, Germany, 99 min, BW DEC 16, 2011 THE GRADUATE Directed by Mike Nichols “Just one word: plastic.” “Are you here for an affair?” These lines and others became cultural touchstones in the US, as 1960s youth rebellion seeped into the California upper middle-class in this landmark film. Mentally adrift the summer after graduating from college, suburbanite Benjamin Braddock would rather float in his parents’ pool than follow adult advice about his future. He is trapped into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, who happens to be the wife of his father’s business partner and then finds himself falling in love with her teenage daughter, Elaine. 1967, USA, 106 min, Color Event Type: Cinematic Arts Admission: limited Schedule(s) and Venue(s): December 2, 2011 → 5:30 PM, University of San Carlos-College of Architecture & Fine Arts, Talamban, Cebu City