All At Once

Sherlyn, trying to outdo Pinoy Dream Academy's Joan with her own version of the Whitney Houston original, "All At Once." At Music Match Morato, with my cousins ulet.

All Made Up

To immortalize Sherlyn's make up for the night, I took this photo. We were supposed to go to the Rockista Bar Tour, but we only ended up having coffee at Baang.

Poker Face

Raz style. This is me playing poker with my high school classmates and some their plus 1s. Taken during very-pregnant Ella's baby shower, in their Southwoods home. Master of the house, Dean, was smitten by my phone. He was doing test shots with it, and this is one of more unglamorous photos that came out. Dean and I were the last two players standing, by the way. We decided to call it a tie and split the pot :-)

Music Match

Singing with my cousins and Joni at Music Match in Tomas Morato. Okay pala don. Cheap but the facilities are good naman. At least may kapalit na IO KTV sa ELJ!

Imax-ed

This, on the other hand, was my first time to watch a movie at the Imax Cinema. T'was taken on 1 July 2006. We watched SUPERMAN. It was also my first time to go to, and watch a movie, at the SM Mall of Asia. I remember it was a Friday evening cause I was watching MMK on TV when Norms called and told me he had compli tickets. Free snacks! But there were only four parts in 3D. Loved the film, still :-)

Back To IMAX

These are my three cousins during their first IMAX experience. We watched 'T-Rex Back To The Cretaceous.'

Rockista Princess

Please support our good friend,
PRINCESS
one of the 11 finalists in COLT45's ROCKISTA search on MTV.

Watch it on MTV, Mondays, 8PM. Starting October 23.
Replays on Wednesdays, 12 Noon and Tuesdays, 11PM.

Here's a behind the scenes clip from the last taping:

You Are The One

Watch the (original) full trailer of Star Cinema's
"You Are The One"
Starring Sam Milby & Toni Gonzaga
Showing on August 30, 2006

Love can't be denied...




You can also support the movie by voting for its theme song's video on MYX!

Simply type:
myx(space)vote(space)songtitle and send to 2366!

Thanks!

See Me Malaya

Today is officially the start of the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.

I used to dread the length of time I was made to wait for the results to come out, and now, it's actually here, and I'm part of it.

During the Sinetaktakan last week, when all the film makers involved were asked to discuss their films and the peripheral issues attached to independent filmmaking, I mentioned how nervous (nerbyous, ika nga, to better underscore my emotions) I felt about the coming week. We were asked to rate our films. I gave my own film a 9, saying that I subtracted a point because I was forced to edit out some of the scenes and sequences in order to meet the 20-minute maximum running time the competition rules imposed.

However, I clarified that how I rated "Labada" shouldn't be confused with an objective evaluation of my film. Most people would agree that any creative work can never be evaluated objectively. It's just not possible to quantify the merits of a creative output. I told the audience that with only a week left before the festival, the jitters are worse than ever.

The moderator told us first-timers that based on last year's festival, we'd probably be on automatic pilot mode once the festival starts. The deluge of emotions and the flurry of the events almost guarantee we won't even know what hit us.

It was a welcome thought.

Now that the day has come, I'm not sure how to describe what I'm feeling. There's a part of me that's excited about the good things that may be in store for me and my film. And there's another part that can't wait to see all of this over and done with.

Cinemalaya seems to imply a liberation of sorts. I've yet to see what it will do for me.

Wash And Learn

Watch the trailer of
Raz de la Torre's "LABADA"

The Cinemalaya 2006 Schedule for the Short Feature Finalists

SHORTS PROGRAM A:
1. 10:25 ng Gabi
2. Gee-Gee at Waterina
3. Kwarto
4. Labada by Raz de la Torre
5. No Passport Needed

SCHEDULE FOR PROGRAM A: (which includes Labada)

Tues, July 18 – 12:45pm (CCP Main Theater)
Weds, July 19 – 9:00pm (CCP Main Theater)
Thurs, July 20 – 9:00pm (Multi-Purpose Hall)
Fri, July 21 – 6:15pm (CCP Little Theater)
Sat, July 22 – 12:45pm (CCP Little Theater)


SHORTS PROGRAM B:
1. Orasyon
2. Parang Pelikula
3. Putot
4. Puwang by Anna Isabelle Matutina
5. Sa Silaw

SCHEDULE FOR SHORTS PROGRAM B: (which includes Puwang)

Tues, July 18 – 3:30pm (CCP Main Theatre)
Weds, July 19 – 6:15pm (CCP Little Theatre)
Fri, July 21 – 9:00pm (Multi-Purpose Hall)
Sat, July 22 – 9:00pm (CCP Main Theatre)
Sun, July 23 – 12:45pm (CCP Little Theatre)