HIFF.ORG ASIAN SHOWCASE: SPOTLIGHT ON THE PHILIPPINES PRESENTED BY L&L HAWAIIAN BARBECUE
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THE ARRIVAL UNITED STATES PREMIERE
ThURsDay, OCTObER 21 | 9:00 Pm | REgal DOlE fRIDay, OCTObER 22 | 3:30 Pm | REgal DOlE PhIlIPPInEs 2010 | TagalOg W/ EnglIsh sUbTITlEs | 108 m
DIRECTOR: Erik Matti sCREEnWRITER: Erik Matti CasT: Dennis Ascalon, Milton Dionzon, Dwight Gaston
As a humble person that lives a colorless life, Leo is a single man that works at a small company. Quiet and insipid, he has very little significance around his friends and family. For a long time, even when he has been exploited by his friends and boss, he sucks it up and remains silent. There is only one thing that adds a little happiness to his dull life. Every night as he sleeps, Leo dreams of a beautiful woman coming out of a house and welcoming him with a tender kiss. One day, he finally decides to embark upon a journey, looking for the house and woman he long dreams of.
THE ARRIVAL is a departure for director Erik Matti, who is known for his cult sci-fi and fantasy films. THE ARRIVAL is a transitional film, as Matti dips his toes into experimental cinema, and crafting a story with a dash of magical realism.
DONOR UNITED STATES PREMIERE mOnDay, OCTObER 18 | 5:30 Pm | REgal DOlE
PhIlIPPInEs 2010 | TagalOg W/ EnglIsh sUbTITlEs | 86 m DIRECTOR: Mark Meily sCREEnWRITER: Mark Meily PRODUCERs: Mark Meily, Imee
Marcos, Greg Garcia, Lee Briones-Meily CInEmaTOgRaPhER: Jay Abello CasT: Meryll Soriano, Baron Geisler, Jao Mapa, Tabatabaee Kami
Mark Meily (CRYING LADIES) returns to form with DONOR, a hard-hitting parable that ostensibly tackles the kidney trade, the ridiculous statutes that attempt to prevent it, and the traditional male domination in a society where breadwinner status in the family is steadily shifting to females.
Stuck in a marriage-less relationship with perennial bum Danny (Baron Geisler), Lizette (Meryll Soriano) is barely able to make ends meet with the very little that she gets peddling pirated DVDs. A recent police raid leaves her jobless. She attempts to apply for work abroad but eventually discovers that the simple act of job application will cost her a fortune. Back at home, Danny requests that she fund his gun acquisition. Strapped for cash, she is forced to sell a kidney to a Jordanian businessman for a hundred thousand pesos. One of the conditions of the deal however is for her to marry the Jordanian, in compliance with a law that prohibits the donation of organs to a stranger. The results are both humorous and troubling.—Twitchfilm
MANILA SKIES / KYOTO STORY
SIGWA / MANILA SKIES
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