BAKUNAWA FEST X
DAY1
NOV 6, 2023
MONDAY
VIDEOTHEQUE ONLY
at the back of UPFI Film Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
10AM
VIDEOTHEQUE
LET'S GO, ISHIKAWA!!
TAKASHINA Takumi
Japan I 2022
PHILIPPINE PREMIERE
2PM
VIDEOTHEQUE
ZOOM
Pedro Morelli
Canada / Brazil I 2015
4PM
VIDEOTHEQUE
POTRET MIMPI BURUK
(THE PORTRAIT OF A NIGHTMARE)
Ismail Basbeth, Indonesia I 2022
PHILIPPINE PREMIERE
DAY2
NOV 7, 2023
TUESDAY
VIDEOTHEQUE ►
1PM►
VIDEOTHEQUE
WHERE IS MY HOME?
Samiran Deka, Bhaskar Jyoti Das (India)
DIRECTORS IN ATTENDANCE
NATATANGING PALAYOK (THE EXCEPTIONAL POT) 2023, Ein Gil Camuñas (Philippines)
DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE
elehiya para sa mga memorya (an elegy for the memories) 2022, Ryan Miguel Capili (Philippines)
DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE
ALL PREMIERES
4PM►
VIDEOTHEQUE
SHORTS PROGRAM : FATE SPEAKS LIKE MEMORIES DEPEND ON NATURE
If I Could Give You the Moon (20min) PH
Departure (5.11min) JP
Sa Piling Mo (12.32min) PH
Leonor (15min) ES
Karkarma (16.45min) PH
Blue Poetry (18.29) ID *
* FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE
ALL PREMIERES
DAY2
NOV 7, 2023
TUESDAY
UPFI CINE ADARNA ►
3PM
CINE ADARNA
MEMENTO MORI: DAT
(MEMENTO MORI: EARTH)
Marcus Manh Cuong Vu
Vietnam I 2022
PHILIPPINE PREMIERE
◄5PM
CINE ADARNA
RASUK (POSSESSED)
James Lee, Malaysia, 2021,
PHILIPPINE PREMIERE
6:30PM
CINE ADARNA
COLOSSAL
Nacho Vigalondo I 2016
Canada / Spain
DAY3
NOV 8, 2023
WEDNESDAY
VIDEOTHEQUE ►
10AM►
VIDEOTHEQUE
TUMANDOK (INDIGENOUS) PROGRAM + DRAMATIC SHORTS
The Beyond (9min) CH
Repeated Memories (15min) KR
Redd Rose (11min, 5sec) PH
Inkar (17.22) KZ
Meca (8.18min) CA
The Creation of the World (10min) MX
Tiempos (8.52min) CO
ALL PREMIERES
11:30AM►
VIDEOTHEQUE
LOVING VINCENT
Dorota Kobiela
UK / Poland I 2017
DAY3
NOV 8, 2023
WEDNESDAY
UPFI CINE ADARNA ►
2PM►
CINE ADARNA
COMPETITION SHORTS 4
Old Flames (4.37min) CA
The Boy and the Crow (2.49min) US/JP
Undo (10min, 22sec) PH *
Willkawiwa (The Sacred Fire of the Dead) 14min EC
Pagtangis ng Mga Aninong Umiindak sa Hangin (13min, 50sec) PH
ALL PREMIERES
* DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE
Full-length Feature
BATSOY
Ronald Espinosa Batallones
Philippines I 2022
5PM►
CINE ADARNA
OPENING FILM
ROCK-A-BYE BABY (BLACK & WHITE)
Lê Bình Giang (Vietnam)
B&W CUT WORLD PREMIERES
DIRECTOR LE BIN GIANG IN ATTENDACE
OPENING SHORTS
THE OLD YOUNG CROW by Liam LoPinto (Japan, USA)
YOU WILL SEE by Kathleen Bu (Singapore)
THE 25TH FILIAL EXEMPLAR by Leon Cheo (Singapore)
ALL PHILIPPINE PREMIERES
DAY4
NOV 9, 2023
THURSDAY
VIDEOTHEQUE ►
10AM►
VIDEOTHEQUE
SEJARAH KISAH KISAH YANG MUSNAH (HISTORY OF UNTELLABLE TALES)
BW Purbanegara, Indonesia, 2022
DIRECTOR BW PURBANEGARA IN ATTENDACE
SHORTS PROGRAM: MEMORIA DOLOROSA
Violet (14.25min) PH
Dinosaur (3.41) US
Solitaire (12:47min) NZ
Palette of Her (6.18min) PH
Sa Muli Nating Pagkikita (12.26min) PH
Magic Mushrooms (8.20min) CA
ALL PREMIERES
3PM►
VIDEOTHEQUE
ENEMY
Denis Villeneuve
Canada / Spain / France I 2013
DAY4
NOV 9, 2023
THURSDAY
UPFI CINE ADARNA ►
2PM
CINE ADARNA
SHORTS PROGRAM: WAG KANG JUDGER!
Night Show (15min) ES
The Judgement (12.25min) US
Consumed (10.46min) US
I think I left my soul behind (2.25min) PH
Where the Clownfish Meet the Clown (19.2min) ID
MakasaMa (10.44min) PH
Sisa (5min) PH
i am but a small boy (9.46 min) PH *
ALL PREMIERES except *
SISIHIN SI SILVIA (BLAME IT ON SILVIA)
Francis Gacer I 2022
Philippines
◄4PM
CINE ADARNA
COMPETITION SHORTS 3
The Strange Events on Maple Street (14.7min) UK
Aracne (4min) MX
Paod (Yoke) 10min PH
El Padrasto (The Skin) 11.32min ES
Uknown Footage (4min) PH
ALL PREMIERES
JACKPOT ISLAND
Lê Bình Giang
Vietnam I 2022
PHILIPPINE PREMIERE
DIRECTOR LE BIN GIANG IN ATTENDACE
6:30PM
CINE ADARNA
SILIP
Elwood Perez I 1985
Philippines
DIRECTOR ELWOOD PEREZ AND PRODUCER WILSON TIENG IN ATTENDANCE
w/ DIRECTOR & PRODUCER Q&A
DAY5
NOV 10, 2023
FRIDAY
UPFI CINE ADARNA ONLY
10AM
CINE ADARNA
1PM
CINE ADARNA
COMPETITION SHORTS 1
Demon Box (14min) CA
Los Pies Frios (Cold Feet) 15min ES
Sukat (Borders), 8.56 min PH
ALL PREMIERES
PROGRAM : EXCESSIVE DAWN
Hippomane Mancinella (Colombia)
THE FOOLS - PRISON AND BABYLON
愚か者たちの歌 TAKAHASHI Sinichi
Japan I 2022
ALL PREMIERES
DIRECTOR TAKAHASHI SINICHI IN ATTENDACE
4PM
CINE ADARNA
SHORTS PROGRAM: ARE YOU BEING HUNTED?Heirlooms (16.57min) ID
Death Drive (5.30min) AU
Motomarine (Watercraft) 4.10min CA
Gacha Gacha (12min) JP
Dead (5.38min) PL
La Chasseur (The Hunter) 7.39min CA
In Corpus (3min) ES
ALL PREMIERES
5PM
CINE ADARNA
SHORTS PROGRAM: PINOY HORROR & HEROES
Reimagined II : Mahal (20min) USA
The Companion (6.07 min) PH
The Adventure of Ursula (10min) PH
Happy Fiesta (8.35) PH
Defilement Twenty-one (3.53min) PH
Aswang (6.8min) PH
Roommates (1.15min) PH
Dead in the Dark (10miin) PH
Elegy to Carla (4.24min) PH
Super Alaya (8.18min) PH
Aga-hiw, The Dreamer (11.24min) PH
ALL PREMIERES
DIRECTORS IN ATTENDACE
DAY6
NOV 11, 2023
SATURDAY
VIDEOTHEQUE ONLY
10AM
VIDEOTHEQUE
JHINI BINI CHADARIYA
(THE BRITTLE THREAD)
Ritesh Sharma, India I 2022
1PM►
VIDEOTHEQUE
SHORTS PROGRAM : WORTH OF ONE'S BLOOD
The Peeper (12.47min) UA
Mahudmay (8min) PH
Goldilocks (9min) ES
En Tu Mente (In Your Head) ES
The Jewelers (15.18min) PH
Ventablvck (4min) CA
Dog Run (23.33 min) UK
ALL PREMIERES
3PM
VIDEOTHEQUE
COMPETITION SHORTS 2
Quartzo (13min) BR
The Script (15min) AL / XK / MK
Tiempos (Times) 8.52min MX
Caterpillar (14min) UK
Untitled IV (15min) GR
ALL PREMIERES
FILMS FROM HIFF
Agur-Uray (13.39min) PH
Ang Kwento Kay Ila (7.54min) PH
DIRECTORS IN ATTENDACE
5PM
VIDEOTHEQUE
CLOSING FILM
RODA RODA NADA (THE TONE WHEELS) Yuda Kurniawan (Indonesia)
PHILIPPINE PREMIERE
CLOSING SHORTS
PROMISE OF A WILD LOVE by Davi Mello (Brazil)
PHILIPPINE PREMIERE
SA BURUTLAKAN (Where the Sun Rises) by Kyle Fredrick Jabian & Aaron Dave Escobido (Philippines)
WORLD PREMIERE
projeXions►
NOV 8-11, 2023
WED - SAT
VIDEOTHEQUE LOBBY
10AM-5PM►
VIDEOTHEQUE
Dilemma JP
Da'im or: The Sound the Mother make when her Babies Break PH
Hypnic Jerk US
Intangible JP / ES
