Hello! If you are into film festivals, karon July naai Japanese film festival 2009 from July 28-Aug2. I posted this sa French Film Fest thread but I thought it'd be better to post it in a new thread.
Again, free admission, first come-first served basis.
Sa Ayala Center Cinema 4 ni.
Jul 28 (Tue)
7:00 PM
ALWAYS - Sunset on Third Street (2005)
Synopsis: Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by Norifumi Suzuki.
PG-13
July 29 (Wed)
7:00 PM
The Milkwoman (2005)
Synopsis: Unmarried 50 year old Minako (Yuko Tanaka) leads a quiet life, working at a supermarket and delivering milk locally. At night she finds solace in novels, her only escape from her dreary daily existence.
PG-13
Jul 30 (Thu)
7:00 PM
Turn Over (2005)
Synopsis: An intermittently amusing and occasionally touching drama about an elderly couple struggling with their emotional connection (or the lack thereof) with each other in the midst of an incurable disease.
General Audience
Jul 31 (Fri)
7:00 PM
Tony Takitani (2004)
Synopsis: When technical illustrator Tony Takitani asks his wife to resist her all-consuming obsession for designer clothes, the consequences are tragic
PG-13
Aug 1 (Sat)
4:00 PM
Mind Game (2004)
Synopsis: This animated film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
R-13
7:00 PM
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Synopsis: A successful businessman's family life is shattered by an early onset of Alzheimer's.
General Audience
Aug 2 (Sun)
4:00 PM
Kamome Diner (2006)
Synopsis: A good-natured film about inter-human relations which concerns a Japanese woman trying to make it to Helsinki by running her own diner with Japanese food
PG-13
7:00 PM
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Synopsis: Shou's father Norio finds his son in a rather meaningless existence in Tokyo dominated by alcohol and porn videos.
R-18
Organized by the Consular Office of Japan in Cebu
In cooperation with:
Japanese Association in Cebu, Inc.
Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Cebu, Inc.
Ayala Center Cebu
Click link below for more of the screening sked:
The Japan Foundation, Manila
Eiga Sai 2009: Japanese Film Festival
The Japan Foundation, Manila's Photos - EIGA SAI 09 (Japanese Film Festival) | Facebook
Spread the word and Enjoy!