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Dokufest 2010: Rugby Boyz
Dir. Khavn De La Cruz
To play rugby league, you need three things: a good pass, a good tackle and a good excuse. The Rugby Boyz have all three by the truckloads, and then some... they do not just play rugby the sport, they sniff Rugby the solvent. Betwixt and between, they tell vampire jokes, rap about river deaths, and jack-knife into the murky water. From karaoke bars to swimming holes, these boys show us how to pass, tackle, dive, laugh, and endure. Beautifully.
Rugby Boyz as well as 7 other shorts including Blackworms, The Drowning Sea, Literature, Adarna & The Memory Of Crystal, An Open Letter To All The Terrorists Of The World, Ultimo, Barong Brothers by Khavn will be shown at Dokufest 2010.
DOKUFEST, The International Documentary and Short Film Festival, is the largest film event in Kosova. The Festival is organized in August in the picturesque and historical town of Prizren which attracts numerous international and regional artists.
Rosanna Ocampo
Designer
Rosanna Ocampos vivid artistry and use of sophisticated form is born of a deep appreciation for the beauty of constant movement inspired by travels abroad. Having immersed herself in Milan, she was able to capture the essence of its dynamism in her design. She took courses at both the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) and the Paris American Academy before securing her masters in Fashion PR in Istituto Marangoni. Her fist exposure to the fashion industry was as line manager for Vera Wang Lavender Label in Milan.
Rosannas works has been described as feminine, playful and contemporary. Her continous love affair with colour and marriage of prints have made her cocktail dresses a staple among Manilas hip and stylish set.
She has been named in Preview Magazines "Designers To Watch Out For 2008", Mega Magazines "10 Most Stylish 2009", Metro Magazines "20 Luminaries 2009", nominated by Malaysias renowned fashion group, Tongue and Chic among "The Next Young Designers of South-East Asia 2010" and part of The Philippine Star Newspapers list of "10 People to Watch Out for in 2010".
Dream Carousel
Indie / Pop / Jazz
Armed with wit, a sense of hometown pride and natural musical talent, Dream Carousel is the brainchild of Ace Del Mundo, drummer of the former group Orange and Lemons and now, guitarist for the pop band Kenyo, with his idea of forming an indie-pop influenced band with a blend of jazz music.
With influences ranging from the late Frank Sinatra, Petula Clark, The Beatles, Barry Manilow, Club 8, Camera Obscura, Mocca and Swan Dive, this Bulacan-based group started off their presence in the music scene with cover songs from their musical influences and lately developed their skills in song writing for their own original compositions such us "Merry-go-round", "No Matter What" and "These Little Things". The bands original songs can be described as uplifting, refreshing and relaxing -- a definite perk-up music giving listeners a melodic treat of unique songs with a touch of nostalgia.
Give a listen to Dream Carousel and get ready to sway to a brand new beat of indie-pop music!
Karina Baluyut
Artist
Karina Baluyut is among the original members of the Guevarra Group of Artists from the
time of its inception, and one of the first to have exhibited their works at Galerie Joaquin.
A graduate of Architecture from the University of the Philippines, and subsequently a topnotcher
in the 2004 Architectural Board exams, she had previously worked as a set designer in a number
of theatrical productions. She took up informal art lessons and joined on-the-spot sketching
sessions to hone her skills.
Given her formal training as an architect, Baluyut has incorporated the tenets of the discipline in her work as a painter in the abstract expressionist genre. Baluyut’s works are highly distinctive for their sparing but eloquent evocations of key architectural concepts and principles. These abstractions often conjure themes of reflection and contemplation. Her influences are Mark Rothko, Paul Klee and other progenitors of the Color Field painting.
Baluyut is a veteran of countless group shows, mostly at the Galerie Joaquin, where her abstract works are among the favorites of collectors. Her one-woman show titled "Fields of Gold" proved her success in her chosen field and marked her as one of the more in demand abstractionists of her generation.
Karina Baluyut @ Galerie Joaquin
Jay
Dir. Francis Xavier Pasion
Jay is a Philippine independent film about a filmmaker who makes a documentary on the life of a murdered teacher, and in the process solves the crime. Shot in Bacolor, Pampanga, it is directed by Francis Xavier Pasion and stars Baron Geisler. It was the unanimous choice for the Best Film Award in the Full-Length category of the 2008 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival competition. It was the first feature film in competition to be shown at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival’s Orrizonti (New Horizons) sidebar.
Jay Mercado, a homosexual teacher from Pampanga, has been found dead in his home, the victim of a violent murder. Television producer Jay Santiago, himself a homosexual, decides to create a documentary on the murder. He takes advantage of Mercado’s impoverished family to create a high-rated documentary, which is shown in the first 15 minutes of the film. As it turns out, through the documentary the criminal is found and brought to justice.
Bang Pineda
Designer
Bang Pineda is the proud owner of one the county's premier specialized men's line Vanguard Clubwear, A customized line of clothing focused with the new generation of target market - hip, stylish and avante guard. Bang started his career in fashion designing in 1998. From being a marketing consultant to a businessman - Bang returns to what he calls his first love - fashion. Ten years thereafter - Bang is considered as an icon of Kapampangan style. Bang has penetrated the mainstream via his styling expertise in some of the country's top variety shows. Currently, Bang envisions of expanding his specialty line by making it available to the rest of the Filipinos.
Albert Ascona
Indie / Acoustic
Being a guitarist for three bands you'd think he would not have time for a solo project. Albert Ascona is a dedicated guitarist for filipino hardcore punk bands The Beauty of Doubt, Throw and Bad Omen. Albert's solo outing is an outlet for his personal songs. Of the moment acoustic songs captured via home recording. Albert says that he wrote these songs because he wanted to feel life through music. His influences include Chad Price, Tim Barry, Chuck Ragan & Chris Wollard, Rocky Votolato and Johnny Cash.
Augusto Arbizo
Artist
Augusto Arbizo (born 1972 in Quezon City, Manila, the Philippines) is a visual artist, gallerist, and art curator. Arbizo lives and works in New York City. Arbizo studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and graduated from The Cooper Union School of Art, NY, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in painting; he earned a Masters of Fine Arts degree from The University of Michigan. His paintings move between abstraction and representation, presenting simple organic shapes in graphic and often chromatically vivid compositions. His solo exhibitions include White Columns, NY; Envoy, NY; Sandra Gering Gallery, NY; Michael Steinberg Fine Art, NY; and Roebling Hall Gallery, NY. Group exhibitions include PS1/MoMA, NY; Artists Space, NY; and The Queens Museum of Art, NY. As a curator, he has organized exhibitions for Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, NY, White Columns, NY, and John Connelly Presents, NY among others. He is the director of Eleven Rivington, NY (2007-present).
Melancholia
Dir. Lav Diaz
Melancholia is a Philippine independent film directed, written, and edited by Lav Diaz. It examines the issues of crime, religion, and prostitution, as well as grief. A black and white digital film, it has a running time of approximately 7 and a half hours. It was shown as the closing film in the Orizzonti (New Horizons) segment of the Venice International Film Festival where it won Best Film, making it Lav Diaz’s second Orizzonti winner after Kagadanan Sa Banwaan Ning Mga Engkanto (Death in the Land of Engkantos), which won the Golden Lion Special Mention award in the previous year. It is produced by Sine Olivia.
Melancholia is divided into 3 narrative chapters. The first chapter, which has a linear narrative structure, takes place in the north of the Philippines. While traveling, a sex worker passes through a village where she meets a pimp and a nun. Through the course of the film, the different characters change roles to divert themselves from their grief over rebel friends who have been eliminated in a catastrophic event. Given their great differences, through this exercise their identities become confused. Later on, the film dispenses with narration and is simply dominated by music and various seemingly disconnected images. Melancholia finally ends with a sequence showing the last days of three men in the rainforest at night, while a poetic voiceover recites the musings of a rebel.
Ciege Cagalawan
Designer
Ciege Cagalawan is an independent Cebuano womenswear and fashion accessory designer and a member of the Fashion Designers Alliance Manila. With an eclectic perspective, his pieces are classic with a punch of surprise, bold yet surprisingy wearable. Relatively new, he finished his degree in Bachelor of Arts major in Fashion Design and Merchandising on February 2008 at De La Salle College of Saint Benilde. A year before graduation, February 8, 2007, he made it to the top 5 in the Accessories Division of Philippine Fashion Design Competition held at the Glorietta Activity Center, Ayala Mall, Makati City.
May 27, 2008, Ciege Cagalawan presented his debut collection, "Oriental Afrikaans" at the New Generation Collection of Philippine Fashion Week 2008 held at the SMX Convention Center. His collection was chosen to be part of the top 5 of the New Generation Collections by Manila Bulletin’s Fashion Section on June 1, 2008. The collection also had several positive reviews from different publications. Ciege Cagalawan was featured in the January 2009 Issue of Mega Magazine, part of "The 8 Designers You Shoud Know", in their main fashion feature "Class Act". Other than fashion, Ciege has also designed the costumes for Ballet Philippines prodution - a remake of "Tales of the Manuvu" which showed during the same week as Philippine Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2010.
