31 May – 1 June 2014
Following the great success of the first edition presented in Cagliari in May 2013, the Across Asia Film Festival arrives at MAXXI for two days entirely dedicated to independent Philippine film and culture: a selection of the most recent films from the Philippine New Wave, a movement of filmmakers and artists that developed in the early 2000s in the Metro Manila area, internationally famous for the punk trends of its films and the continual research into an idiom of confines contaminated with diverse expressive forms.
Contemporary film and music,
traditional dance, rap and street dance by Philippine teenagers
Among the events are a masterclass on guerrilla production by the director Khavn de la Cruz, enfant terrible of Philippine cinema known as the Takashi Miike or the Lars Von Trier of the Philippines. The creator of self-produced low budget films thanks to the use of digital technologies, Khavn has succeeded in creating an independent and visionary factory. Also scheduled is a live set of Spirit Songs, presented by the musician Mike Cooper.
The festival will conclude with a special event: the screening of KALAKALA, a filmic journey with a touch of horror through the ruins of the Sendong typhoon. Presented at MoMA PS1 in New York in 2013, the film will be accompanied on the piano by its multi-talented director Khavn De La Cruz.
PROGRAMME
Saturday 31 May
12.00
MAXXI Auditorium– admittance free
Festival Opening
14.00
Original language screenings with Italian and English subtitles
Badil by Chito S. Roño, 2013
Aparisyon by Vincent Sandova, 2013
Mondomanila by Khavn De La Cruz, 2012 (with the presence of the director)
EDSA XXX by Khavn Dela Cruz (with the presence of the director) | 80’, o.v. with Ita/Eng s/t
Mike Cooper | live concert Spirit Songs, UK guitar and electronics for Far-East Asian blues
EDSA XXX by Khavn De La Cruz, with the presence of the director, introduced by Giovanni Spagnoletti 2012
19.00
MAXXI Piazza
Latest Wave | concerts and break dance by the Philippine crews. Pinoy finger food
Sunday 1 June
11.30
MAXXI B.A.S.E. free admittance but reservations required*
The Zero-Minute Film School
Masterclass by the director Khavn De La Cruz
14.00
MAXXI Auditorium – admittance free – original language screenings with Italian and English subtitles
Misericordia by Khavn de La Cruz, 2012 (with the presence of the director)
Debosyon by Alvin B. Yapan, 2013
Iskalawags by Keith Deligero, 2013
15.30
MAXXI Piazza
Filipino Teens | Traditional Philippine displays and dance
19.15
Gallery 1 – admittance free but reservations required*
Presentation of the Across Asia Film Festival 2014 – Cagliari edition
KALAKALA by Khavn de La Cruz, 2012 | with piano accompaniment by Khavn de la Cruz
*for reservations click here
31 May – 1 June 2014
Following the great success of the first edition presented in Cagliari in May 2013, the Across Asia Film Festival arrives at MAXXI for two days entirely dedicated to independent Philippine film and culture: a selection of the most recent films from the Philippine New Wave, a movement of filmmakers and artists that developed in the early 2000s in the Metro Manila area, internationally famous for the punk trends of its films and the continual research into an idiom of confines contaminated with diverse expressive forms.
traditional dance, rap and street dance by Philippine teenagers
Among the events are a masterclass on guerrilla production by the director Khavn de la Cruz, enfant terrible of Philippine cinema known as the Takashi Miike or the Lars Von Trier of the Philippines. The creator of self-produced low budget films thanks to the use of digital technologies, Khavn has succeeded in creating an independent and visionary factory. Also scheduled is a live set of Spirit Songs, presented by the musician Mike Cooper.
The festival will conclude with a special event: the screening of KALAKALA, a filmic journey with a touch of horror through the ruins of the Sendong typhoon. Presented at MoMA PS1 in New York in 2013, the film will be accompanied on the piano by its multi-talented director Khavn De La Cruz.
PROGRAMME
Saturday 31 May
12.00
MAXXI Auditorium– admittance free
Festival Opening
14.00
Original language screenings with Italian and English subtitles
Badil by Chito S. Roño, 2013
Aparisyon by Vincent Sandova, 2013
Mondomanila by Khavn De La Cruz, 2012 (with the presence of the director)
EDSA XXX by Khavn Dela Cruz (with the presence of the director) | 80’, o.v. with Ita/Eng s/t
Mike Cooper | live concert Spirit Songs, UK guitar and electronics for Far-East Asian blues
EDSA XXX by Khavn De La Cruz, with the presence of the director, introduced by Giovanni Spagnoletti 2012
19.00
MAXXI Piazza
Latest Wave | concerts and break dance by the Philippine crews. Pinoy finger food
Sunday 1 June
11.30
MAXXI B.A.S.E. free admittance but reservations required*
The Zero-Minute Film School
Masterclass by the director Khavn De La Cruz
14.00
MAXXI Auditorium – admittance free – original language screenings with Italian and English subtitles
Misericordia by Khavn de La Cruz, 2012 (with the presence of the director)
Debosyon by Alvin B. Yapan, 2013
Iskalawags by Keith Deligero, 2013
15.30
MAXXI Piazza
Filipino Teens | Traditional Philippine displays and dance
19.15
Gallery 1 – admittance free but reservations required*
Presentation of the Across Asia Film Festival 2014 – Cagliari edition
KALAKALA by Khavn de La Cruz, 2012 | with piano accompaniment by Khavn de la Cruz
*for reservations click here