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Mar. 24 – May 24        Petrang Kabayo (Vice Ganda, Luis Manzano, Candy Pangilinan, Sam Pinto)
Mar. 31 – May 31        Pinoy Pride Boxing (Milan Melindo of the Philippines vs. Rosendo Vega of Mexico)
April 07 – June 07        Bulong (Vhong Navarro, Angelica Panganiban)
April 21 – June 21        Mamarazzi (Eugene Domingo, Diether Ocampo, John Lapus)
April 28 – June 28        Father Jejemon (Dolphy, Cherie Gil, Maja Salvador)
May 05 – July 05        Pinoy Pride 5 (Donnie Nietes of the Philippines vs. Armando Vasquez of Mexico)
May 12 – July 12        White House (Gabby Concepcion, Iza Calzado, Lovi Poe, Maricar Reyes)
May 19 – July 19        Back To Back: Yanggaw (Ronnie Lazaro, Tetchie Agbayani, Joel Torre) / Adela (Anita Linda, Perla Bautista, Jason Abalos, Ricky Davao)
May 26 – July 26        Catch Me…I’m In Love (Sarah Geronimo, Gerald Anderson, Christopher de Leon, Dawn Zulueta)
June 09 – Aug. 09        Back To Back: Dose ( Yul Servo, Emilio Garcia) / Astig (Dennis Trillo, Sid Lucero, Arnold Reyes, Edgar Allan Guzman)
June 16 – Aug. 16        Back To Back: Wanted: Border (Rosanna Roces, Sunshine Teodoro) / Confessional (David Barril, Publio Briones III)
June 23 – Aug. 23        Super Inday And The Golden Bibe (Marian Rivera, John Lapus, Pokwang, Jake Cuenca)
June 30 – Aug. 30        Shake, Rattle And Roll 12 (Shaina Magdayao, Carla Abellana, Andi Eigenmann, John Lapus, Rayver Cruz, Sid Lucero)

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DOSE / ASTIG (BACK TO BACK SCREENINGS)

DOSE

A twelve-year-old boy strikes an unlikely friendship with a lonely gardener. Both feeling unloved in their regular lives, they find solace in each other’s company, their relationship slowly blurring the lines of what’s acceptable in society.

ASTIG

Four stories of young men trying to survive in the tough streets of Manila. A con man starts to feel guilty about his relationship with a naive young student. An expectant father does everything to provide for his family. An illegitimate son tries to cash in the last of his inheritance. A protective brother exacts revenge for his wrong sister.

WANTED: BORDER / CONFESSIONAL (BACK TO BACK SCREENINGS)

WANTED: BORDER

A mystery-drama-thriller about a lonesome religious woman whose mystery has something to do with the disappearances of her borders, Wanted: Border of writer-director Ray Defante Gibraltar swept the top awards in the 5th Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival Awards at the Dolphy Theater of the ABS-CBN. It won the Best Production Design for Alf Alacapa, Jeffrey Lazaro and Amanda Nava; Best Music for Malek Lopez and Erwin Romulo; Best Original Screenplay for Ray Gibraltar who also won the Best Director award.

About people looking for refuge which ironically became a nightmare, Wanted: Border also stars Kristoffer Rhys Grabato, Saunshine Teodoro, Marisol Alquizar and Raffy Tejada. It centers around a religious fanatic named Mama Saleng who owns a boarding house and an eatery. The mystery starts when people who start living in her boarding house disappear one by one. Does she have anything to do with their disappearance? Is she what everybody accuses her of, an aswang?

Do not miss Cinema One Originals’ Best Picture for 2009 and discover the real creature behind Mama Saleng.

Wanted: Border is produced and owned by CPI (Creative Programs, Inc.) through its yearly Cinema One Originals movie film festival.

CONFESSIONAL

Confessional won the Best Film in the First Features Section of the 10th Osian Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in New Delhi, India on July 19, 2008.

First Features Section jury head, Roger Garcia with his co-jurors, film-maker Nagesh Kuknoor and Sri-Lankan film-maker and journalist Vimukti Jayasundara were impressed by the film. “That the film impressed these foreign critics was unexpected,” says Ronald Arguelles, Confessional’s executive producer and Cinema One Originals project head. The award also caught its director Jerold Tarog by surprise. “We didn’t think the film’s culture-specific themes would resonate with (audiences from) from other countries But from the wonderful comments we received after the screening, we knew it really connected with the viewers. It’s a great feeling.”

Confessional initially got its string of triumph when it won the Best Picture, Best Director (Jerrold Tarog and Ruel Antipuesto), Best Screenplay (Ramon Ukit), Best Editing (Pats Ranyo), Best Sound and Best-Supporting Actor for Publio Briones III at the 2007 Cinema One Originals Awards Night.

It won Digital Film of the Year, Digital Movie Director of the Year for its tandem directors Jerrold Tarog and Ruel Antipuesto, Digital Movie Editor of the Year for Pats Ranyo, Digital Original Movie Screenplay for Ramon Ukit and Digital Movie Sound Engineer also for Jerrold Tarog at the 24rth PMPC Star Awards for Movies. It follows fledgling documentarian Ryan, who stumbles upon an unexpected subject who will make a stunning mark in his documentary; an ex-politician who confesses his crimes before Ryan’s camera. What follows is a string of unearthed secrets and sweet lies. Thus explains the catchphrase of the movie equation-style: “Lies + Lies = Truth.”

Directors Tarog and Antipuesto both extend their gratitude to Cinema One’s Channel Head Ronald Arguelles for their movie’s triumphs. Arguelles says the recognition of Cinema One Originals’ digital films locally and abroad made the channel’s annual digital movie project and festival a potent venue for young bloods of the new Filipino cinema.

Confessional is a 2007 production of Cinema One Originals annual movie project. The project and the channel are owned by Creative Programs, Inc.

SUPER INDAY AND THE GOLDEN BIBE

Super Inday and the Golden Bibe is a remake of the original 1988 movie starring Maricel Soriano & a fantasy-adventure flick official entry to 36th Metro Manila Film Festival. This stars Marian Rivera as Super Inday and John Lapus as the Golden Bibe.

In “Super Inday,” Marian plays a barrio lass who goes to Manila to look for her long-lost mother (Cherry Pie Picache). Inevitably, she encounters a duck who lays the golden eggs that gives her super powers. John Lapus plays a fallen angel who is sent back to earth to do good deeds in the form of a duck. Hunk actor Jake Cuenca and comedienne Pokwang lend able support to Marian as they also get to play super-heroes in the movie.

SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL 12

“Mamanyika”
Ara (Shaina Magdayao) and her younger sister Abigail lose their mother to an accident, which leaves their father Abel (Ricky Davao) wheelchair-bound. At the cemetery, Abigail finds an old doll dressed as a charming mother. Abigail brings the doll home and it becomes her playmate and confidant in a family whose relationships are strained because of the accident. But unknown to Ara and Abigail, the doll has an evil story behind it and soon begins to haunt and murder everyone in the household.

“Isla Engkanto”
Brokenhearted Andrea (Andi Eigenman) escapes to a private island with two of her girl friends to ease her heartache. There, she meets, Ray (Rayver Cruz), a man whose girlfriend disappeared on the island two years ago while the two were on vacation. Andrea is soon haunted by entities that supposedly inhabit the island. Ray realizes that what happened to his girlfriend is again happening to Andrea. He confronts the group and tries to convince Andrea to leave the island before things get too late.

“Punerarya”
Dianne (Carla Abellana) is a grade school teacher looking for a way to augment her income. She takes a tutoring job for the two children of Carlo (Sid Lucero), a man who owns a funeral parlor and lives in a mysterious house just behind it. Dianne finds the children afflicted with an eye condition which does not allow them to go out. Dianne also senses other mysterious elements in the household and eventually discovers the funeral parlor is a front for a family of aswangs headed by Carlo.