September 11-21, 2014
Shang
Cineplex (Cinema 2), Shangri-La Plaza
Mandaluyong
For some generations now, the size of a family has been shrinking drastically. But the Cine Europa family, now on its 17th year, continues to grow and expand as it screens 23 films from 17 countries in 9 cities with its
A
diverse set of films will be screened this year including Austria’s Zweisitzrakete/Two-Seater-Rocket, Belgium’s Iedereen Beroemd!/Everybody Famous, Bulgaria’s
Patuvane kam Yerusalim/Journey to
Jerusalem, Czech Republic’s Občanský průkaz/Identity Card, Denmark’s Jagten/The Hunt, France’s Casse-Tete
Chinoise/Chinese Puzzle, Germany’s Scherbenpark/Broken
Glass Park and Die andere
Heimat/Home from Home, Hungary’s Tüskevár/Thorn
Castle, Italy’s Una sconfinata
giovinezza/A Second Childhood and Scialla!/Easy!,
The Netherlands’ Bon Voyage and Mees Kees/Mister Twister - Class of Fun,
Norway’s Vegas, Romania’s Pozitia copilului/Child’s Pose, Slovakia’s
Lóve, Spain’s Una Pistola en cada mano/A Gun in Each Hand and El lince perdido/The Missing Lynx, Sweden’s
Isdraken/The Ice Dragon, Switzerland and France’s Planet Ocean, and United Kingdom’s Metro Manila.
The
film festival’s educational component is also expanding this year by having
sessions held at the University of San
Carlos Cebu on October 10, 2014 . The Manila leg of
the educational component of the festival includes panel discussions with film
producer and educator Almberg Ang on September 12, 2014, 11:00 AM and a forum
for Filipino filmmakers with the European Union’s cultural officers from Spain,
Italy, and France on September 20, 2014, 1:00 PM. Both sessions will be
followed by screenings of Filipino films that were recognized in film festivals
in Europe including Magnifico
and Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros
on September 12, 2014 and Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan on September 20, 2014 .
During
the Cine Europa 17 press conference held at the Premier Cinema of the Shang
Cineplex, the Italian film Scialla!/Easy!
was screened giving the members of the press a taste of how European
families are despite the changing of the times.
Scialla!/Easy!
Released
back in 2011, Scialla!/Easy! directed by Francesco Bruni is about
a washed out author/professor Bruno Beltrame (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) who now
ghost writes celebrity biographies while tutoring on the side. One of the kids
he tutors is the rebellious and irreverent 15 year old Luca (Filippo
Scicchitano, in his acting debut). Their tutor/student relationship takes a very interesting turn
when Luca’s mother tells Bruno that Luca is his son. And that she is leaving
Luca to stay with him and for him to take care of while she goes to work abroad
in Mali . With
the two living together, it’s only a matter of time that Bruno and Luca get to
their senses, put their lives back on track, and reconnect with each other as
father and son.
Possibly,
the film’s main highlight for me is the soundtrack that featured music by rap
artist Amir Issaa. He, along with producers the Ceasars contributed a handful
of tracks in the film. It amused me that while Luca listened to a lot of hip
hop in the film, Tina (Barbora Bobulova), an ex-porn star and pornographic
films producer now whom Bruno is writing a biography for, listens and plays
classical music by Chopin and Debussy. One of the things that I didn’t like about
the film though was how Bruno and Luca got away from trouble so easily because
of a stroke of good luck. Yes, it did pave the way for Luca to start taking
things seriously but it felt too convenient for me. But it is still an
enjoyable, feel good comedy that ultimately gave me an idea on how Italian hip
hop music sounded like.
Actor
Fabrizio Bentivoglio from Scialla!/Easy!
can also be seen in Una sconfinata
giovinezza/A Second Childhood, Italy ’s
second film entry to the Cine Europa 17.
Here
is the Cine Europa 17 screening
schedule at the Shang Cineplex:
1:30
PM Tüskevár/Thorn Castle (Hungary )
2:00 PM Zweisitzrakete/Two-Seater-Rocket (Austria )
3:30 PM Isdraken/The Ice Dragon (Sweden )
6:00 PM Bon Voyage (The Netherlands )
8:00 PM Jagten/The Hunt (Denmark )
1:30
PM Lóve (Slovakia )
6:00 PM Mees Kees/Mister Twister - Class of Fun (The Netherlands )
5:30
PM Naşa /The Godmother (Romania )
8:00
PM Občanský
průkaz/Identity
Card (Czech Republic)
4:00 PM Lóve (Slovakia )
6:00 PM Zweisitzrakete/Two-Seater-Rocket (Austria )
7:30
PM Občanský
průkaz/Identity
Card (Czech Republic)
12:30 PM L’enfant d’en haut/Sister (Switzerland )
12:30 PM Naşa /The Godmother (Romania )
5:30 PM Jagten/The Hunt (Denmark )
8:00 PM Bon Voyage (The Netherlands )
1:00 PM Tüskevár/Thorn Castle (Hungary )
3:30 PM Mees Kees/Mister Twister - Class of Fun (The Netherlands )
5:30 PM Una Pistola en cada mano/A Gun in Each Hand (Spain )
3:00 PM Isdraken/The Ice Dragon (Sweden )
5:30 PM Una Pistola en cada mano/A Gun in Each Hand (Spain )
Cine Europa 17 Educational
Component Schedule
11:00
AM Film Appreciation Forum with Alemberg Ang
2:00
PM Magnifico
4:00
PM Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros
1:00
PM Forum with the EU Cultural officers from Spain ,
Italy and France
3:30
PM Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan
After
the Shangri-La Plaza
September
30-October 5, 2014
Cinematheque
Iloilo
Ayala
Center Cinema, Cebu
Tacloban
October
28-November 2, 2014
Cinematheque
Davao
Cinematheque
Zamboanga
Liceo
de Cagayan University, Cagayan de Oro
Cine Europa 17 is organised by the European Union Cultural Group in Manila and is funded by the European Embassies and Cultural
Institutes accredited to the Philippines including the Embassies of Austria,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Slovak Republic, Sweden,
Switzerland, United Kingdom, the Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines,
Alliance Française, British Council, Goethe-Institut, Philippine-Italian Association,
and the Instituto Cervantes de Manila with the important contribution of the
Film Development Council of the Philippines. Our partners include, the
Independent Film Cooperative, the Shangri-La Plaza Mall (Manila), Arts Council
of Cebu and Liceo de Cagayan de Oro (Mindanao) and the Visayas State University
in Baybay.
Tickets:
Free
admission. First-come, first-served basis.
For
inquiries:
Shangri-La
Plaza 370-2597, 370-2598
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