| Director | | Raya Martin | 
Filmography
2004 Bakasyon (short)
2005 The Island at the End of the World (doc.)
2005 A Short Film about the Indio Nacional (or The Prolonged Sorrow of the Filipinos)
2007 Autohystoria
2008 Now Showing
2009 Independencia
2009 Manila (co-direction: Adolfo Alix, Jr.)
Biography
He was born in 1984 in Manila and graduated from the University of the Philippines Film Institute in 2005. He has worked as a writer and researcher in local television, newspaper, radio and online magazines. His short film Bakasyon won the Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema at the Cinemanila IFF 2004. His first and second feature filmswon various national and international awards. He is the first Filipino filmmaker to be accepted at the Cinéfondation Résidence of the Cannes FF. His previous work, Now Showing, was presented at the 40th Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2008. Independencia and Manila (co-directed with Adolfo Alix, Jr.) screened at the Cannes FF Official Selection 2009.
| | Adolfo Alix Jr. | 
Filmography
2006 Donsol
2007 Kadin/The Goat
2007 Tambolista/Drumbeat
2007 Nars/Nurses
2007 Batanes (co-direction: John David Hukom)
2008 Daybreak
2008 Adela
2009 Manila (co-direction: Raya Martin)
Biography
He was born in 1978, in Makati City, Philippines and studied Mass Communications at the University of the City of Manila. He started as a scriptwriter for feature films and TV. His first film, Donsol, won Best Actress and Best Cinematography at the 2006 Cinemalaya Independent FF. The film was screened at several film festivals around the world and garnered Special Jury Prizes at the Asian Marine FF in Japan and the Fort Lauderdale IFF in the United States. It was also the Philippines’ official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. He is currently working on his new film Freedomland, which received a script development grant from the Hubert Bals Fund of the Rotterdam IFF.
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Philippines Rising
Manila / Raya Martin, Adolfo Alix Jr. |  William, a drug addict, tries to reconnect his ties with people close to him. Slowly, as night falls, he learns that there is no one left to trust, not even his own self. Philip, who works as a bodyguard for a mayor's son, thinks his boss considers him family. After a shooting incident, he discovers his real worth to his boss. As he struggles to hide, he is slowly being consumed by the claws of darkness lurking the city. In between, Lav Diaz is shooting a romantic film.
| | Director: | Raya Martin, Adolfo Alix Jr. | | Script: | Adolfo Alix, Jr., Ramon Sarmiento | | Photographer: | Albert Banzon | | Montage: | Jay Halili, Aleks Castaneda | | Music: | Radioactive Sago Project | | With: | Piolo Pascual (William/Philip), Rosanna Roces (Charito), Jay Manalo (Barry), Alessandra de Rossi (Amy) | | World Sales: | Visit Films, USA T. +1 718 312 8210 F. +1 718 362 4865 rk@visitfilms.com www.visitfilms.com | | Production Design: | Diego Ricio | | Producer: | Arleen Cuevas | | Production: | Bicycle Pictures, Philippines T. +63 2749 7425 aalixjr@gmail.com& MJM Productions, Philippines | | Production Country: | Philippines | | Type: | 35mm Color-B&W | | Duration: | 90' | | Production Year: | 2009 | | Screening Schedule | | JOHN CASSAVETES: | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 13:00 | ID:452 | | JOHN CASSAVETES: | Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 13:00 | ID:652 | | Return |
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