Festivals‚ of many types‚ serve to meet specific needs‚ as well as to provide entertainment. These times of celebration offer a sense of belonging for religious‚ social‚ or geographical groups. Modern festivals that focus on cultural or ethnic topics seek to inform members of their traditions. In past times‚ festivals were times when the elderly shared stories and transferred certain knowledge to the next generation. Historic feasts often provided a means for unity among families and for people
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Pinoy indie films vie for international awards Three critically acclaimed indie films will be vying for awards at various international film festivals aboard. Marlon Rivera’s “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” has been nominated for the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival’s (BIFF) Cinema Fairbindet Award and the Best First Feature Award for addressing a global issue and encourages discussion in an extraordinary way. The BIFF will be held in Berlin‚ Germany from Feb. 9 to 19‚ 2012. The film is also nominated
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Indian Festival Further information: Category:Festivals ▪ Arts festival Beer festival Comedy festival Japanese Cultural festival Esala Perahera festival Film festival Fire festival Folk festival Food festival Literary festival Mela Festival Music festival Oyster Festival Peanut Festival Ribfest Religious festival Renaissance festival Rock festival Science festival Sindhi festivals Storytelling festival Theatre festival Wine festivals Winter festivals Baisakhi Diwali • Durga Puja •
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Cinemalaya Independent Films? Reasons for the changes that happened in the Production of Cinemalaya independent films. As time passes‚ changes may occur even up to the smallest details in a film. Through the nine years of Cinemalaya’s independent film production it is always the story that matters and the set procedures and locations add to the color and emotion of the film itself. Changes in set procedure and locations basically depend on the story and budget of the film. Dexter Dela Peña mentions
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FESTIVALS Good morning everybody. My name is Lavitsef. I’m here today to invite you to go on the most colorful and eventful journey that you’ll ever make in your life. A journey with Slavitsef to Festivals! But first‚ I wanna give you some basic information about festivals. A festival is simply a day or period of the year when people stop working to celebrate a special event. In general‚ there are 3 major types of festivals: national festivals such as Mexican Independence Day Festival‚ religious
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Smoke Signals 1998 - USA Director - Chris Eyre About the film... Winner of the Audience Award and the Filmmaker’s Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival‚ and the official selection for opening night of the 1998 New Director/New Films‚ SMOKE SIGNALS is one of the most unique films of the year. Filled with the rich aesthetics and beautiful mood of American Indian culture‚ Sherman Alexie’s story of friendship‚ love and loss (based on his award-winning short story‚ "The Lone Ranger and
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Christ carried by male devotees during the procession. 2. BINIRAY – Romblon - January 9 A festival parade in the sea followed by a celebration in Romblon 3. LINGAYEN GULF LANDING - Lingayen‚ Pangasinan - January 9 Held in Lingayen Pangasinan‚ it commemorates the landing of General MacArthur’s Allied Forces in Luzon in 1945. 4. ATI-ATIHAN - Kalibo‚ Aklan - Third Week The Ati-Atihan Festival honors the 13th century land deal between 10 migrating Bornean chieftains and the indigenous Ati
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question their surroundings. In 1994‚ Shepard Fairey met Helen Stickler‚ who had graduated RISD and graduated with a film degree. A documentary was made about Shepard Fairey and his work and released in 1995 at the New York Underground Film Festival. This film was later played at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997 as well. Now it has been featured at over 70 different festivals across the nation. Shepard Fairey’s most current and popular piece is the Obama HOPE poster. The Obama campaign declined
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Reaction Paper for Cinemalaya Short Films B The Broader Issues Unanswered The world was becoming a big entangled web of connected people communicating through mass media that is getting denser and denser every day. Celebrating the 10th year of Cinemalaya Film Festival‚ Thop Nazareno with his second short film “Eyeball” presented a vain man who is out to meet women he meets on social networking site known as Facebook. While
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Panagbenga Festival - Baguio Flower Festival Baguio City: February 1- February 29 It’s flower season at the City of Pines -- perfect timing for an all-out fiesta in the streets. The Baguio folks take a break on these days to revel in the cool climate and the unique culture of their city. Multi-hued costumes are worn‚ mimicking the various blooms of the highland region (or any of its 11 ethnic tribes). There’s also the half-dozen or so flower beds-- disguised‚ of course‚ as the Panagbenga parade
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