Films by Kidlat Tahimik—2009

UP Gawad Plaridel Awardee The UP Film Institute holds a series of screenings in conjunction with the 2009 UP Gawad Plaridel Award for independent filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik. An intial leg of screenings is slated on July 15 & 16 and July 20, 21 & 22. Films in Exhibition Mababangong Bangungot (Perfumed Nightmare, 1977) A town native transported to Europe by a fluke takes his jeepney with him. International Critics' Prize/Catholic Jury Prize/Ecumenical Jury Prize—1977 Berlin International Film Festival Turumba (1983) A family who earns their keep by making papier-mache animals for a local religious festival attracts a foreign buyer. Top Award in Mannheim among other distinctions Bakit Dilaw ang Gitna ng Bahaghari (1994) A home movie of three boys growing up during a colorful period in Philippine history evolves into one filmmaker's soul-searching voyage to lay bare the contradictions of what it is to be Filipino. Special Jury Prize—1994 Bombay Film Festival Sinong Lumikha ng Yoyo? Sinong Lumikha ng Moon Buggy? (1981) What could be billed as a Third-World space spectacular explores—among other things—the yoyo's links to American space program and the possibility of the first Filipino landing on the moon. Official Selection for Southeast Asian Perspective—1982 Berlin International Film Festival Bahag Ko, Mahal Ko (1996) Celluloid essay on the country's over-half-a- millennium old G-string cultures as enduring testament to highland ethnic resistance against colonial intrusion. Screening Schedule July 15 Wed 5 p.m. Mababangong Bangungot (Perfumed Nightmare, 1977) 7 p.m. Turumba (1983) July 16 Thu 5 p.m. Mababangong Bangungot (Perfumed Nightmare, 1977) 7 p.m. Bakit Dilaw ang Gitna ng Bahaghari (1994) July 20 Mon 5 p.m. Turumba (1983) 7 p.m. Bakit Dilaw ang Gitna ng Bahaghari (1994) July 21 Tue 5 p.m. Mababangong Bangungot (Perfumed Nightmare, 1977) 7 p.m. Sinong Lumikha ng Yoyo? Sinong Lumikha ng Moon Buggy? (1981) July 22 Wed 5 p.m. Mababangong Bangungot (Perfumed Nightmare, 1977) 7 p.m. Bahag Ko, Mahal Ko (1996) Screenings at Cine Adarna: Php35 Admission/Free for UP Film Majors and Regular Cinemalibre Cardholders (Please present valid ID) The UP Gawad Plaridel Award established by the UP College of Mass Communication is the highest honor that the country's premier state university bestows on a Filipino media practitioner. Kidlat Tahimik is singled out for his excellence in the art and craft of cinema, as well as for pioneering efforts in introducing Philippine independent filmmaking to a global audience. His independence as an artist is reflected in the non-commercial nature of his films, inspiring budding Filipino filmmakers to follow his example and to listen to their "inner duwende (dwarf)." Kidlat Tahimik will receive the 2009 UP Gawad Plaridel for his outstanding contributions to independent filmmaking on July 10 Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Cine Adarna of the UP Film Institute. UP officials will give him a trophy sculpted by National Artist Napoleon Abueva. As part of the ceremonies, he will also deliver a lecture on independent filmmaking.