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Liway
''Liway'' is a 2018 Filipino independent film about the experiences of Dakip, a young boy growing up in a prison as the son of anti-Marcos dissident Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, better known as Commander Liway and referred to in the film by the vernacular endearment "Day", during the waning days of the Marcos dictatorship. The film was written and directed by Kip Oebanda based on true events, with Glaiza de Castro playing the film's major lead. The film was released on August 3, 2018, as part of the 14th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, where it received a special jury commendation and the audience choice award in the full-length feature film category. During its run, the film was noted for bringing out strong emotional responses or reactions from its audiences. During its Cinemalaya screenings, filmgoers often spontaneously applauded the film during the end credits. In some instances, viewers chanted protest songs which were used in the film that originated during the Marcos er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glaiza De Castro
Glaiza Castro Galura-Rainey (born January 21, 1988), known by her stage name Glaiza de Castro, is a Filipino actress, recording artist and advocate. She is recognized as the industry's "''Drama Royalty''" for her acting prowess and versatility. Regarded as an acclaimed actress, she won "Best Actress" at the 37th Film Academy of the Philippines Luna Awards. She has also earned multiple nominations at the prestigious FAMAS Awards & Gawad Urian Awards. In 2016, de Castro won her first acting award as the "Teleserye Actress of the Year" at the 3rd PEP List Awards. In 2017, she was honored with a Gawad Filipino's Media People's Choice Award for being an advocate for women's rights. The following year, de Castro has once again won "Best Actress in a TV Series" at the 8th EdukCircle Awards. In 2019, she bagged another "Best Film Actress" award at the 5th Platinum Stallion Media Awards. In 2021, she received the "Best Film Award" for her movie “''Midnight in a Perfect World''” i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival
The 14th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival was held from August 3–12, 2018 in Metro Manila, Philippines. A total of ten full-length features and ten short films competed. The festival was opened by Erik Matti's ''BuyBust'' and was closed by Peng Fei Song's ''The Taste of Rice Flower''. Entries The winning film is highlighted with boldface and a dagger. Full-Length Features Short films Awards The awards ceremony was held on August 12, 2018, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Full-Length Features * Best Film – ''Kung Paano Hinihintay Ang Dapithapon'' by Carlo Enciso Catu ** Special Jury Prize – ''Pan de Salawal'' by Che Espiritu ** Audience Choice Award – ''Liway'' by Kip Oebanda * Best Direction – Che Espiritu for ''Pan de Salawal'' * Best Actor – Eddie Garcia for ''ML'' * Best Actress – Ai-ai delas Alas for ''School Service'' * Best Supporting Actor – Ketchup Eusebio for ''Mamang'' * Best Supporting Actress – Therese Malvar for ''Distance'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Bulletin
The ''Manila Bulletin'' (), (also known as the ''Bulletin'' and previously known as the ''Manila Daily Bulletin'' from 1906 to September 23, 1972, and the ''Bulletin Today'' from November 22, 1972, to March 10, 1986) is the Philippines' largest English language broadsheet newspaper by newspaper circulation, circulation. Founded in 1900, it is the second oldest extant newspaper published in the Philippines and the second oldest extant English language, English newspaper in the Far East. It bills itself as "The Nation's Leading Newspaper", which is its official slogan. According to a survey done by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Manila Bulletin is considered "one of the most trusted news organizations"; placing 2nd with 66% of Filipinos trusting the organization. History ''Manila Bulletin'' was founded in 1900 by Carlson Taylor as a shipping journal. In 1957, the newspaper was acquired by Swiss expatriate named Hans Menzi. From 1938 to his death in 2002, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ML (film)
''ML'' is a 2018 Philippine independent psychological horror film written and directed by Benedict Mique Jr., starring Eddie Garcia as a retired METROCOM Colonel suffering from Alzheimer's disease, leading him to believe that he is still living in the days of Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorship. He mistakes a visiting student, played by Tony Labrusca, as a dissident resisting Martial Law, and captures and tortures him, just as he did back in the 1970s. The film was released on August 3, 2018, at the 14th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. Along with Kip Oebanda's ''Liway'', it is one of two Cinemalaya 2018 films featuring social commentary about the martial law, continuing the tradition of 2017's ''Respeto'' in light of the 2016 burial of Ferdinand Marcos and the rise of his children Bongbong and Imee Marcos in Philippine politics. Plot Carlo (Tony Labrusca), a Marcos loyalist, interviews retired Colonel Juan Dela Cruz (Eddie Garcia) at his home about his experience and ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asin (band)
Asin (sometimes stylized as ASIN) is a Pinoy folk rock band from the Philippines. They started as a trio in the late 1970s before becoming a quartet, and was originally known as the Salt of the Earth. "Asin" means salt in Filipino language. History Formation and early success ASIN was formed in late 1976, the nucleus of which was the duo of Mike Pillora Jr. of Negros Occidental and Cesar Bañares Jr. of South Cotabato, who were playing at folk joints and pub houses in Manila as 'Mike and Cesar'. A year later, Lolita Carbon was recruited by the duo to fill in the missing middle voice and eventually became the third member. Pillora named the trio 'Salt of the Earth' after the song recorded originally by The Rolling Stones and later by Joan Baez, written and composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Other than the song title, Pillora also based the name of the group from the Biblical metaphor salt of the earth which represents the humble and sincere masses. In 1978, the trio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Films About Martial Law In The Philippines
This is a list of films that deals with topics about the 1972–1981 martial law under Ferdinand Marcos. Various filmmakers made films that directly deal with the political atmosphere, provide social commentary, or chronicle the life of Filipinos during the period. Most of the feature films circle on the struggles and human rights abuses during the oppressive state of the government at that time. Feature films Documentary films This includes documentary films and docudramas. See also * Cinema of the Philippines * Ferdinand Marcos * Films depicting Latin American military dictatorships * Martial law in the Philippines * Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos References {{DEFAULTSORT:Films about martial law in the Philippines Philippine film-related lists, Martial law Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Roco
Ricardo Dominic Artadi Roco (born April 12, 1989) is a Filipino actor. Personal life Roco is a son of actor Bembol Roco and the twin brother of actor Felix Roco. On October 1, 2022, Roco and four other persons were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was fou .... Filmography Television Films References External links * Star Magic personalities ABS-CBN personalities GMA Network personalities Living people 1989 births Filipino twins Participants in Philippine reality television series People from Cebu City Male actors from Cebu {{Philippines-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of The Marcos Dictatorship
This timeline of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines covers three periods of Philippine history in which Marcos Marcos may refer to: People with the given name ''Marcos'' *Marcos (given name) Sports ;Surnamed * Dayton Marcos, Negro league baseball team from Dayton, Ohio (early twentieth-century) * Dimitris Markos, Greek footballer * Nélson Marcos, Portugue ... wielded political control. First, it covers the period of Marcos' first two terms—1965 to 1969 and 1969 to 1972—under the 1935 Constitution, as well as the antecedent events which brought Marcos to political power. Second, it covers the period in which Proclamation 1081, which put the entirety of the Philippines under Martial Law, was in force—from September 1972 to January 1981. Lastly, it covers the entirety of the period described as the "Fourth Republic," where the Philippines was governed by the 1973 Marcos Constitution after the formal lifting of Proclamation No. 1081. The timeline covers many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torture Methods Used By The Marcos Dictatorship
Various forms of torture were used by the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines between the declaration of martial law in 1972 and the Marcos family's ouster during the People Power Revolution in 1986. These included a range of methods Philippine forces picked up during its long periods of colonial occupation under Spanish, American, and Japanese forces, but also a number of new methods arising from the modern technologies of the later 20th century. These included sexual assaults including rape and degradation; non-sexual physical tortures including variants of electrocution, waterboarding, suffocation, burning, and beating; and various forms of psychological torture. Documentation Applying international political pressure on the Marcos administration, three Amnesty International missions were able to speak to political prisoners and release mission reports containing detailed descriptions of specific torture cases. The reports, released in 1974,1974 Part 1 https://www.amnes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diwata
''Anito'', also spelled ''anitu'', refers to ancestor spirits, nature spirits, and deities in the indigenous Philippine folk religions from the precolonial age to the present, although the term itself may have other meanings and associations depending on the Filipino ethnic group. It can also refer to carved humanoid figures, the ''taotao'', made of wood, stone, or ivory, that represent these spirits. ''Anito'' (a term predominantly used in Luzon) is also sometimes known as ''diwata'' in certain ethnic groups (especially among Visayans). ''Pag-anito'' refers to a séance, often accompanied by other rituals or celebrations, in which a shaman (Visayan: ''babaylan'', Tagalog: ''katalonan'') acts as a medium to communicate directly with the spirits. When a nature spirit or deity is specifically involved, the ritual is called ''pagdiwata''. The act of worship or a religious sacrifice to a spirit is also sometimes simply referred to as ''anito''. The belief in ''anito'' are so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizen Jake
''Citizen Jake'' is a 2018 Philippine noir crime drama film which featured Atom Araullo directed by Mike de Leon. Plot When journalist Jake Herrera (real life journalist Atom Araullo, in his film debut) investigates the murder of a student, he is forced to confront the sins of his own family - especially as his father, ( Teroy Guzman) was a loyal Marcos crony who still has the power to ruin lives and manipulate public perceptions. Cast *Atom Araullo as Jacobo "Jake" Herrera Jr. :The film's main protagonist, a journalist and blogger, who is in conflict with his political family. The film marks Araullo's acting debut. Araullo describes Herrera as a product of circumstances. In an interview, Araullo disagreed with the perception that he could easily portray the character since he is a journalist himself in real life. He said that Herrera is a different character but that he identifies with Herrera's doggedness and "faith in the power of stories". Herrera is characterized as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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