Brillante "Dante" Mendoza once again gave Filipino films recognition for his movie "Kinatay (the Execution of P)", it will be competing at 62nd Cannes Film Festival for prestigious Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) competition.
Mendoza's last year entry “Serbis” is one of the finalists competing for the prestigious Palme d’Or. Only the second time after 24 years that a Filipino director and his film is included for competition in the said Film festival. Activist and director Lino Brocka done it in 1984 for his movie "Orapronobis" .
This new entry "Kinatay" is based on victims whose body parts have been chopped off and mutilated by killers.
Mendoza will be competing with the biggest heavyweight like Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar, Lars von Trier, Jane Campion, Michael Haneke, Johnnie To and Park Chan-wook.
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival will start on May 13 until May 24, 2009 at at Cannes, France. A total of 52 films are featured in four categories: Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, and Special Screenings.
COMPETITION:
"Bright Star," Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion
"Spring Fever," China-France, Lou Ye
"Antichrist," Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier
"Enter the Void," France, Gaspar Noe
"Face," France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang
"Les Herbes folles," France-Italy, Alain Resnais
"In the Beginning," France, Xavier Giannoli
"A Prophet," France, Jacques Audiard
"The White Ribbon," Germany-Austria-France, Michael Haneke
"Vengeance," Hong Kong-France-U.S., Johnnie To
"The Time That Remains," Israel-France-Belgium-Italy, Elia Suleiman
"Vincere," Italy-France, Marco Bellocchio
"Kinatay," Philippines, Brillante Mendoza
"Thirst," South Korea-U.S., Park Chan-wook
"Broken Embraces," Spain, Pedro Almodovar
"Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," Spain, Isabel Coixet
"Fish Tank," U.K.-Netherlands, Andrea Arnold
"Looking for Eric," U.K.-France-Belgium-Italy, Ken Loach
"Inglourious Basterds," U.S., Quentin Tarantino
"Taking Woodstock," U.S., Ang Lee
Two more Filipino films were selected for special screening: “Independecia” by Raya Martin and “Manila” by Adolfo Alix, Jr. and Raya Martin.
Mendoza's last year entry “Serbis” is one of the finalists competing for the prestigious Palme d’Or. Only the second time after 24 years that a Filipino director and his film is included for competition in the said Film festival. Activist and director Lino Brocka done it in 1984 for his movie "Orapronobis" .
This new entry "Kinatay" is based on victims whose body parts have been chopped off and mutilated by killers.
Mendoza will be competing with the biggest heavyweight like Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar, Lars von Trier, Jane Campion, Michael Haneke, Johnnie To and Park Chan-wook.
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival will start on May 13 until May 24, 2009 at at Cannes, France. A total of 52 films are featured in four categories: Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, and Special Screenings.
COMPETITION:
"Bright Star," Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion
"Spring Fever," China-France, Lou Ye
"Antichrist," Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier
"Enter the Void," France, Gaspar Noe
"Face," France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang
"Les Herbes folles," France-Italy, Alain Resnais
"In the Beginning," France, Xavier Giannoli
"A Prophet," France, Jacques Audiard
"The White Ribbon," Germany-Austria-France, Michael Haneke
"Vengeance," Hong Kong-France-U.S., Johnnie To
"The Time That Remains," Israel-France-Belgium-Italy, Elia Suleiman
"Vincere," Italy-France, Marco Bellocchio
"Kinatay," Philippines, Brillante Mendoza
"Thirst," South Korea-U.S., Park Chan-wook
"Broken Embraces," Spain, Pedro Almodovar
"Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," Spain, Isabel Coixet
"Fish Tank," U.K.-Netherlands, Andrea Arnold
"Looking for Eric," U.K.-France-Belgium-Italy, Ken Loach
"Inglourious Basterds," U.S., Quentin Tarantino
"Taking Woodstock," U.S., Ang Lee
Two more Filipino films were selected for special screening: “Independecia” by Raya Martin and “Manila” by Adolfo Alix, Jr. and Raya Martin.
