Queeriosity International Film Festival 2009

The love month of February this year is pink with queer love as Filipino directors come together to launch the first Queeriosity International Film Festival (QIFF). The chosen films will be screened in Robinsons Galleria Movieworld and the University of the Philippines Film Institute in Diliman, Quezon City. On February 4, two screenings will soft launch the festival at the UP Film Institute. At 7 pm, four short films are sewn together under the omnibus title The Longest One Night Stands. The anthology presents the vignettes with titles: "Wait Waiter Wait" and "Tutok" by Cris Pablo; "Balot" by Harvey Estradough; and "Ang Pinakamahabang One Night Stand" by Eduardo Roy Jr. By 9 pm on the same day, newcomer Monti Puno Parungao, will showcase his first full-length feature titled Sagwan (The Paddle). This indie film features six members of the hot hunks of Cappucino, an eight-man all-male group like the Viva Hot Men and Men of Provoq. Produced by Rocca Productions, Sagwan features Ryan Dungo as Alfred, Dennis Torres, Martina Wilson, Heherson 'Giggle' Esmeralda, Alexander 'Tsoknat' Castillo, and Arnold Mendoza. Introducing Genesis 'Gino' Cabrillas, Mark Portus, Adrian Campos, Anton Vincent Malco and Erie Obsena. The QIFF will then proceed to Robinsons Galleria on February 11-17 and will screen Hikbi (Cry of Redemption) by Felbert Go. The gritty indie production is directorial debut of Go who was encouraged by director Lav Diaz to retell his crisis-filled gay life on film. The festival will also offer once again queer selections such as Paolo Villaluna's male prison romance Selda, Aureus Solito's coming of age in the slums story Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros and the ground breaking tale of a male masseur in Brillante Mendoza's Masahista. Other titles include Kurap and Love Birds by Ronnie Bertubin; Jay by Francis Pasion and Dose by Senedy Que. Foreign titles to be screened in the Queeriosity IFF include Feeding Boys, Ayaya from China and A Very Natural Thing f [...]

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