SIX books by icons and experts on Philippine cinema will launch during the ongoing 18th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).
A back-to-back launch of Nick Deocampo’s book Alternative Cinema: The Unchronicled History of Alternative Cinema in the Philippines and Philippine Cinema 1897-2020 by Gaspar Vibal and Dennis Villegas was held at the Cinemalaya Tent last August 8.
Alternative Cinema is a collection of ethnography and history of alternative cinema in the Philippines. It also seeks to reveal the “hidden side” of Philippine cinema. The book took 40 years to create, utilizing Deocampo’s notes, notebooks, and diaries.
Philippine Cinema 1897-2020 received the Best Book on Art in the 39th National Book Awards. The book was written by Gaspar A. Vidal of the University of the Philippines Diliman and Dennis A. Villegas of the Far Eastern University, and edited by Teddy Co.
On August 9 4:00 pm, The books Mga Screenplay ni Ricky Lee Volume 1: Brutal, Moral, Karnal and Mga Screenplay ni Ricky Lee Volume 2: Himala, Cain at Abel, Salome by National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts Ricardo “Ricky” Lee was launched at the Third Floor CCP Hallway.
Lee, a Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright, collaborated with fellow National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts Marilou Diaz-Abaya on the screenplays of Brutal, Moral, and Karnal. For the second volume, Lee included the three screenplays of the films which were directed by Ishmael Bernal, and National Artists Lino Brocka, and Laurice Guillen respectively.
On August 11 Ang Daigdig ng mga Api: Remembering a Lost Film by Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr. and Dik Trofeo and Riding the Waves: 15 Years of Cinemalaya edited by Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr. will be launched at the Cinemalaya Lounge by Latitude at the Third Floor of the CCP Main Gallery.
del Mundo collaborates with Dik Trofeo, Ang Daigdig ng mga Api’s film’s assistant director, who contributed anecdotes and black-and-white pictures from behind the scenes. Dick Baldovino is another photo contributor to the book’s images.
World-renowned artists and cultural figures who contributed articles in Riding The Waves include Doreen Yu, Lito B. Zulueta, Jose Javier Reyes, Marjorie Evasco, Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr., Bayani San Diego, Jr., Philip Cheah, Max Tessier, Ben Suzuki, Jessica Zafra, Michael Kho Lim, and Chris B. Millado.
