RVA week 15 Philippine Cinema

September 12, 2019 to September 11, 2020

• What is the date when philippines got the Centennial Year of Philippine Cinema award

January 1, 1897

• The first film screenings in the Philippines took place on this day.

Salon de Pertierra at No. 12 Escolta Manila

• This is where the first film screening happened

Lumiere Cinematograph

• combined the functionalities of a camera, film processor, and projection system

• Introduced by Antonio Ramos

Antonio Ramos

• He was a spanish soldier who Introduced the Lumiere Cinematograph

1900

• this is the year when a resurgence of movies has begun

• Not only in Manila but also in provinces that already has electricity

1919

• Dalagang Bukid was released

Dalagang Bukid

• first filipino silent film produced in 1919 made by Jose Nepomuceno

Jose Nepomuceno

• Known as the Father of Philippine Cinema and produced dalagang bukid

1930

• Film began to be recognized as another medium of art

• Stories from Philippine literature and Popular Theater were the main sources of story line

Punyal na Ginto

• Golden Dagger

• was credited as the very first locally made “talkie’ (film with sound)

1940

• the local audience embraced Philippine Cinema’s focus on war and heroism during this era

1950

• Regarded as the first golden age of Philippine cinema

• Produced a slew of artistic and notable films which have been internationally acclaimed

• Film averaged around 350 films per year

Genghis Khan

• The very first asian film to be screened at the Venice and Cannes Film Festival

Japan

• First ranker interms of number of films being produced

1960

• Film making through monopolized studio system saw its end

• Rising of Independent film production outfits

Bomba

• soft porn films

1970

• Propaganda Films became Rampant

• Marcos regime strove to retain control and power over country

• Created MTRCB

1980

• Second Golden Era

• Tinimbang ngunit kulang/ Himala/ Brlesk Queen/ Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos

1990

• local production companies resorted to producing hastily made, low quality and formulaic films due to increasing cost, censorship, and piracy

2000

• dramatic decline of the Philippine Film Industry

• Hollywood dominated mainstream cinema

• rise of digital age in filmmaking

• Cheaper production cose in digital filmmaking

Anino

• by Raymond Red

• won Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival 2000

Still Lives

• Made by Jon Red

2010

• Commercial Renaissance

• 2011-2012 became the most fruitful years in Philippine Cinema’s HIstory

• Year when the first filipino movie breach the PHP 200 million peso mark.

Pito-Pito films

• shot in seven to tend days

• aimed at quickly recouping their minimal costs

• Bomba Films