"Amor Y Muerte" movie trailer revealed!

Amor Y Muerte is under the Directors Showcase in this year's Cinemalaya Film Festival. Cinemalaya will be held on July 26 to August 4, 2013 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Greenbelt 3, and Trinoma.

Director:  CESAR EVANGELISTA

Writer:  Jerry Gracio

Cast: Althea Vega, Markki Stroem, Adrian Sebastian, and Ama Quiambao.  Also starring:  Mico Palanca, Kuya Manzano, Amante Pulido.  

STORY CONCEPT:  Set in 16th century, "Amor Y Muerte" (means "love and death") is an examination of the initial encounter between the Indios (natives) and their colonizers (Spaniards) and their conflicting views on love, passion, religion, and sexuality.

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"Sana Dati" movie trailer revealed!

Sana Dati is under the Directors Showcase in this year's Cinemalaya Film Festival. Cinemalaya will be held on July 26 to August 4, 2013 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Greenbelt 3, and Trinoma.

Starring Lovi Poe, Paulo Avelino, TJ Trinidad, and Benjamin Alves.

Sana Dati is a love story about bittersweet compromises and real- life decisions.

Lovi Poe stars in this film as Andrea Gonzaga, a woman who has accepted her fate by agreeing to marry a man whom she does not love. But a few hours before her wedding to TJ Trinidad’s character, someone arrives to remind her of the true love she once had and lost.

Andrea is interviewed by a videographer named Dennis (Paulo Avelino) for their wedding videos. As they spend time together, Andrea is strangely reminded of the one person she truly loved but nobody in her family knows about: a man named Andrew Cesario (Benjamin Alves).

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Angel Aquino's "Porno" movie trailer released!

PORNO is under the Directors Showcase in this year's Cinemalaya Film Fetival. Cinemalaya will be held on July 26 to August 4, 2013 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Greenbelt 3, and Trinoma.

Cast: Angel Aquino, Carlo Aquino, Rosanna Roces and Yul Servo

Written by: Ralston Jover

Directed by: Adolfo Alix Jr.

Angel Aquino agreed to play a transgender for the movie Porno, which tackles the pornography industry of the Philippines.

Her character named Alessandra underwent a sex operation in the past. Even though she gained a new body, she can still feel the stigma of her past identity.

Director Adolfo Alix Jr. shows the inter-connected lives of three people who are trying to find “the ultimate joy in their empty lives.” His entry has three segments featuring three persons who are all addicted to pornography.

Carlo Aquino is cast as Alecks, a teenager who works in the porn industry. Carlo says about his character: “Sa Recto, may mga motels, di ba? May mga nilalagay daw sila na mga hidden cameras doon. Tapos, yung mga ibini-video doon, idina-dub ko—yun yung role ko.”

Meanwhile, Yul Servo is cast as Xander, an assassin who loves watching porn.

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Vilma Santos' "Ekstra" movie poster and trailer revealed!

EKSTRA is under the Directors Showcase in this year's Cinemalaya Film Fetival. Cinemalaya will be held on July 26 to August 4, 2013 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Greenbelt 3, and Trinoma.

Starring Vilma Santos in her first independent movie to date. 

Joining her in the casts are Marian Rivera, Cherie Gil, Pilar Pilapil, Uela Valdez, Tom Rodriguez and Piolo Pascual.

Directed by Jeffrey Jeturian.

SYNOPSIS:  Ekstra (The Bit Player) is a socio-realist drama-comedy film, which follows a seemingly usual day in the life of LOIDA MALABANAN (Vilma Santos) as she embarks on yet another shooting day of a soap opera as an extra. As the shoot goes on, we get a glimpse of the truth in the ruling system of the production as well as the exploitation on the marginalized laborers like her.

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