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May 26, 2012 • 6:51 pm 0

2012 European Union Film Festival (Films + Venue)

23 films. 11 days. 17 counties.

With individual entries from each of its member states, the 2012 EU Film Festival 2012 will show off European culture and realities through cinema in various genres in the span of less than two weeks. In two locations, Bangkok and Chiangmai, the festival shows the same movies all throughout June in their original languages with English subtitles, a bit of relief for expats who want to enjoy the movies in either venue. Personally, I have a great anticipation for Germany’s Krabat by Marco Kreuzpaintner, immigration drama Morgen by Romanian director Marian Crisan and of course Susanne Bier‘s In a Better World which grabbed the Best Foreign Language in the 2008 Oscar Awards. The European Film Festival will play at Bangkok Art Cultural Center from May 31 to June 10 and the Vista Kadsuankaew, Chiangmai from June 15 to 24.

You can check out the complete list here.

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May 6, 2012 • 1:21 am 0

Passion Pit Live in Singapore 2012 (Tickets + Venue)

Numerous times I have played this band’s EP and debut record and still my desire of watching them live remains. Actually it gets stronger to see how Passion Pit would make their electro-pop productions into a live experience, considering how “Little Secrets” and “Let Your Love Grow Tall” can easily perked up a boring after-work party I’ve been having lately. Hipster or not I would leave the debate on you but Michael Angelakos’ hair-thin falsetto grabs attention and in few situations make hesitant purist HC friends nod heads. Much talk about the band’s inability to translate Manners‘ solid sound into live performance but the ranting will be silenced (or proven) once they reach the continent this August.

The Massachusetts electro-pop act was earlier rumored to be visiting South East Asia when it was confirmed that they are joining Japan’s Summer Sonic Festival in August. After Summer Sonic, Passion Pit will play in Singapore’s Esplanade Concert Hall on August 21. The band took a hiatus after they toured for Manners and are now playing shows to promote their upcoming sophomore record to be released this June.

The Passion Pit Live in Singapore the tickets will be available via SISTIC and priced at SGD48, SGD68, SGD88, SGD98 (excluding SISTIC fees).

Passion Pit: “Let Your Love Grow Tall”

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February 29, 2012 • 5:57 pm 1

Taking Back Sunday Live in Manila (Tickets + Venue)

“Looks like we will be heading to Manila in April,”  a  tweet on Taking Back Sunday’s account that added more cacophony to the already pending clamor for the band. Before the unofficial announcement via Twitter, numerous petition and groups were created by fans to make an online rally for the band to consider touring the Southeast particularly the Philippines. Not long after that the band posted in their website an entry confirming the show.

More details about the event resurfaced as of late via the band’s site. Taking Back Sunday is set to perform in Manila on April 13, 2012 in SM North EDSA Skydome in Quezon City. For now, you can click HERE for reservations. Prices are at Gold (Reserved Seating) PhP3,180 (75 USD)and Silver PhP2,650 (62 USD). Tickets are available beginning February 29 over at http://ticketnet.com.ph or try contacting +63.922.8241538 and  audiomustachio@gmail.com.

The Manila gig comes right after a show in Adelaide and reportedly is their only Asian stop for their tour. Let us hope they will carry New Found Glory, The Maine and This Time Next Year to Philippine shore as well. Expect Asian neighbors flocking in for this event as the band is also big in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Taking Back Sunday is a rock band from Amityville, New York made up of Adam Lazzara, John Nolan, Eddie Reyes, Shaun Cooper and Mark O’Connell . The band is founded by rhythm guitarist Reyes and has gone through line-up changes before the reformation of the original for their latest and fifth eponymous record. TBS, fondly called by fans, gained decent success through their independent label Victory Record’s release Tell All Your Friends in 2002. Tell All Your Friends spurned the now considered anthemic songs like “Great Romances of the 20th Century,” “You’re So Last Summer” and ”Cute Without The E (Cut From The Team).”

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February 15, 2012 • 6:05 pm 0

New Zealand Film Festival in Manila (Films + Schedule)

It’s festival time once more as the New Zealand Embassy follows through what Spring Festival has kicked off earlier this year. The embassy in the Philippines together with the Film Academy of the Philippines present the 2012 New Zealand Film Festival this February. The program for the festivals features top films of the country’s emerging contemporary cinema that won international recognition abroad, completing a strong set of eight feature films and four shorts with three entries from Academy Award nominee Taika Waititi (Taika Cohen for some).

Full-lengths are The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (Leanne Pooley), Eagle Vs. Shark (Taika Waititi), Second-Hand Wedding (Paul Murphy), In My Father’s Den (Brad McGann), No. 2 (Toa Fraser), Sione’s Wedding (Chris Graham), Boy (Taika Waititi) and Whale Rider (Niki Caro). For the shorts, they are Tama Tu (Taika Waititi), Coffee & Allah (Sima Urale), Noise Control (Phill Simmonds) and Take 3 (Brad McGann).

The New Zealand Film Festival 2012 will roll-out from February 23 to 28, playing at Shang Cineplex of Shangri-La Plaza in Mandaluyong. The event is open to the public and free of charge. For complete details including showtimes, get the file below.

DOWNLOAD Complete List of Festival Films and Schedule

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January 10, 2012 • 7:45 pm 0

6th Spring Film Festival (Films + Schedule)

In celebration of the Dragon Year, the Ateneo de Manila University Ricardo Leong Center for Chinese Studies and Confucius Institute once again presents the annual Spring Film Festival. With help from the Cultural Office of the People’s Republic of China, the festival celebrates the cultural significance of Mandarin language through six features that are chosen to appeal not only to cinephiles but also to the members of the academe and the general public.

The festival frontrunner is Ocean Heaven, a family drama about an ailing father (Jet Li) who works in an aquarium while struggling with the growing responsibilities of raising his 21-year old son after his wife’s death. The film grabbed the Best Film award from last year’s CCTV Movie Channel Media Awards in Shanghai. The rest of the lineup includes Country Wedding, King of Mi-lu Deer , Bodyguards and Assassins, Confucius and Lost on Journey.

The 6th Spring Film Festival will be on showcase from January 20 to 29, 2011 at the Shangri-La Cineplex at Shaw Boulevard. Compared to the previous run, this year’s admission is FREE and block viewings for schools are allowed on a first-come first-served basis. Other activities like Chinese Painting Exhibit by the Confucius Institute Chinese Painting Students and Chinese Painting Workshops by Mr. Caesar Cheng and the Confucius Institute Chinese Painting Students are also part of the ten-day event.

DOWNLOAD film synopses and schedule.

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