Islands Video and Art Studio: October 2008

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

For The First Time - Now Available!!

For The First Time is a romantic story of an unexpected love chemistry between Mr. So Wrong and Miss So Perfectly Right. Filmed partly in Santorini, Greece the movie stars Richard Gutierrez as Alexander and KC Concepcion as Sophia. A love story that will magnify the power of love to triumphantly conquer all our indifferences, fears, pains and doubts. Also stars Eddie Gutierrez, TJ Trinidad, Pilar Pilapil and Candy Pangilinan.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Paupahan- Crossroads

Three unrelated but intertwining stories of characters- all seemingly "living dead" unfold in this anthology of lives of have-nots who have become commodities that are either for sale or for hire. Gloria (Gloria Romero), caretaker of a rich family's mausoleum has a simple wish to be buried beside the tomb of her husband. Dadeng (German Moreno), Gloria's gay neighbor who sells flowers for the dead is burdened by the child of his former boyfriend played by Kirby De Jesus in love with Topher (Joseph Bitangcol) later revealed to be a closeted gay.
Estrella Kerubin or Star (Krista Ranillo) is a trying hard who has not stopped dreaming, believing and surviving in a dying show business world. Snooky Serna plays the mother of Star while Allen Dizon is Tonio Torres, a male starlet member of an all-male group called "Wildboys".
Jay Manalo is Roberto San Pedro an ex-convict who gets paroled by a powerful armed group who used him as an assassin. Angelu De Leon plays the role of Angela, wife of Roberto, a former public school teacher who lost her job after cracking due to extreme pressure. Almost all of the above stories are resolved. Others remained open ended. In reality, being treated as a commodity is a hurting truth we have to live by.

Dolphy - Two Biographical DVDs

Part One- The Public Life & Part Two- The Public Life: From Over 40 hours of interview sessions for the first time as told by the man himself, the people he has touched, including rare, memorable unpublished photos and video materials from movie and television archives. These two films gives us an insightful look at a man, who gave laughter, and was hailed as Philippine's Comedy King.