16: Philippine Indie Films

Question 1

When was the birth of the Philippine Independent Cinema?

Answer 1

1977

Question 2

Baguio-based filmmaker who created what was considered as Philippine cinema’s first independent and experimental film

Answer 2

Kidlat Tahimik

Question 3

What did Kidlat Tahimik won?

Answer 3

International Critics’ Prize

Berlin Film Festival

Question 4

What was the PH Cinema’s first independent film?

Answer 4

Mababangong Bangungot

Perfumed Nightmare

Question 5

Law that created the Experimental Cinema of the Philippines

Answer 5

Executive Order No. 770

Question 6

When was the ECP instituted and when was it dissolved?

Answer 6

Instituted in 1892

Dissolved in 1986

Question 7

A break from the mainstream, highly budgeted productions of established movie production companies such as Star Cinema and Regal Films

Answer 7

Independent/Indie Films

Question 8

Characterized by their unconventional narratives, experimentation on style and technique, and their artful treatment to material

Answer 8

Independent/Indie Films

Question 9

A neorealist whose films depict the lives of ordinary people in extraordinary situations, set against the universal struggle of life, love and death

Answer 9

Brillante Mendoza

Question 10

Awarded by the French government from his contributions in world cinema

Answer 10

Brillante Mendoza

Question 11

When was Brillante Mendoza recognized by the French government and was given an award?

Answer 11

2014

Question 12

Award given to Brillante Mendoza in 2014

Answer 12

Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres

Knights of the Order of Arts and Letters

Question 13

Masahita

Answer 13

15th Brisbane International Film Festival (Interfaith Award)

Question 14

Tirador

Answer 14

Berlin Film Festival (Caligiri Film Prize)

Question 15

Serbis

Answer 15

2008 Bangkok International Film Festival (Golden Kinnaree)

Question 16

Kinatay

Answer 16

2009 Cannes Film festival (Prix de la mise en scene)

Question 17

Thy Womb

Answer 17

69th Venice Film Festival (La Navicella Venezia Cinema Award)

Question 18

Dansol

Answer 18

Adolf Alix

Question 19

Melancholia

Answer 19

Lav Diaz

Question 20

Ploning

Answer 20

Dante Nico Garcia

Question 21

Contribute to the flourishing of the independent film industry

Answer 21

Film Festivals

Question 22

Major film festivals sponsored by the Ph Government

Answer 22

Metro Manila Film Festival
Film Development Council of the Philippine’s Sineng Pambansa
Cinema Rehiyon
CCP’s Cinemalaya

Question 23

Privately initiated film festivals

Answer 23

Cinema One Originals

CineFilipino