Filipino Film Caravan
27–28 September 2024 | York University
Patrick Alcedo’s documentary, A Piece of Paradise, is one of the films being screened at York University on Saturday, 28 September as part of the Filipino Film Caravan.
Admission is free! But please register as soon as you can, because the room can only accommodate 80 people. All screenings will take place in Room 004 (Nick Mirkopoulos Screening Room), Accolade East Building, Keele Campus, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, M3J 1P3.
Register for screenings at this link.
A Piece of Paradise is anchored in the immigrant lives of three women from the province of Aklan in the central Philippines. For close to 5 years, Alcedo followed their lives in Toronto and their journey back to Aklan to be with their families and loved ones. This film won both the Best Canadian Film Award and the Best First Feature Award at the 2017 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.
On September 27, Friday (Screening 2) the highly acclaimed, Ma’ Rosa, by Brillante Mendoza and the film that catapulted the late Jacklyn Jose to international stardom when she won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival will be screened.
The Filipino Film Caravan celebrates the 75 years of diplomatic friendship between the Philippines and Canada. Films for this caravan are under the auspices of the Film Development Council of the Philippines and the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto. The event is co-presented by the York Centre for Asian Research at York University.
Everyone is invited to watch these critically acclaimed Filipino films (with English subtitles).
Admission is FREE!
Schedule for five screenings
Friday, 27 September | 17:00 to 19:30 EDT
Living Things (2020) by Martika Escobar
Short, Drama | TRT: 11 mins
Synopsis: Kints and Charles have been together for almost a decade. One day, Kints wakes up to find that her lover has literally changed. Although initially troubled, she eventually comes to understand that this change is a natural phenomenon, reminding her that people and love can evolve over time.
Ma Rosa (2016) by Brillante Mendoza
Feature, Drama | TRT: 110 mins
Synopsis: Ma' Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor neighborhood of Manila where everybody likes her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband, Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa and her children are ready to do anything to buy her freedom from the corrupt police.
Saturday, 28 September | 15:00 to 18:45 EDT
Ing Paglayag (2020) by Rhadem Musawa
Short, Documentary | TRT: 26 mins
Synopsis: A short documentary about the washed away history of Sulu - its rise and fall, and how it was the center of the Filipino Moro nation.
Tale of the Lost Boys (2017) by Joselito Altarejos
Feature, Drama | TRT: 74 mins
Synopsis: A story about an unexpected connection between a Filipino and a Taiwanese aborigine who are both in search of their identities.
A Piece of Paradise (2017) by Patrick Alcedo
Feature, Documentary | TRT: 81 mins
Synopsis: A Piece of Paradise is a story of three women who left the Philippines to work as caregivers in Canada. It is about families they formed, relationships they nurtured, and communities they built for themselves while living in their newly adopted country.
