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Congratulations to the Winners of Moonrise Film Festival

Grand Charlie Award: Hupa, by Oscar Lava
Best Director: Sayaw sa Alon, Nanet Matilac for
LAWA NG BATO by Boyette Rimban

THE FINALISTS

BAMBOO LAKE by Donnie Sacueza
HANGGA’T MERON by Jose Rico Panganiban
HUPA by Oscar Nava
KATUTUBO AT LUPAING NINUNO by Michael Garcia
LAWA NG BATO by Boyette Rimban
PAG-IBIG SA TINUBUANG LUPA by Danielle Arafol and Princess Asuncion
SAYAW SA ALON by Nanette Matilac
TAAW: BUHAY AT KARANASAN NG MGA MANGINGISDA SA ANDA by Gichelle Cruz
UGNAYAN by Gabby Villarama
UNOS SA KA-UGMAON by Carol Ligue and Noel Verula

MFF’08 Upcoming Schedule

September 3 - 9 - Robinsons Movieworld Bacolod Ayala Cinema Cebu
Sept. 10 - 16 - Robinsons Movieworld Iloilo
Sept. 17 - 23 - Robinsons Movieworld Lipa, Gaisano Cinema Davao
Sept. 24 - 30 - Robinsons Movieworld Imus
Oct. 1 to 7 - Robinsons Movieworld Angeles

International Screening October 15 - 30, 2008

Campus Tour Screenings

November 15 to 30- RIZAL, LAGUNA, PANGASINAN, BAGUIO, TARLAC,
December 1 to 15- BICOL- NAGA, TACLOBAN
January 10 to 30 - PANAY PROVINCES (Roxas, Aklan, Antique, Capiz)
February 1 to 15- BOHOL, DUMAGUETE,
February 16 to 28 - CAGAYAN DE ORO, PALAWAN

Congratulations to the winners!

So the “Ber Months” are in… and what’s the nearest holiday for everybody to enjoy? Yup, Halloween!

For sure, as early as now, people (especially parents and party goers) are already on the hunt for the best halloween costumes.

We remember reading this one parenting magazine where the mom creatively came up with a “picnic” costume for her daughter, and then made a “garbage can” for her other daughter’s costume. And she recycled all that she used for her children’s costumes… like the picnic mat, then the paper plates she attached on the mat…

We had our costume parties before, where we went ala-Retro… cause usually, we just have a 60s, 70s, 80s, kinda party. Now if we are to do yet another party, I’d be a female Joker (just to be crazy, hehe). What I’d do is just get an old gray polo, an old vest (color it green, just to be exact), then skinny jeans, mess my hair, do some crazy clown make-up, and that’s it.. female Joker.

Now, if you want to make a green statement out of your costume this Holloween (where a lot could see you), here are our suggestions:

1. Be Yosi Kadiri’s brother. Remember Yosi Kadiri, the anti-smoking mascot of the Department of Health years back? Come as his brother, be a huge cigarette stick complete with tar and nicotene, and then make sure you’re with someone who’s dressed as a corpse.

2. Wear only “this”. No, not “Titanic”… Go ala-Eve wearing only plants, and shock everybody. You could even carry an ad saying “no-to-fur”, or “Go Green”.

3. Dress up as “Your Name Here” the Grouch. Just wear a black bag, then attach crumpled newspaper, then some tin cans, and then search around for people who’re just throwing their garbage just anywhere, and throw “yours” at him/her. Oops, that may be a meanie, though.

4. Go as Mother Nature. Yes, be a morbid Mother Nature of you want…. Be ethereal but be sure to wear something so horrible looking, then bleed a little, so people would know Mother Nature’s hurting.

5. Come as yourself, only as a corpse. Then wear a sign that says “died because of lung cancer: this is what you did to me”. The guilty would get the drift.

Well, Halloween sure is supposed to be fun, but if you wanna be different, and if you wanna make a statement like what we’ve mentioned before, not minding if you’re to be a party pooper, then try these tips…

If you dont want our suggestions (afraid if being branded a killjoy, perhaps), there’s always buycostumes.com for the best halloween costumes… they are the leading distributor of costumes and costume accessories.

Be green!

Attention Climbers!

The Philippine Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) says that at the moment, climbers are not allowed to go up the Mayon Volcano and Taal Volcano.

This is due to the incessant abnormalities that are said to be happening in the said volcanoes like volcanic quakes.

Nearby residents were also advised by Phivolcs not to be within the 7 kilometer permanent danger zone for the Taal Volcano in Batangas, and within the 4 kilometer danger zone for Mayon VOlcano in Albay as the seismicity level of the volcanoes are on the rise.

Everybody be careful!

The scheduled lecture for the Save the Silang River Rehabilitation Project (S2R2) has been moved to September 22 and 23. Students from Laguna schools will be the audience, and the whole event will be sponsored by Toyota Autoparts.

Think the move is a blessing in disguise cause it would be like hitting two birds with one stone, first, that we’d be able to do our part in teaching kids to take care of our resources, especially water, and do environmental management, and, the lecture could form part of the events for September, as Coastal Clean Up Month.

So why is it important to take care of our waters…

Well, it’s for the simple reason that “water is life”… It’s one of the most important things that we, humans, need to survive (second to air). They say that what we drink now is basically the same waters that the dinosaurs drank from super way back, and that it just goes on a cycle. Problem is, we cant drink if we pollute our waters, so we need to wisen up, and take part in clean up drives.

Now to illustrate more the point greenphil’s driving it, here’s part of a “Water Matters” factsheet produced by DENR:

“The latest international gathering of world experts on water-related fields is the 3rd World Water Forum conducted on March 2003 in the neighboring Japanese cities of Kyoto, Shiga and Osaka. It was during this forum that statistics on the world’s water situation and issues were gathered, to cite:

- 1.4 billion people do not have access to safe water.
- Seven million die yearly due to water-borne diseases, 2.2 million of which are under five years of age.
- Daily water use per inhabitant is 600 liters in residential areas in North America and Japan, 250-350 liters in Europe, and 10-20 liters for sub-Saharan Africa.
- Of the 110,000 billion cubic meters of rainwater that falls on earth, only 40,000 billion cubic meters remain since most of it evaporates before it can be used.
- Water scarcity today badly affect 250 million people in 26 countries, with each person having access to a yearly volume of less than 1,000 cubic meters.

Looking at the above statistics, one wonders where has the world’s water gone. As written in the books, 70% of the earth is composed of water. But, unfortunately, of this volume, only 2.5% is freshwater; the rest is saltwater. Three-quarters of this freshwater is trapped in the form of ice and snow, and the measly one-fourth is what we use in our industries, agriculture, households, etc.

But, what aggravates the water situation now is that through the years, the quality of the world’s water has increasingly deteriorated as a consequence of modernization, uncontrolled population growth and urbanization. It is not hyperbolic to say that garbage, industrial and human wastes have actually replaced the fishes and other aquatic life as “residents” of lakes, rivers, streams and other water bodies.”

The very simple act of just “not throwing garbage” anywhere, especially in esteros and canals, or even in streets, could do a lot for the environment… just that….

Remember that what we do for the environment, we do for ourselves.