Standby for possible screenings sponsored by St. Theresa’s, Brent and St. Paul’s Alumnae.

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Boses goes to U.P. Los Baños August 11-12 2010. Standby for more screenings.

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Boses goes to MRA Assumption San Lorenzo

When: AUGUST 5, 2010

Time: 3 screening times AC – 12 noon; HS 3pm and Premiere Night – 6pm

Where: MRA Assumption San Lorenzo

Organizer: Assumption Alumnae Association (AAA) in partnership with Basic Education Division (BED) Family Council of Assumption High School, Higher Education Division (HED) and Assumption College Parent Council (ACPC)

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Boses Goes to Pasay
When: Friday/March 19, 2010
Time: 6:00pm and 8:00pm
Where: College of St. Benilde Auditorium
2442 Park Avenue St., Torest Bldg. Ground Floor Pasay City.

Organizer: Pasay Children’s Network

For Tickets:
Grace Ignacio
Tel no. 02-556-61-28
Cel no. +639292999618

Marie Lovino
Tel no. 02-556-61-28

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Boses Goes to San Juan
When: Friday/March 5, 2010
Time: 7pm and 9pm
Where: St. John the Baptist Catholic School
26 Pinaglabanan St., San Juan Metro Manila.

Organizer: Family Council of St. John the Baptist Catholic School

For Tickets:
Loloy Polinar
(Chairman)
Tel no. 02-455-47-78
Cell no. +639178843925

Sally Badian
(Secretary)
Tel no. 02-455-47-78
Cell no. +639

*Funds Raised will go to*
The Construction of a Hydroponic Gardening System at the roof deck of St. John the Baptist Catholic School.
As Cash incentives for the top performers of each grade level from grade-1 to 4th year High School.
Renovation of the school Quadrangle.

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Dec. 12, 09 Batangas

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Dec. 03, 09 Don Bosco, Baguio
Pines Hospital, Baguio

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Nov. 28, 09 Akkapka-CANV-Sm Megamall, Cinema 10

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Nov. 19-20, 09 Assumption,Tanauan, Tacloban
STDC Tacloban
Tabon Tabon, Tacloban

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Nov. 15, 09 Couples For Christ

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Nov. 14, 09 POLA

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Oct.30, 09 DOJ

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Oct. 27, 09 NEDA

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Sep. 28, 09 Pangasinan

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Sep. 20, 09 Camp John Hay, Baguio City

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Sep. 15-16 09 U.P. Baguio

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Sep. 12, 09 Bagong Silang, Caloocan City

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Aug. 20, 09 Baguio

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Aug. 17-19 09 VMU San Carlos City, Pangasinan
OLMC Sison, Pangasinan
NLAC Sison, Pangasinan

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Aug. 07-15 09 UP Tacloban
ACLC College, Tacloban
Lileo Del Verbo Divino, Tacloban
Bethel International School. Tacloban
Holy Trinity (Outside Tacloban)

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Aug. 06, 09 UPLB (U.P. Los Baños)

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Aug. 01, 09 UP Cine Adarna (For CBCP-ECPPC)

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Jul. 24, 09 PHIL. High School for the Arts(Makiling).

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Jul. 15-23, 09 STECL, Tacloban
Leyte Progressive School, Tacloban
PHIL. Science High School, Tacloban

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Jul.  7-16, 09 Integrated Laboratory School, Tacloban
Holy Infant College, Tacloban

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Jun. 20. 09 Hope for Children

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Feb. 1, 09 University of the Cordillera Baguio City

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Jan. 26, 09 Aksyon para sa Kapayapaan

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Jan. 11-16, 09 Ateneo De Naga

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Nov. 08, 08 Far Eastern University

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Nov. 06, 08 Fabella

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Nov. 06, 08 Don Bosco Mandaluyong City

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Oct. 21, 08 Montessori Integrated School of Antipolo
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Oct. 18, 08 Don Bosco Youth Center, Tondo
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Oct. 03, 08 Assumption San Lorenzo

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Oct. 02, 08 Don Bosco Technical School in Mandaluyong

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Boses Goes to Vancouver ,Canada, sponsored by Assumption Alumnae Association of British Colombia. Nov. 14,2010 at River Rock Show Theater. For tickets, please contact priscilla@sampaguitatravel.com

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Boses Goes to Yale University

Davies Auditorium, Yale University

Strive / New Haven Flick Fest Film Festival

May 15, 2010

9:30pm

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Boses Goes to Madrid Spain

FICI (International Children and Youth Film Festival) in Madrid, Spain

November 17 to 22, 2009.

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Boses Goes to Chicago

Chicago Filipino-American Film Festival.

November 2009.

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Boses Goes to Geneva

September 19 & 20 2009

The Philippine Film Festival Geneva (PFFG) is a non-profit association aiming to raise awareness on Philippine independent cinema among Filipinos and non-Filipinos in Switzerland.

BOSES screens on Sept. 19 & 20 >>Read more

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Boses Competes in Oregon

September 4, 2009

Eugene Celebration Film Fest, Oregon  5:30 p.m. at the DIVA Center, Eugene, Oregon

“Thank you for submitting your film to the 2009 Eugene Celebration Film Festival. We would like to congratulate you on having your film, “Boses” selected to screen at the event. This year, we received many excellent submissions and were greatly impressed with the high quality of each one … “

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Boses Goes to Korea

5th Jecheon International Music and Film Festival, Korea.

August 13 to 18, 2009

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Boses Competes in Boston

July 25, 2009

August 1, 2009

18th Woods Hole Film Festival, is an eight day showcase of independent film featuring daily screenings, workshops, panel discussions, staged readings, special events, parties, awards ceremony and more.

Boses will screen at the Community Hall >>Read more

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June 25, 2009

Asia Society is the leading global organization working to strengthen relationships and promote understanding among the people, leaders, and institutions of Asia and the United States.

Founded in 1956, Asia Society is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational institution with offices in Hong Kong, Houston, Seoul, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Mumbai, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Washington, DC.

From June 18 to July 5, 2009, the Asia Society Hong Kong Center is holding the ASIA SOCIETY SUMMER FILM SERIES. BOSES (The Voice) has been chosen for the series and it will be screened on June 25, 2009>> Read more and invite your friends in Hong Kong

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Boses Goes to New York

May 01, 2009

Just hours after dominating the Enpress (Entertainment Press Society) Golden Screen Awards in Manila with six major honors including Best Motion Picture for Drama and Best Director for Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil, Boses was screened in New York City last May 1 with some 600 people in the audience unanimously raving about its intense direction and artistry plus brilliant performances

The Assumption Alumnae’s BOSES event on May 1, 2009 was a resounding success! More than 600 guests braved the rain even at the height of the swine flu pandemic. The AAAA DC Chapter even chartered a bus and trekked all the way from Washington to Manhattan to attend this event. For that one enchanted evening, our guests forgot about their worries and the recession to join us for the NYC premiere of Boses, read more>>

And read the reviews>>

Assumption presents the NYC premiere of BOSES and a Musical Concert by Ricky Davao -5/1/09

>>Read more

>>clickhere for more article about NYC premiere

>>click here for Asian Journal article

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Boses Goes Back to Hawaii
April 11, 2009
to
April 13, 2009

Premiered at the 2008 Hawaii International Film Festival, BOSES is back to Hawaii by popular demand. This will be at the Doris Duke Theatre for the first annual Filipino Film Festival.

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Boses Competes India

April 7  & 13,  2009

At First Children’s International Film Festival

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Boses Competes in West Hollywood

December 5, 2008
4:00 pm

The Women’s International Film & Television Showcase

BOSES compits at the Silverscreen Theater
Pacific Design Center 8687 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, California 90069

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Boses Goes to Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival 2008

October 11, 2008
11:30 am

BOSES will be screened at the Louis Vuitton Hawaii International FIlm Festival 2008 at the REGAL DOLE CANNERY. Please inform your family and friends who are in Hawaii…>>Check out the Site

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“the movie was great…audience reactions were terrific…” a fan who posted his comments on the Boses fan page in Facebook said.

The comment was made shortly after the Hong Kong screening last June 25 at the Agnès b. CINEMA!, Hong Kong Arts Centre  as part of the Asia Society Summer Film Series. Before that, it premiered in New York May 1 courtesy of the Assumption Alumnae NYC chapter. On July 26, it is screened at the Woods Hole Film Festival  in Massachusetts to be followed by screenings at  the Jechen International Music and Film Festival, Korea , August 13 to 18, 2009, the Philippine Film Fest at Geneva on September 18 to 20, 2009 and the FICI (International Children and Youth Film Festival) in Madrid, Spain on November 17 to 22, 2009.

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“… specially moving and value-laden film.

I was in tears many times, so clean and well told. “
- Cheche Lazaro, Broadcast Journalist

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“Brilliant Cinema!”
- Joel Lamangan,film director

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“BOSES will soothe the uneasy, fearful, troubled breast … The story tackles child abuse, healing, and friendship-without being preachy and   didactic. Never has a local movie integrated social advocacy and the promotion of classical music so seamlessly, movingly, and beautifully.

…  movie collaboration at its creative best.“

- Mario Hernando, Malaya, Urian >>Read more
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“The essence of transforming lives is so meaningful. Coke and Onyok were so natural.”
- Irene Rada, CCP

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“Sobrang galing. It is a must-see!”
- Dr. Honey Carandang, Child Psychologist

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“The film is made even more compelling by the stirring performances turned in by the boy who plays Onyok, Davao, Picache – and most of all, by Bolipata, who moves us not only with his unexpectedly felt and insightful portrayal but also with his musical performance, which is an overwhelming experience.”

- Nestor Torre, PDI >>Read more

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“… your film is one of the best in the four years of Cinemalaya. “

- Gil Portes,film director

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”At the premiere night, the audience was not shy in proclaiming its feelings about the movie, both shouting, laughing and crying at various times. In one scene, Ariel attempts to elude Ricky’s character and the audience collectively cheered, some people even rising from their seats! At the back of the hall was a row of foreigners and I wondered what they all thought of this Filipino brand of audience participation.

At the end, a rousing ovation was given the movie (the foreigners had risen, too) and the crowd started to chant Onyok’s name and Julian stood with pride and went onstage. Like Pacquaio at the end of a well-fought match, he stood at the center, crossed his arms and looked straight into the lenses of the cameras that had flocked around him. Standing far away, I knew that the audience recognized genius and was giving it its proper recognition.”    – Rica Bolipata, Phil. Star>>Read more

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“ The film has magic.”--Ronald Arguelles, Cinema One

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.  What a contribution to Philippine culture and society! And para na rin kaming lifted to heaven. Thanks for making that film. – Liza Magtoto, playwright

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“The moving BOSES offers an emotionally rich, cathartic experience … This is an intense, heartfelt film brimming with lovely moments,“
- Gibbs Cadiz, Phil. Daily Inquirer

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“Unpretentiously funny, this movie proves that quiet films can be quite riverting …”

- Rome Jorge, Manila Times Lifestyle Editor >>Read more
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“… more than the movie being about how wounded people can be;

more than how terrible it is that people who should love us hurt us

and can somehow still miraculously redeem themselves;

more than the movie being about the ability to heal and the heart to strengthen;

more than the movie about being able to let go of people

and trusting in what you have taught them;

the movie is about how healing can come from art.”

- Rica Bolipata-Santos, Philippine Star, Columnist>>>Read more

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“… has powerful emotional appeal, electrifying musical scenes and intrinsic moral values which raise it several cuts above the average movie.”

- Rosalinda Orosa, Phil. Star, Columnist >>Read more
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Surprisingly, Bolipata shines as an actor. His warmth and empathy for children, developed through years of teaching, shines through in this film. The man is funny as well. But Duque is even better. To say so much without a word is a command performance.”

- Rome Jorge, Manila Times Lifestyle Editor >>Read more
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“Duque’s crushing innocence embodies the movie’s purity.”

- Lito Zulueta, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Lifestyle Editor

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“Your film made me motionless for some time even after watching it.

Its beauty really moved me. Poignant and so powerful, the music comes from theheart.”
- Archie de Calma, journalist

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“One of the year’s most intensely moving film so far, brilliantly acted by the entire cast and directed with great sensitivity…”

- Mario Bautista, People’s Journal >>Read more
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I love your film . Malaki ang magiging impact niya sa Phil. Society.

-Vic Acedillo Jr., filmmaker

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An extraordinary film from the Philippines, it is my personal choice, my favourite and must-see.

Chuch Boller, Executive Director,Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival

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Filipina helmer Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil’s second feature is a sensitively handled

plea for the rights of children and tackles unpleasant truths with great integrity.

Richard Kiupers, Variety.com >>Read more
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Films like these have affected not only the mainstream but also their fellow indies, creating another path in the wilderness with a distinctly feminine mindset and sensibility.

Juaniyo Arcellana, Philippine Star, August 11,08 >>Read more
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I’ve been raving about Julian Duque’s endearing performance as a boy ash-tray to his father’s sadistic hate in Boses. I am amazed how this Ellen Marfil film (written by Rody Vera and Froi Medina) managed to incorporate an advocacy with melodrama elements and high brow classical music.

Nick Pichay (artandlaw.blogspot.com)

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The film got three minutes of standing ovation. Four encore applause during the end credits. Two national artists cheering for more. And 1,800 people shouting “bravo!”.BOSES is one of the best films in Cinemalaya this year .The film is close to perfection…. the direction was flawless….. Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil was able to put everything together to create a masterpiece.

Cinemanyak Dennis blog, July 2008 >>Read more
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This can and should be viewed by everyone.  Grade school kids should  however watch with adult supervision.                               PG-13. MTRCB

Boses takes a grim situation (child abuse), matches it with high-art therapy (classical music), and unfolds the narrative with a strong dose of pleasure, as startling in its effectiveness as it is unexpected, given the nature of its material. In this manner the film betokens not just some of the best moments of the local industry, but also that of Classical Hollywood – the dominant 20^th-century film movement that the rest of world cinema attempted to topple, with the European New Wave finally managing the feat just a few decades ago………

The mode that Ongkeko-Marfil chose constituted her gravest challenge to serious film evaluators: melodrama, a type of genre that belongs to the larger group of “body” films, so-called because of their ability to provoke corporeal, as opposed to cerebral, responses – i.e., tear-jerking in this instance, goose bump-raising in horror, sexual arousal in pornography, laughter incitement in comedy. For the greater part of the last couple of decades, feminist critics have been spearheading the campaign to recuperate these much-derided genres, but their uphill movement shows no signs of reaching level ground in high-art (and therefore essentially conservative) culture, the indie-film scene included……..

Though Boses benefits immeasurably from the chemistry between the pair’s star turns, the high level of quality displayed by the rest of the film’s cast proves that Ongkeko-Marfil’s background in stage arts has helped complement the impressive evolution of her cinematic skills. With Boses, she hewed close to what Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal, misrecognized among indie filmmakers as foreign-festival and anti-mass audience innovators, struggled to achieve throughout their extensive careers: the unapologetic catering to spectatorial pleasure alongside their inevitably intelligent handling of material.

A few films have helped incite revolutionary change, and the inward turn that “Boses” inspires ought to be fulfilment enough for the talents behind it. Most local digital practitioners will continue to aspire for and attain festival honors abroad, but this is the first movie made by a colleague of theirs that, more than anything else, truly belongs to the world because it remains rooted at home.

Joel David is a member of the cultural studies faculty at the College of Social Sciences of Inha University in Incheon, Korea.  He was founding Director and a former Associate Professor at the University of the Philippines Film Institute.  He holds a Ph.D. in Cinema Studies at New York University, where he was a Fulbright grantee.  He is the author of several books on Philippine cinema and had won the Manila Critics Circle’s National Book Award for Film Criticism .

Portions from Joel David’s Review, Oct.13,2008, Phil. Daily Inquirer>>Read more

>>Read more article
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“BARON FOR PEP”

(Philippine Entertainment Portal)

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“It is a landmark film made in the name of abused children all over the Philippines. It is a story of triumph which illustrates the enduring spirit of a boy, and his amazing capacity to heal, love and forgive despite being a victim of violence and neglect.”

Ani Saguisag, Unicef  representative, Child Protection Unit
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“Here in Tondo, entertainment is quite an effective medium since it’s a guaranteed crowd drawer…. “Boses” is the perfect film for our message of hope and promotion of children’s rights…What we want to do is to empower the people to create change within themselves. Our primary concern is battling the feeling of hopelessness and desperation in our community. Tondo, in particular, is “the perfect place” for showing the film. I’d hear parents tell the teacher: ‘Pag makulit yung anak ko, batukan niyo ha! Kahit gulpihin niyo yan. Minsan, talagang matigas ang ulo niyan (When my child is stubborn, cuff him. Even if you beat him up. Sometimes, he is really headstrong)…. A film like ‘Boses’ is a great tool to educate more people effectively.

“Here in Tondo, they take it against the teacher if she or he is kind to children. It’s something we need to improve to help raise awareness of children’s rights. You can see that the children want to express themselves. They are either afraid or angry.

“Boses” message of healing  makes it a memorable film. We are all broken spirits. We can heal ourselves through healing other people also.  Sometimes we’re not even aware of it but it happens. It’s one of God’s gifts.                                                

Joyce Alcoreza , Tondo Asenso Foundation

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Boses is well-crafted…its screenplay a good accomplishment, dealing with an issue

“without being preachy”…”admirably understated”….the actors deliver creditable performances, theexcellent  violinists Coke Bolipata and Julian Duque display deeply-felt acting prowess…the

photography is evocative, the editing is creative in interlacing the past and the present; the production design is effective, “never obstructing mood”, the use of live sound is good.  A film that is not only beautiful but meaningful as well.

Unanimous “A” grade. Cinema Evaluation Board, September 2008

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What a contribution to Philippine culture and society! And para na rin kaming lifted to heaven. Thanks for making that film.

– Liza Magtoto, playwright

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“The moving BOSES offers an emotionally rich, cathartic experience … This is an intense, heartfelt film brimming with lovely moments,“
- Gibbs Cadiz, Phil. Daily Inquirer
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‘Boses’ brings message of hope, healing!

-Jude Bautista,  Philippine Daily Inquirer >>Read more

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Novice child actor 9-year-old actor Julian Duque’s heart-wrenching, authentic performance as a mute, abused child who becomes a violin prodigy in “Boses” elicited raves, standing ovations from critics and audiences at Cinemalaya 2008.

BOY VILLASANTA, abs-cbnNEWS.com >>Read more

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“A FASCINATING and lyrical approach to story telling about one of the most vicious of sins and crimes-that of child abuse. “Boses” is a film that paves the way to a more subtle and inner discourse of blatant and obvious destructive occurrences in our everyday lives. Many filmmakers will always be tempted to present the issue of child abuse stripped of interpretation; commonly approached with stark realism as if it was the only way to capture what is real. It sometimes becomes more of the exploitation of the exploited that surfaces in such cases. It is likened to turning scars back into wounds that remain open. It often has been described as pornography (that subject matter is not necessarily always sex… violence can be pornography) when crassness and lack of interpretation in presentation happens.”

by GIGI JAVIER ALFONSO>>Readmore

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BOSES synopsis

Rescued by a concerned neighbor from his abusive father, 7-year old Onyok is brought to a shelter for abused children. Amanda, the shelter’s owner-founder realizes that Onyok is unable to speak, caused by a physical trauma that damaged his larynx. On the first day of his stay in the shelter he hears the faint sound of a violin being played from far off. This strange but beautiful music that has captivated Onyok’s attention comes from Amanda’s reclusive brother Ariel, who has turned back on his career as a concert violinist in Manila and came back to the family house bearing a terrible guilt.

This is the beginning of a simple, yet moving friendship between Onyok and Ariel. Ariel’s initial cynicism over his sister’s commitment to caring for abused children slowly melts when he sees Onyok’s intrinsic inclination to the violin. Onyok proves to have inborn talents to the instrument that leads Ariel to teach the mute little boy. Amanda begins to worry, however, when Ariel begins to push Onyok beyond his limits, leading the boy away from dealing with his own emotional issues as well as straining his new-found friendship with Shirley, a young precocious child in the shelter.

In the course of the film, Ariel’s secret guilt over the death of his sweetheart protege is revealed. The question of Ariel’s motives about him pushing Onyok’s gifted talents to a similar level comes to the fore. Does Ariel really care for Onyok’s condition, or is he pushing Onyok to fulfill a shattered dream?

Onyok’s abusive father is slowly rehabilitated and the shelter is eventually preparing for a reconciliation between father and son. Ariel realizes that he does not own the child. And their friendship will have to encompass both their individual issues — hardly similar and yet resonant to both of them.

Nobody knows whether Onyok’s reconciliation with an abusive parent will succeed. But one thing has remained inevitably clear: he has regained his voice.

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CREDITS

An ERASTO FILMS Production in cooperation with UNICEF CASA SAN MIGUEL DSWD
Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP)

introducing COKE BOLIPATA JULIAN DUQUE
starring RICKY DAVAO CHERRY PIE PICACHE MERYLL SORIANO

Consultant for Scriptwriting ARMANDO LAO Consultant for Child Psychology PEACHY FERNANDO
Sound Supervision ALLAN MARCELO HILADO Editor and Sound Design ORLEAN TAN
Colorist JOHN TAN Production Design BIANCA GONZALES
Musical Score JOURDANN O. PETALVER Musical Direction COKE BOLIPATA
Director of Photography NAP JAMIR
Co-Director and Technical Supervisor MILO ALTO-PAZ Supervising Producer CYNTHIA PAZ
Executive Producers MARTIN P. MARFIL & ELLEN ONGKEKO-MARFIL

Based on Froi Medina’s Tinig sa Dilim, 2nd prize winner at the Cinemanila 2007 scriptwriting competition.
Screenplay FROILAN MEDINA and RODY VERA
Direction ELLEN ONGKEKO-MARFIL

BOSES brings home six awards

Best Motion Picture / Drama – BOSES

Best Director – ELLEN ONGKEKO-MARFIL

Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor – JULIAN DUQUE

Best Original Screenplay – FROILAN MEDINA & RODY VERA

Best Editing – ORLEAN JOSEPH TAN

Best Musical Score – JOURDANN PETALVER

>>read more

Boses Movie Teaser

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Boses Movie Trailer

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our nominations:

Digital Movie of the Year – BOSES
Digital Movie Director of the Year – ELLEN ONGKEKO-MARFIL
Movie Supporting Actor of the Year – RICKY DAVAO
New Movie Actor of the Year – JULIAN DUQUE
Movie Child Performer of the Year  – JULIAN DUQUE
Movie Child Performer of the Year – TALA SANTOS
Digital Original Movie Screenplay of the Year – FROI MEDINA, RODY VERA
Digital Movie Editor of the Year – ORLEAN TAN
Digital Movie Production Designer of the Year – BIANCA GONZALES
Digital Movie Musical Scorer of the Year – JOURDANN PETALVER
Digital Movie Sound Engineer of the Year – ALLAN HILADO, ORLEAN TAN

For a complete list of nominees…>>please check out the site

25th Star Awards for Movies to be held on May 28