Cine Recoleto Film Exhibit 2014

In celebration of UNO-R Mass Communication Days 2014, the MassCom Society in coordination with Cine Recoleto will hold a 2-day Film Exhibit February 13-16 at the University Little Theater.

Cine Recoleto is a Religious Education Film Production which produces, screens, reviews and evaluates short films on interesting topics and issues related to Religious Education courses. Produced and directed by Religious Education students, these short films are strictly for academic purpose, that is, in partial fulfillment of the requirements of their respective Religious Education Courses enrolled in a particular semester.

We would like to extend our sincerest acknowledgment and heartfelt gratitude to the different artists whose songs were used in these short films and for the rest of the people who supported us in this non-profit project.

The Film Exhibit will feature Cine Recoleto films: Vestido (2013), Forever Yours (2012), Litrato (2011) and Lipstick (2011).

SCREENING SCHEDULE

February 13 - 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
February 14 - 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM

SYNOPSIS. Fitting in the society is everyone’s desires.  Nobody wants to neither be an outcast nor be a loner. So everyone tries their best to make everyone like them, by impressing them with their clothes, gadgets, and other material things, or even by creating a new personality that suits the environment they want to be in.

Vestido (Sp. for clothes) is a story about how a person tries to clothe himself with every impressive thing that a person can have. Albert, the protagonist, goes to school every day, creating and establishing a perfect person in every way: rich, highly involved in school activities, and very popular. But the sparkling clothes are changed to dull ones every time he goes back to his old self. With his actions, he unconsciously hurts the people around him, people who love and accept him for who he truly is. This is a story of knowing the true meaning of acceptance, humility and contentment of what we have and for whom we are.

WATCH THE OFFICIAL VESTIDO TRAILER HERE.

SYNOPSIS. A family torn by secrets and lies.. Unhappy with his marriage, Miguel (played by Martian Earl Muyco), spends most of his time at work and loses his heart to another woman. He takes everything, even his family, for granted. Tempted by his secretary's wiles (?) and blinded by his own desires, he asks for a separation from his wife, Maria (played by Maria Inez Benedicto), who holds a painful secret in her heart. She surprises him by agreeing and requesting only one thing in return. A story of betrayal, of love and loss..and how a simple request will make one man choose between the love he thought he deserved and the love he vowed to keep forever.

WATCH THE OFFICIAL FOREVER YOURS TRAILER HERE. 

SYNOPSIS. Passion drives the heart and mind into going against the will, out of the way and doing the impossible just to get what is wanted in this dramatic story directed by Meryl-Liz Cabradilla and Bjorn Banogon.

In a family which is at the brink of breaking apart, love is rarely felt. Martian Earl Muyco plays Martian, a proud businessman who feels unappreciated and is tempted to cheat on his wife by getting involved in a secret relationship with his wife's best friend, Rhea.

Lea Loderos plays Leah, a caring mother and a faithful wife who meets an accident after discovering her husband's hidden agenda with her best friend.

Ralph Lester Mandin plays Lester, a rich engineering student who enjoys photography. However, because his father's ambitions, restrictions and close-mindedness, he is forced to take up a course he has no interest in and is forbidden to live his dream of becoming a photographer.

After the death of his mother, he starts to rebel behind his father's back and engages in drugs. He loses focus on his studies and learns to take and sell drugs for a living. He, later on, gets involve in a fight with other drug addicts, which nearly cost him his life. With help from his family and friends, Lester realizes the importance of life and learns to appreciate every moment of it.

With support from his father, he changes course and strives for the better.

 WATCH THE OFFICIAL LITRATO TRAILER HERE.

SYNOPSIS. Lipstick was part of Issa’s life.  She unconsciously used it as an object of compensation―during her moments of sorrow and pain. But the lipstick became also part of her turning point.

She thought it’s the only thing that could put color into her life. The loss of her father left a hole in her heart. Thus, to escape the painful grief and hatred she felt against her mother, she wasted all the money her father had left her ― to her heart’s delight. Her obsession for vanity dominates her life and gave her temporary happiness and satisfaction.

Lipstick is her mask, for she thought she can hide all her sadness and pain behind those red luscious lips… but she’s wrong. Her eyes tell everyone that she needs happiness more than the worldly things can give her.

Do you think she can find that happiness― a happiness that a touch of a red Lipstick can’t hide?

WATCH THE OFFICIAL LIPSTICK TRAILER HERE.