CCP brings ‘Moral’ and ‘Ang Duyan ng Magiting’ to Bulacan university
The films “Moral” and “Ang Duyan ng Magiting” will journey to Bulacan State University in Malolos City, Bulacan, to provide a unique cinematic experience to young students and film enthusiasts, as the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Lakbay Sine and Cine Icons will have special screenings of the classic award-winning film by National Artists for Film and Broadcast Arts Marilou Diaz-Abaya and Ricky Lee and the 2023 Cinemalaya Best Ensemble Acting awardee.
The free screenings are slated on April 24 at the university’s Valencia Hall. “Ang Duyan ng Magiting” will screen at 8:30 a.m, while “Moral” is scheduled at 1:30 p.m.
Launched in 2023, CCP Cine Icons is a special program of the CCP Film, Broadcast, and New Media Division that aims to honor the life and works of national artists and Gawad CCP Para sa Sining awardees.
Directed by Diaz-Abaya, with screenplay by Lee, “Moral” is a loosely structured film tracing the lives of four friends. The four women are authentically portrayed as real people set against the social, political and economic milieu of 1979-1982. The Filipino woman is shown not as a victim but as a shaper of her own destiny.
“Moral” won the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences or Famas awards for Best Supporting Actress for Sandy Andolong and Best Supporting Actor for Juan Rodrigo. It was cited as the 2nd Best Picture at the 1982 Metro Manila Film Festival, where it won the Best Screenplay award.
CCP’s Lakbay Sine is an outreach program that brings different film projects to different regions, partner communities, organizations and campuses primarily to popularize the works of Filipino filmmakers and encourage film appreciation among the youth and the general public.
“Ang Duyan ng Magiting” features a collection of interwoven stories about life and violence in the Philippines. It offers a peek into the lives of a college professor, a university chancellor, a social worker, a police chief, two students, two mothers and a lawyer.
Written and directed by Dustin Celestino, the film won the Special Jury Prize and Best Ensemble Acting award at the 2023 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival.
A talkback will follow after the film screenings with writer-director Celestino, producer Janel Gutierrez and Lee.
