Star Cinema’s exciting entries to Cinema IndioFest 2004
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HOLLYWOOD – Two exciting films from Star Cinema Productions will be screened at this year’s Cinema Indio Festival. :Milan is the setting of an all-consuming love affair and a young couple’s desperate quest for survival. Claudine Barretto and Piolo Pascual play the central characters in this film by Olivia M. Lamasan.

Another drama by Marilou Diaz Abaya is Noon at Ngayon, a story about four unconventional women who share a long and lasting friendship through the years. Joey (Dina Bonnevie), after nearly living for a decade in the United States, discovers that a lot of things have changed but some things remain constant.

The four women try to reconcile the past with the present to cope with the changing times. The film also stars Laurice Guillen, Cherry Pie Picache, Jean Garcia, Eula Valdez, Jericho Rosales, Marvin Agustin, Patrick Garcia, Jodi Sta Maria, Dimples Romana, Aiza Marquez and Paolo Contis. The movies will be showing on Friday, November 19 at the Scientology Theatre beginning at 7 PM-11PM.

The 2004 Cinema IndioFest kicks off on Thursday, November 18, 2004 at seven o’clock. Set at the Celebrity Centre International, 5930 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029. Its opening night screenings include Hubert Cheng’s drama thriller, First Night Shift starring Lara Fabregas, and Krista Grabriela Lluch Dalena’s Red Saga and a powerful documentary, Echoes of Bullets/Alingawngaw ng mga Punglo.

Other films to be screened are Mano Po2 and I Will Survive from Regal Films (Saturday, November 20 2:30PM-7PM); Adarna, Gerry Garcia’s full-length animation (2:30 PM) Maryo J. de los Reyes’Magnifico (4PM) and Mark Meily’s Crying Ladies (6PM) on Sunday, November 21. The closing night, Monday, November 22, features Ramona S. Diaz’s Imelda, the award-winning documentary about former First Lady, Imelda Romualdez Marcos (8PM).

For further festival information, please call 818.543.7184 or e-mail info@cinemaindio.com. Or log on to www.nedviz.com/ci/

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