MONDOMANILA:
INSTITUTION OF POETS

18th Singapore International Film Festival, 2005
34th Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2005
6th Jakarta International Film Festival, 2004
6th Cinemanila International Film Festival, 2004

The Palanca, The Philippines' most prestigious literary contest, hails the Grand Prize novel "Mondomanila" as the new "Manila In The Claws Of Neon" (Lino Brocka). The award-winning screenplay adaptation made the Jury call it 'Better than "Trainspotting" & "City Of God."


Original Title:
Mondomanila: Institusyon Ng Makata
International Title: Mondomanila: Institute Of Poets
Country Of Production: Philippines
Year Of Production: 2004
Format: Digital
Length: 15:00
Director, Producer, & Screenplay: Khavn
Based on a short story by Norman Wilwayco
Production Company, Sales Company, & Print Source: Filmless Films
Camera: Albert Banzon
Editing: Genghis Jimenez
Color Grading: Julo Quinto
Assistant Director & Special Effects: Wawel Bautista
Art Direction: Norman Wilwayco & Jo Marie Cuntapay
Sound: Jeff De La Cruz
Music: Nani Nuguit, Jay Gapasin, Philip Sagun, & Lourd De Veyra
Leading Actors: Marvin Agustin & David Kahn
Supporting Actors: Anna Bernaldo, Noel Sto. Domingo, Bidz De La Cruz, John Agustin, Marlyn Caseno, Romel Andoy, Geneva Bagao, Jason & Jansen Bagao, Norman Wilwayco, Chito Munar, Lawrence Ledesma, Gerard Agustin, Josamm Leano, Danroel Bautista, Aurea Joanna Anden, Kristine Adeline Dolovino, Dianne De La Cruz, Block 2C Balara Residents, & 21 Kamias Road Residents

 

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SYNOPSIS

Tony de Guzman, current resident at the Institute of Poets, is one pissed-off, walking timebomb. Short of fuse, this shrewd citizen of the Philippine ghetto sets his sights on foreign classmate Steve Banners, a pompous self-righteous dude with delusions of America's grandeur at the expense of Third World inequity.

 

 

 
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