Thank you Iloilo for watching the premiere of Local Girls this morning. There will be another screening on January 21, 5:30 pm at SM City Iloilo. Don’t panic, it’s organic!

Local Girls at the 2nd Iloilo Int’l Film Festival

The list of participating films in the 2nd Iloilo International Film Festival are out. Among those featured is LOCAL GIRLS. The festival is slated on January 19 until January 21,  2012 at the SM City Iloilo. The schedule for Local Girls screenings : Jan. 19-11:30 am Jan.21-5:30 pm. For more information, click on this link.

To read University of the Philippines Professor Libay Cantor’s review of LOCAL GIRLS, just click on the link.

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LOCAL GIRLS will be showing at the UP Diliman this August 5, 2011, Friday, 2:30pm

After LOCAL GIRLS premiered at the Cinemalaya NETPAC 2011 at the CCP and at the Greenbelt 3 Cinemas in July 15-24, 2011, LOCAL GIRLS hits UP DILIMAN in Quezon City This August 5, Friday, 2:30 p.m. at the university’s Cine Adarna Theater. Tickets at P80.

Some people behind and in front of the camera for LOCAL GIRLS graduated from the state university. SAM PRUDENTE, who is now based in Iloilo, was a UP Diliman Theater celebrity, as he has performed on the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero stage while studying in UP CAL. NED TRESPECES finished his film degree at UP Diliman, College of Masscom, and went on to writing the script for the movie blockbuster JOLOGS, wrote and directed his first full length in the Cinemanila 2005 official selection TRABAHO, directed MY FAKE AMERICAN ACCENT during the Cinemalaya 2008, and wrote, shot, and directed LOCAL GIRLS.

LOCAL GIRLS producer, musical score director, etc., ONNAH VALERA, got her Broadcasting degree from UP College of Masscom. She also produced TRABAHO and MY FAKE AMERICAN ACCENT.

The final edit of the film was helmed by a film grad from UP College of Masscom, NESSA GABRILLO. She has a day job, as TV producer at TV5.

The soundtrack features another product of UP College of Masscom- MIRO VALERA, also known as lyricist and composer of the band STONEFREE.

Cinemalaya 7 Goes to UP, is presented by Cinemalaya, Cultural Center of the Philippines and UP Cineastes in cooperation with UP CINEMA.

Currently screening at the Cinemalaya Film Festival

Premiere of Local Girls at Greenbelt 3 Cinema 3 on day one of the Cinemalaya Film Festival 2011

DZUP interview on July 15, 2011

DZUP.org interviewed LOCAL GIRLS producer Onnah Valera on air regarding the film. Other guests included fellow Cinemalaya NETPAC Section filmmakers for 2011 Bebs Gohetia (The Natural Phenomenon of Madness) and Zig Dulay (Huling Halik) for a full hour. The radio programme Cine Chicherya was hosted by UP CMC Profs Libay Cantor and Cenon Palomares. The programme airs every Friday 6pm to 7pm, tackling the many aspects of film both local and foreign.

Local Girls cast guested on GMA Iloilo City last July 7, 2011

Get your dvd copies.The limited first edition release of two Dirty Kitchen Productions dvds(namely, Trabaho and My Fake American Accent) shall be on sale at the CCP and Greenbelt Cinema during the Cinemalaya Film Festival period, July 15 to 24 only.

My Fake American Accent and Trabaho DVDs shall be available for the first time ever after their respective film festival, cinema, local and international cable runs. Buy these original Dirty Kitchen Production titles only from July 15 to July 24,2011 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Gift Shop and at the Greenbelt 3 Cinema area in Makati where CCP shall man a booth selling these and many other Filipino independent films. And obviously, the Dirty Kitchen Production for 2011 Local Girls shall be screening at these dates and venues of the Cinemalaya Film Festival 2011 : July 16, 4pm Greenbelt 3 C3, July 20, 6:15 pm Cultural Center of the Philippines Little Theater, July 22, 6:30 pm Greenbelt 3 C5. So far these are the only dates for Local Girls screenings so don’t miss it. Thank you for supporting Filipino Indies! May the force be with you!