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ALIWAN PARADISE

27min | Drama |

Philippines 

Synopsis
Was originally part of the four-country anthology film, "Southern Winds," produced in 1992 by the Japan Foundation in cooperation with NHK Enterprises. "Aliwan Paradise," now a stand alone 28-minute film is an absurd comedy set in a semi-futuristic Philippine limbo - what the country may have become in its insatiable addiction to excessive entertainment.

The film is about two luckless former provincial sweethearts who meet at a Job Audition marathon organized by the fictitious Ministry of Entertainment (something we should seriously contemplate establishing today). In the film, the nation is desperate in its search for the ultimate form of entertainment as if that achievement would validate its reason to survive and be recognized as a thriving nation, rather than a failed state.

-Mike De Leon
Director:

Mike De Leon 
Writer:

Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr.
Producer:

Jerry O'Hara (associate producer)
Cinematographer:

Johnny Araojo
Rody Lacap (montage cinematography)
Music/Composer:

Ding Achacoso
Editorial Department:

Jose Almojuela
Ramon Reyes (dialogue and effects editing)
Rico Salas (assistant film editor)
Production Design/Art Department:

Cesar Hernando
Danny Red (set art director)
Jojon Red (props art director)
Wilfredo Calderon (costume designer)
Sandra Licup (make-up artist)
Arnel Blasquino (make-up artist)
Isabel Flores (make-up artist)
Tony Galdo (hairstylist)
Production Management:

Daniel Martin
Elpidio Soliven (assistant production manager)
Sound Department:

Dario Jacinto (sound recordist)
Ponching Trinidad (boom operator)
Camera and Lighting Department:
Post-production:
Assistant/Associate Director:

Jose Almojuela (assistant director)
Production Company:

Cinema Artists Philippines
Cast:

Johnny Delgado
Julio Diaz
Lara Melissa De Leon
Tess Michelena
Dexter Doria
Tony Mabesa
August Pascual
Dante Castro
Vic Belardo
Julienne Mendoza
Vangie Labalan
Joseph Olfindo
Cherry Cornell
Olga Natividad
Stella Fausto
Raymond Alsona
Reginald Altera
Joseph Serrano
Peewee O'hara
Elipidio Soliven
Marilyn Basco
Raul Arellano
Adriana Agcaoili
Angela Garcia
Julie Navarro
Vicente Mendoza Jr.
Jess Duton
Additional Crew:
Alternative Title:
Year: 1992
Genre: Drama
Country:

Philippines 
Language:

Tagalog 
Locations:
Subtitle:

English  
Awards, Recognition, & Participation:
Total Running Time: 27min
Color: color
Aspect Ratio:
Sound Mix:
General Carrier Specific Carrier Form Completeness
Film 35mm Feature Incomplete
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18 October 2019, Friday