25° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL

Ultimo: distintas maneras de matar un heroe nacional

Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing A National Hero

Country: Yugoslavia

Year: 2007

Duration: 88'

Abstract meditation on Philippine-Hispanic relations, the film is composed of ordinary images from present-day Spain juxtaposed with the last poem that Philippine national hero Jose Rizal wrote before he was executed by the Spanish Government back in 1896.

“In 2005, the organizers of the La Palma International Digital Film Festival posted a challenge to the filmmakers in attendance: create a short film within the span of the festival. I finished The Twelve. The following year, I decided to challenge myself further: I tried to make a full-length film within the week of the festival. This is the result. At first I was just shooting randomly, but then later, like what happens in all art, the scenes started to weave themselves into meaning.”

FILM DIRECTOR

CAST & CREDITS

Biography

film director

Khvan de la Cruz

(Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, 1973) is a filmmaker, musician, and writer. With his independent digital film company Filmless Films, Khavn has directed, written, and produced nineteen features and more than sixty short films, several of which have won prizes. Since 2002, Khavn has been the festival director of the .mov International Digital Film Festival, the first digital film festival in the Philippines. Khavn lives and works in Quezon City. He is author of a provocative Decalogue of Digital Cinema, in which he proposes a new manner of making movies, more free and creative.

FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia essenziale/
essential filmography
The Twelve (2001), Greaseman (2001), Barong Brothers (cm, 2003), Pugot (Headless, 2004), Mondomanila (cm, 2004), The Family That Eats Soil (2005), Can & Slippers (cm, 2005), Amen (cm, 2005), Twelve (2005), Rugby Boyz (cm, 2006), Squatterpunk (2006), Literature (cm, 2007), Ultimo: distintas maneras de matar un heroe nacional (2007).

Cast

& Credits

regia, sceneggiatura, produzione/director, screenplay, production Khavn de la Cruz
montaggio/film editor Lawrence Ang
musica/music Junji Lerma
interpreti/cast Celia Blanco, gli attori del/actors of the Festivalito La Palma
produzione/production Filmless Films