Past Event

Mondomanila

10th May 2013

Presenter: Human Rights Arts and Film Festival
Website: http://hraff.org.au/
Event Duration: 180 minutes

HRAFF presents a night of film and music inspired by the creativity and imagination emerging from the one billion people living in urban slums around the world. The lineup includes a late-night screening of the explosive Mondomanila, followed by Saca La Mois DJ!! & VJ Martin Hadley (Space Is The Place PBS FM / Cumbia Cosmonauts) taking us on an audiovisual exploration of the dance floors of the world's favelas, shantytowns and barrios.

MONDOMANILA
MELBOURNE PREMIERE
Khavn De La Cruz / Philippines / 2012 / 75 mins / Tagalog with English subtitles / Narrative
Rotterdam, 2012 | Fantasia, 2012

Welcome to Manila's grubby underbelly. Teenage anti-hero Tony de Guzman lives in the slums with his gang of underage no-hopers, whose lives are about trying to get enough money to survive day-by-day. In order to protect themselves from the threats of the slum, they follow their own rules, sticking together, cheating the system and taking what they can. Described by one critic as "Glee on crack", Mondomanila is a radical film of cinematographic artistry, but also a grotesquely violent, deliberately offensive account of urban ghetto life. To tell Tony's story, Khavn dexterously manoeuvres between slapstick, sensationalised porn, bestiality and hyper-real bloodshed. Whilst ultimately a comedy, Mondomanila raises uncomfortable questions about the exploitation of the urban poor and the commodification of slum culture. It is a divisive film, which will have you morally outraged or laughing in disbelief. Entering the world of Mondomanila will make your eyes pop, your stomach turn, and make you rethink everything you ever thought about the slum.  

DOORS AT 8.00PM

FILM AT 10.00PM