Brillante Mendoza‘s film called Captive has been chosen to compete in the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. Formerly called Prey, the film stars French actress Isabelle Huppert, Sid Lucero, and Angel Aquino, among others. The said film fest will take place in Germany from February 9 to 19, 2012.
The Berlin International Film Festival has just announced the first five films lined up for the Competition and five more for the Berlinale Special.

Update: The Berlinale's also announced that the members of the International Jury, presided over by Mike Leigh, will be Anton Corbijn, Asghar Farhadi, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jake Gyllenhaal, François Ozon, Boualem Sansal and Barbara Sukowa.

Can you imagine yourself being on the top 24, but the thing is only 1 will survive. Will you strive, fight and survive just to live? The Hunger Game is an epitome of hope and survival. In this movie Jennifer Lawrence shows us her enigmatic and chameleon side of being an actress. Also starring Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hensworth, the movie will be released March 2012!

Will love survives? Or will the dream of surviving outwit?

"In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. 

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love."  Good Reads.com

Whoa, Julia Roberts! Once again, you made me so in-love with you. Are beating Charlize this time?



Well let's find it out..

December 1 2011, marks another milestone of beating the epidemic that is brought to us by HIV/AIDS. The whole world was celebrating it with a theme : “Getting to Zero.” Zero New HIV Infections.
Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS Related Deaths."


In Davao City which is now the 3rd of the most numbers of people who were infected of HIV/AIDS in the Philippines has organized a run for  a cause THE RUN FOR LIFE, this is for the benefit of people living with HIV/AIDS, co-founded by City Health office of Davao City, ALAGAD Mindanao, MAAA to make this event successful on December 4, 2011.

The proceeds on the said fun-run will be going to the health and welfare of the people living with HIV/AIDS. in Davao City alone, 187 people who were diagnosed of HIV. With this years' theme, the City Health of Davao is aiming to maintain of even reduced the numbers of people who might be at risk of this epidemic.

Through Peer Education, Public and Private workshops conducted on the whole city. Davao city aimed to empowered young adults, to be aware of protecting themselves through :