Sentro Rizal Toronto’s apecial screening of Dancing Manilenyos

Sentro Rizal Toronto’s apecial screening of Dancing Manilenyos

In celebration of Buwan ng Wika and to honor all frontline workers, the Consulate General
of the Philippines in Toronto is pleased to announce Sentro Rizal Toronto’s special screening of
Dancing Manilenyos via its official website and Facebook page. The digital platform is being
utilized to enable the continuous promotion of Philippine culture and arts overseas, while adapting
to the “new normal” brought about by the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Dancing Manilenyos is a multi-awarded film by Dr. Patrick Alcedo, Associate Professor in
the Department of Dance of the York University. The film won an Impact Doc Award, a
Spotlight Documentary Film Award, a Global Shorts Award of Merit, and a Hollywood
International Independent Documentary Award. It was also officially selected at three (3)
international film festivals as the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival in 2018, the
Ethnografilm in Paris France in 2019, and the Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase, also
in 2019.

The following are the details of the special screening of Dancing Manilenyos:

Date & Time: 15 August 2020 (Saturday), 8:00 pm

Replay on 30 August 2020 (Sunday), 8:00 pm

How to Access: www.philcongen-toronto.com or https://www.facebook.com/PHinToronto

Link to Trailer: https://vimeo.com/331559657/e56e1231e8

Synopsis: In Manila, a group of young Filipinos dreams of making it big in the ballet world.
Victor, who comes from a poor family, and Monica from a privileged background
are among them. In this city that is one of the world’s most populated, the
difference between those who have and those who have not is painfully extreme.
Amidst Manila’s disparate social class, ballet teacher Luther hopes to lift his
students out of poverty through artistic and life skills one learns from dancing.

Dr. Alcedo is the director, writer, and producer of six (6) documentary films. His other film A
Piece of Paradise won both “Centennial Best Canadian Film Award and the National Bank First
Feature Film Award, the first film in the festival to have garnered a back-to-back win. He was also
the Artistic Director of the Philippine Consulate General-Sentro Rizal Toronto’s dance production,
INDAK, that was presented to the Filipino Canadian community in June 2018.