Kontra-Agos

A Resistance Films Festival

Robinson's Galleria, IndieSine
Quezon City, The Philppines
December 5-11, 2007

Ang Bayan Kong Payapa

This is the state of our nation cycle.

About the Director

Elvert de la Cruz Ba�ares is a filmmaker, curator and visual artist who has been making what he calls his "little films" for the past 15 years and has, by far, independently produced 43 short films using a variety of formats. A very underground filmmaker working outside mainstream and even indie industries, Elvert's films have been screened in underground and international film festivals in the United States, Australia, China, Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Canada.

He has curated first time Filipino programs for the 'Queerfest: Vancouver Gay & Lesbian Film Festival' and the 'Antimatter Underground Film & Video Festival' in Victoria, Canada. Twice he was sent as Philippine delegate to first time Filipino Film Festivals in Beijing and Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

Elvert has been festival director and film programmer of 'eKsperim[E]nto Festival of Film, Video & New Media'; 'Chinese Film Festival'; 'The NCCA Film Club'; and the 'ASEAN Film Festival' (at the Podium).

His awards include the Gold Medal for Excellence in Scriptwriting for Radio, TV & Film awarded by the Media Arts Foundation; the 2nd Prize for 1987 Annual Art Association of the Philippines (AAP); and three (3) Gawad CCP for Independent Film & Video.

He has just finished (producing and directing) the latest music video for international artist, Swan Dive, and is currently finishing his full-length films, "Alipo-op Sa Animo" (Fog In The Consciousness) and "The Atomika Settlement: Devastation Canvas 5".

Elvert has been schooled at the Sta. Maria Catholic School (now, Ateneo de Iloilo), West Visayas State University, Institute for Arts & Cultural Management and the Asian Institute of Management (AIM). An Ilonggo by heart, he is currently based in Manila, Philippines.