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SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 • [email protected] • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741 Aspire Katara inside Hospitality, The COMMUNITY • Qtel volunteers Torch Doha win get closer to the 62 medals at community for Eid Diyafa 2012 P | 4 P | 10 PROFILE • Connecting cultures and companies P | 5 Health • Tips from the expert. The truth about back pain. P | 7 MOVIE • The Master: Brilliant, mysterious and unbearably sad P | 8-9 BOOKS MADE IN • Xiaofang portrays dark underbelly of Chinese politics QATAR P | 11 Entirely shot in Qatar, Angel in June is the first film about Overseas Filipino PLUS... Workers (OFWs) in Qatar made by • Comics, Word Puzzles, OFWs themselves, most of whom were Crosswords, Hyper new to filmmaking. Sudoku, Kakuro, TV listings and more P | 2 P |13-15 2 PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 COVER STORY ANGEL IN JUNE BY RAYNALD C RIVERA Film Festival. “Being selected for the DTFF the wo weeks ahead of the opening second time is a real honour for me. I of the fourth Doha Tribeca think it greatly boosts my confidence as Film Festival (DTFF), the well in my film career as it proves that Tfestival fever permeates my skills are moving forward,” said across the country with posters adver- Pacle whose film ‘I Love You Ma’am’ tising the upcoming annual event dot- was nominated at last year’s DTFF ting the city streets hailing everyone Made in Qatar section. to ‘Be Part of the Story’. On what sets Angel of June apart In what promises to be a longer and from other nominees in the category, bigger festival with three more days he said: “I haven’t seen most of the added and 30 more films to be screened other contenders yet, but based on compared to last year, this year’s festi- Director Jan their synopses, I think what makes this val is even made special as locally made Xavier Pacle film unique is its genre. It doesn’t deal films take the spotlight in the Made in with social nor political issues rather Qatar section launched last year. who had previous experience in film- young girl, “who she was and what she this film shows the trials of a real fam- In just a short span of time Made in making. Martinez had spent four had done.” ily and the journey of their child as she Qatar has seen meteoric rise with 19 decades in Philippine television and “Her idea of charity and generosity tries to shine amidst a sea of faces.” contenders for the award picked out movies both as an actor and director was just way beyond her years. In fact, Having been entirely shot in Qatar, from 70 submissions. While most of and currently heads the Film Academy we had to cut some parts of the film the film is expected to connect well to the nominees are short films, three of the Philippines. because they seemed too unrealistic the Doha audience as it projects on big of them are feature films. The Made Manila-based Martinez who had even though they really happened in screen breathtaking locales common- in Qatar category is seen an effective such belief in the project flew to Qatar real life.” place to people living here but extraor- way to nurture Qatar-based talents to get involved in the film providing Joyce Sison, a student of Philippine dinary to those unfamiliar with the and at the same time bring the festi- invaluable input and sharing his acting School Doha who plays Angel in the film, country’s booming landscape. val closer to the people of Qatar and talent as well. was once Angel’s schoolmate. The film “We have filmed both in the city and one film that does just that is ‘Angel “I met Leo Martinez through one of also stars Israel Gonzales Malabanan, the desert. Let’s just say if you don’t in June’, one of the three feature our producers Divina Cuasay. He exec- Stacey Ann Canicosa, Sarakiel know Qatar well enough, you wouldn’t films, by young Filipino filmmaker utive produced the film and as a vet- Tandingan, Pilar Grace Cruz-Malabanan, think it was shot in Qatar.” Jan Xavier Pacle. eran in the film industry, he taught the David Drew Ayson and Leo Martinez. Originally the plan was to create Entirely shot in Qatar, ‘Angel in whole cast and crew about filmmaking, The film was also created in an effort a film specifically for the DTFF, said June’ takes pride as the first film about even conducting private workshops for to raise cancer awareness in Doha Pacle, but with the excellent quality of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the cast. Until now, he’s helping in the and beyond, according to the director the film, the producers now want to go Qatar made by OFWs themselves, most release of the film in the Philippines.” who is no newcomer to festivals hav- further eyeing cinemas both in Qatar of whom were new to filmmaking. ‘Angel in June’ traces the true story ing joined DTFF for the second time and the Philippines to share the story “This film does not only tell about of a young charitable girl whose family and whose film ‘Finding Faith’ was to a wider audience. the Filipino community here but was was devastated by her untimely demise screened at the Cannes International The Peninsula made by them as well. Around 97 per- due to leukemia. Angel, whose parents cent of the cast and crew were first were both working in Qatar, was an timers in filmmaking,” relates Pacle. achiever studying in Doha when she It was heartwarming how the entire died of leukemia in 2007 at the age of Filipino community had become united 13, just days after having been diag- lending a hand to make the film pos- nosed with the deadly disease. sible, from students to accountants to The story was originally planned to CCTV technicians to seamstresses. be made into a short film, “but having “The boom mic operator was actu- heard the story from Angel’s real par- ally a backhoe operator, the grips were ents, I thought that a short film would physiotherapists…They all volunteered not do justice to Angel’s life story. So not only for experience but because we started producing it as a feature they all have the heart for film.” early this year.” It was only Pacle, the gaffer and vet- The director admits he was very eran actor-filmmaker Leo Martinez much inspired by the story of the CAMPUS PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 3 Qatar Academy, Access-It to host international library conference atar Academy, in cooperation with explains. “These strands will direct the conference Access-It Library, a library and resource sessions and seek to provide opportunities for Qmanagement software provider, will host participants to attend presentations that would the 41st Annual Conference of the International best meet their unique needs. For instance, ses- Association of School Librarianship from sions in the Collaboration strand will address the November 11-15. development of professional learning networks This year’s conference is the first time that the for educators and administrators. Similarly, the international association is holding its gathering Internationalism strand will challenge the par- Students and officials at the in the Gulf region, bringing together librarians ticipants to define and consider their role in the tree planting ceremony. and educators from over forty countries who will global education landscape”. Nine international converge in the Hamad Bin Khalifa University authors and four keynote speakers are slated to Student Center right in the heart of the bustling speak at the conference, sharing their expertise Education City. throughout the five-day event. Included in the line- According to Beverley Stubbs, Head of Libraries up are New York Times bestselling author Laurie MES launches tree and Media Center at QA, this year’s theme reflects Halse Anderson, illustrators Korky Paul and Bryn not only the host country’s cultural attributes but Barnard, Charles Benoit who writes for the reluc- the ever changing role of librarians as well. tant teenage male reader, children’s author Chris plantation campaign “The theme is ‘The Shifting Sands of School Bradford, freelance news reporter Rosie Garthwaite Librarianship’ with four conference strands: and Fatima Sharafeddine, Nadine Touma and Rania ES Indian School International wing Collaboration, Internationalism, Creativity & Zaghir who are multi-award winning authors writ- conducted a tree plantation campaign to Innovation and Literacies & Fluencies,” Stubbs ing in Arabic. The Peninsula spread awareness among students for a Mbetter and cleaner environment, as a part of the school curriculum Sewa (Social Empowerment Eid greeting card design contest at Shantiniketan Indian School through work and Education) under the aegis of the United Nations Environment programme “Million Tree Plantation”. Sulaiman Salghi, CEO, Bank Sarasin, Apen, the chief guest of the day, stressed the importance of a corporate culture built in green environment. “A green and a clean environment should be the motto of every student” remarked A P Sasidharan, Principal, while addressing the gathering. G Rajkumar, Vice Principal, CBSE-I, emphasised the importance of inculcating the values of interdependence among the people. After the tree plantation ceremony a for- mal function was held in the CBSE-I auditorium were student representatives from different classes spoke on the importance of environment. The students car- ried flags of different international organizations as a symbol to spread awareness. A song on environment was presented by the students of various classes. Fadwa B Kawab, Executive Manager, Sanjay Bhatia, Managing Director, Bank Sarasin, Apen, Vice The winners of the Eid greeting card design contest with Principal Muhammed Ismail and Purna Principals & Head of Sections, Head of Academic Pathak, co-ordinator, at the Shantiniketan Indian School.

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