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RALPH ELLIS LOPEZ - On the Lead Role
RALPH ELLIS LOPEZ as “Andrei“
After the success of BIAK NA BATO (Split Rock) where Ralph Ellis Lopez was introduced, here’s another project that will make this Bulakenyo Star shines even brighter.
He gained lots of commends and achieved good feedbacks with his acting ability shown in the movie Biak na Bato where he portrayed a role of a young forest ranger along with Alex Castro and John Christopher Cabudol. One of the favorite scenes testifies by the viewers highlights Ralph Ellis’ acting prowess where he was trying to save the little children from flashflood and the scene with MS. ALECK BOVICK (Remedios) where he was confessing that he failed to save the life of her only daughter Pot-Pot which turned very dramatic.
Ralph Ellis Lopez is one of Bulakenyos who just simply dream to be an actor someday. From an ordinary student of Bulacan State University, who loves acting in school and church theater plays, joining pageants & modelling came one day at the Hiyas ng Bulakan Convention Center to audition for the movie Biak na Bato that made him enter into a more seriously acting stint. Now, Ralph Ellis Lopez was given a breakthrough movie that will give him an opportunity to prove his acting skills, the environmental movie entitled: PALAWAN (In the Heart of Tagbanuas).
He will be portraying the role of a young environmentalist named Andrei - from a respected family of businessmen in Manila. He abondoned his family, the environmental group where he belongs (ECO) and his advocacies & principles and went into a strange island to forget the painful and shocking turn outs of an environmental enthsiast. He left everything in Manila and woke up one day in an enchanting island were he saw a different culture - the tribe of Tagbanuas and met a beautiful young native lady named Tala.
PALAWAN (In the Heart of Tagbanuas) is another inspiring tale of love and advocacy, saving the environment and the rich culture of Tagbanuas and the importance of their ancestral land. The movie will feature powerhouse cast and will be announce soon.
PALAWAN (In the Heart of Tagbanuas) is scheduled to shoot in Puerto Princesa City, Coron Island and Metro Manila this May 2009. Written & Directed by PAOLO BUERA. A production of Ang Aking Sining Productions.
PALAWAN (In The Heart of Tagabanuas)
From the writer and director of environmental movie: BIAK NA BATO (Split Rock), PAOLO BUERA - comes another inspiring digital movie about protecting the ancestral land, the natural resources and the cultures of Tagbanua Tribe. An enchanting journey of abandoning the principles & advocacy, discovering and be fond of natives from the countryside, finding genuine love in utterly bizarre way of life, defending the rights for ancestral land, preserving the natural resources and the triumph againts crook.
PALAWAN (In the Heart of Tagbanuas) is an eye-opener digital movie that will attest the importance of our Mother Nature, promotes tourism and preserving the rich cultural heritage.
This movie will feature RALPH ELLIS LOPEZ, a new actor that was introduced in the movie, Biak na Bato. On this movie, he will be portraying the lead character “Andrei” along with other star cast who will be announce soon. The movie also introduces new artist - NELGIELYN FAUNDO, a talented beautiful lady from Bulacan who caught the attention of the director during the filming of Biak na Bato were she played a bit role.
PALAWAN (In the Heart of Tagbunuas) will start filming this summer in the Island of Coron and Puerto Princesa City in Palawan and other locations in Manila.
'Biak-na-Bato" nag-premiere night
By Rommel Ramos
Mar 06, 2009
Mar 06, 2009
(Punto! Central Luzon)
MALOLOS CITY —Mas malawak na suporta ang inaasahang bubuhos sa kampanyang Save Biak-na-Bato matapos ang premier night ng pelikulang may kaparehong titulo.
Ang premier night ng pelikulang Biak-na-Bato na pinagbidahan ni Inez Veneracion ay isinagawa sa The Cabanas Cinema sa lungsod na ito noong Martes ng gabi.
Bilang pangunahing tauhan sa pelikula, ginampanan ni Veneracion ang papel ng isang environmentalist na ang ang asawa ay namatay sa minahan ng marmol sa Biak-na-Bato.
Ayon kay Paolo Buera, ang 27-anyos na direktor ng nasabing pelikula, ang shooting ng kabuuan ng pelikula ay isinagawa nila sa mga bayan ng San Miguel at Donya Remedios Trinidad sa lalawigan ng Bulacan noong nakaraang Setyembre.
“Its clearly a save Biak-na-Bato movie,” ani Buera na nagmula sa bayan ng San Miguel kung saan ay sinulat niya ang buong istorya o script ng pelikula dalawang taon na ang nakakaraan bilang tugon sa kampanya laban sa global warming.
Sinabi niya na ang pelikulang Biak-na-Bato ay hindi lamang nakatuon sa proteksyon ng kalikasang nasasakop ng national park, kundi maging sa kasaysayang naitala doon.
Batay sa kasaysayan, ang Biak-na-Bato ay pinagkutaan ng mga rebolusyunaryong Pilipino sa pamumuno ni Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo na lumaban sa mga Kastila bago matapos ang 1800.
Sa nasabi ring lugar nilagdaan nina Aguinaldo at mga opisyal na Kastila ang Pact-of Biak-na-Bato matapos mabuo ng mga rebolusyunaryo ang kauna-unahang Konstitusyon sa bansa.
“Hopefully, the movie will open the minds of people to protect, conserve, preserve and develop Biak-Na-Bato,” ani Buera na nagpahayag ng pagka-alarma sa walang habas na pagmimina ng marmol doon.
Gayundin ang sinabi ni Konsehal Gemma Sevilla Alcantara, ang nag-iisang halal na opisyal ng San Miguel na nakarating sa premier night.
“Nakakabahala na ang pagminina ng marmol sa Biak-na-Bato,” ani ng konsehal na nagsabi pa na iyon ay dating bahagi ng San Miguel bago itatag ang bayan ng Donya Remedios Trinidad noong dekada 70 na inukit sa mga bayan ng San Miguel, Angat at Norzagaray.
Ang premier night ay dinaluhan din ng mga residente ng San Miguel, mga opisyal at mag-aaral ng Bulacan State University (BulSU), kung saan ilan sa mga gumanap ay estudyante ng nasabing pamantasan tulad nina Kristine Nieto at Ralph Ellis Lopez.
Bukod sa dalawa, gumanap din sa nasabing pelikula ang mga Bulakenyong sina Austin Alcantara, Anton Gomez, at Alex Castro na isang konsehal ng bayan ng Marilao.
Ang pelikulang Biak-na-Bato ay ang unang pelikulang idinerihe ni Buera na nagpaplanong gumawa rin ng pelikula hinggil sa Palawan sa taong ito.
Bilang kasapi ng Greenpeace Foundation, sinabi ni Buera na naibigan niya ang tema ng pangangalaga sa kalikasan upang mabuksan ang kaisipan ng marami hinggil dito.
Nagpahayag din siya ng pag-asa na ang mga independent film na katulad ng Biak-na-Bato ay magiging katanggap-tanggap sa mga manonood.
Indie film Biak-Na-Bato premiers in Bulacan
Updated March 05, 2009 05:13 PM
MALOLOS CITY, Philippines -- The call to save Biak-Na-Bato, a national park in northern Bulacan, gained support with the premier of an independent film of same title at the Cabanas Cinema here Tuesday night.
Shot largely in the towns of San Miguel and Donya Remedios Trinidad in northern Bulacan, the film Biak-Na-Bato tells the tale of an environmentalist played by Inez Veneracion, whose husband in the film died in a mining site.
“It’s clearly a save Biak-Na-Bato movie,” said Paolo Buera, the 27-year old director who hails from San Miguel town where he started writing the script two years ago amid calls to stop the impact of global warming.
Buera explained that to save Biak-Na-Bato, one must not only focus on the environment, but on the historical heritage of the province and of the nation.
He said that at the end of the 1800, Biak-Na-Bato served as the fortress of Filipino revolutionaries led by then General Emilio Aguinaldo against colonial Spain. It was the site where the Pact of Biak-Na-Bato was signed by Aguinaldo and Spanish colonial officials after the revolutionaries drafted the first constitution of the country.
“Hopefully, the movie will open the minds of people to protect, conserve, preserve and develop Biak-Na-Bato,” Buera said, noting that marble mining operations within the national park has been rampant for years.
This was echoed by Councilor Gemma Sevilla Alcantara, the lone elected public official from San Miguel town who made it to the movie premier.
“Nakakabahala na ang pagminina ng marmol sa Biak-Na-Bato (The extensive marble mining at Biak-Na-Bato is now alarming),” she said, noting that Biak-Na-Bato used to be a part of San Miguel town until the creation of Donya Remedios Trinidad town in 1976 that was carved out of the towns of San Miguel, Angat and Norzagaray.
The movie premier was also attended by instructors and students of the Bulacan State University (BulSU) here where some of the actors and actresses like Kristine Nieto and Ralph Ellis Lopez came from.
Both Nieto and Lopez are sophomore students of the BulSU Institute of Arts and Letters, taking up Mass Communications major in broadcasting.
In the movie, Nieto plays the role of a student of Inez Veneracion who joined protests for environment protection, while Lopez takes the role of a young forest ranger.
“Masaya kami at excited sa movie na ito (We are happy and excited with this movie),” said Lopez.
Biak-Na-Bato is the first independent film directed by Buera, who plans to shoot another movie about Palawan within the year. As a member of the Greenpeace Foundation, he said that he chose plots that deal on environment protection to open the minds of people.
Buera also expressed confidence that independent films that tackle environmental themes will make it to the mainstream. He, however, admitted that they continue to struggle on a shoestring budget.
The film remains to be rated by the Movie Television Review and Classification Board, but Buera hopes it will get a general patronage rating and will be shown in theaters nationwide.
RALPH ELLIS LOPEZ, The New Bulakeño Star
RALPH ELLIS LOPEZ as “Eman“
Ralph or Rael was a proud Bulakeño to be introduced in this environmental film as one of the forest rangers “Eman” along with the lead actor Alex Castro and newbie John Christoper Cabudol. He is 17 years old raised and born in Malolos City, Bulacan. He passed the auditions held at Hiyas ng Bulakan Convention Center in Malolos were he showed his acting skills.
Ralph Ellis Lopez is one of the most promising Bulakeños with his sweet and calm attitude, first rate talent, mesmerizing eyes, star quality and X-factor, surely he will make it to the top.
So watch out for this newbie and potential star, RALPH ELLIS LOPEZ in this upcoming environmental indie film: BIAK NA BATO (Split Rock).
Biak Na Bato
A nature destroyed by man...
a widow environmentalist
a young man…
An inspiring tale of conserving the environment
An inspiring tale of conserving the environment
and the love that sudden comes her way…
BIAK NA BATO (Split Rock) is a heart warming and inspiring story of a heroic return of NIEVES, to face the pain of stunted love and gloomy incident eighteen years ago and determined to battle against a prominent and very influential mining operator in Biak na Bato. Her mission is to instigate & encourage people to join in her crusade to save Biak na Bato, aiming to give awareness to the community on the importance of Mother Nature and how mining activities have led to the desecration of a historical shrine.
An environmental digital film based on the true story of saving the precious piece of our cultural and historical heritage, test of determination, advocacy, perseverance, wrath, vengeance, patriotic and victory.
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