131-702: The University of the Philippines Film Institute , also known as the UP Film Institute or UPFI , is a film school located in Quezon City , Philippines . It is attached to the UP College of Mass Communication and engages in theater and extension services, academics, and research related to cinema. The UPFI offers degree programs in the bachelor's and master's level. Officially established in March 2003 through
262-507: A cerebral haemorrhage in St. Görans Sjukhus in Stockholm, leaving behind his wife of 37 years and three children. Shortly after his death, a Swedish appeal court upheld a ruling that Swedish television broadcaster TV4 had damaged his and fellow director Claes Eriksson 's "artistic integrity" by inserting commercial breaks into broadcasts of their films without their consent. He had been awarded
393-479: A farce about a young married couple who believe they will die if they have sex, but most of his later films were less successful. His 1974 film A Handful of Love won the awards for Best Film and Best Director at the 10th Guldbagge Awards . He directed his last film in 1995, a biography of Alfred Nobel , inventor, industrialist, and founder of the Nobel Prizes, entitled Alfred . He died at age 81 from
524-489: A tropical monsoon climate (Am). The city has a dry season from December to April, in which in turn, divided into cool and warm dry seasons, and a prolonged wet season from May to November that brings heavy rains in some areas. The primary weather station of the city is located at the PAGASA Science Garden. It has been observed that extreme temperatures ranged from a record high of 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) to
655-661: A 4,000-square-meter building complex that shares the same name as the academic entity that preceded it, the UP Film Center (UPFC). Nowadays, the UPFI Film Center is generally used to refer to the physical venue rather than the disestablished entity. The building complex is recognizable by its predominantly red brick façade and consists of three facilities: the Cine Adarna and its extensions, the Ishmael Bernal Gallery and
786-806: A Certificate in Cinematic Arts and Technology, a program conceptualized by the UPFC and authorized by the BOR as early as 1979. Before the introduction of a film degree in the UP Institute of Mass Communication, the UPFC pioneered in film training through international exchanges. It opened lectures and workshops that gave students the opportunity to train under invited luminaries of the time, such as Vilgot Sjöman , Werner Schroeter , Peter Kern, Kōhei Oguri , Christopher Giercke, Don Pennebaker , Wolfgang Längsfeld, Dan Wolman , Alexander Walker , and Tadao Sato among others. One of
917-587: A congressman in the House of Representatives . Each congressional district has six City Councilors. The number of barangays per district is: District I, 37; District II, 5; District III, 37; District IV, 38; District V, 14; and District VI, 11; Although District II has the fewest barangays, it is the biggest in land area, including the Novaliches Reservoir. According to the Köppen climate classification , Quezon City has
1048-464: A degree-granting unit, the UP Film Institute trains and instructs its students in the practice and scholarship of cinema, culminating into individual production- or study-based theses. The coursework for the undergraduate level is designed to encompass all aspects of cinema while the postgraduate level is focused on the study and praxis of cinema with an emphasis on globalization and new media. Among
1179-622: A few months, expelling Imperial Japanese forces. Heavy fighting occurred in Novaliches , which at that time was within Caloocan, and New Manila which had been fortified. Smaller actions were fought at Barrio Talipapa and the University District. On July 17, 1948, President Elpidio Quirino signed Republic Act No. 333 into law, making Quezon City the capital of the Philippines . The Act created
1310-502: A grand master plan for the new capital. The plan was approved by the Philippine authorities in 1941. The core of the new city was to be a 400-hectare (990-acre) Central Park, about the size of New York's Central Park , and defined by the North , South (Timog) , East and West Avenues . On one corner of the proposed Diliman Quadrangle was delineated a 25-hectare (62-acre) elliptical site,
1441-442: A notice of violation by mail. This notice of violation is expected to be delivered within 14 days for city residents while non-residents are expected to receive their notices beyond the regular 14 days. Any traffic violations registered in the system can be checked from a dedicated website and its fines can be paid online. However, the policy has been criticized by motorists due to several intersections that have unclear directives on
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#17329175573761572-534: A prominent Filipino author, was said to be influential in Quezon's vision to establish a new city. Quezon dreamed of a city where the common people could live and thrive. Roces suggested that a sizeable tract of land be purchased for this purpose. However, the government had no available fund except for ₱ 3 million in the hands of the National Development Company (NDC). In order to make Quezon's dream
1703-576: A reality and to mobilize funds for the land purchase, the People's Homesite Corporation (PHC) was created on October 14, 1938, as a subsidiary of NDC, with an initial capital of ₱ 2 million . Roces was the chairman of the Board of PHC, and they immediately acquired the vast Diliman Estate of the Tuason family at a cost of 5 centavos per square meter. PHC conducted topographical and subdivision surveys, and then subdivided
1834-402: A record low of 14.9 °C (58.8 °F). The hot season was observed for 1.5 months, from April to May, with an average daily high temperature of 32.8 °C (91.0 °F). Meanwhile, the cool season lasts for 2.6 months, from November to February, with an average temperature of below 30.5 °C (86.9 °F). About 20 typhoons enter the Philippines every year, affecting Quezon City and
1965-841: A resolution by the UP Board of Regents, the UPFI formally unifies two previously separate constituents of the University of the Philippines Diliman : the UP Film Center and the Department of Film and Audio-Visual Communication of the College of Mass Communication. It primarily operates within two venues: the UPFI Media Center where majority of film classes are held, and the UPFI Film Center where exhibitions and theatrical screenings are mainly shown. To date,
2096-439: A scene in which a girl is raped, off-screen, by a dog. His fourth film, My Sister My Love ( Syskonbädd 1782 ), from 1966, again starred Bibi Andersson and is based on 'Tis Pity She's a Whore , a 17th-century play by John Ford about incest between twins, a brother and sister. His most well-known film, I Am Curious (Yellow) , was a political film that examined Swedish society from a critical, leftist viewpoint, portraying
2227-569: A separate regional unit of government. A year later, on June 24, 1976, Manila was reinstated by President Marcos as the capital of the Philippines for its historical significance as the seat of government since the Spanish Period. Presidential Decree No. 940 states that Manila has always been to the Filipino people and in the eyes of the world, the premier city of the Philippines being the center of trade, commerce, education and culture. Concurrent with
2358-682: A series of popular demonstrations and civil resistance against the Marcos government that occurred between February 22 and 25, 1986. All of the three major monuments commemorating the Martial Law era are located in Quezon City. The People Power Monument and the EDSA Shrine were built in the city to commemorate the event, with the latter being a symbol of the role that the Catholic Church played in
2489-568: A single issue. This was followed by a second volume with two issues (March to August 2000 and September 2000 to February 2001), and a third with a single issue (March to August 2001). Since then, no further volumes were published for an extended period of time due to lack of funding. In 2019, the Pelikula journal was revived by the UP Film Institute, led by Associate Professor Patrick F. Campos, as part of its commemorative event celebrating Philippine cinema's hundredth-year existence. On December 18, 2020,
2620-532: A total length of almost 200 km (120 mi). The city has an area of 161.11 km (62.20 sq mi), according to the 1995 GIS graphical plot, making it the largest Local Government Unit (LGU) in Metro Manila in terms of land area. Since its creation in 1939, the city's boundary were revised four times; the final revision was made thru Republic Act No. 1575, which placed the city's territory at 151.06 square kilometers (58.32 sq mi). Meanwhile,
2751-565: A young woman in love with two men, one older and the other younger. For her role, Andersson won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival . He assisted Ingmar Bergman with his 1963 film, Winter Light ("Nattvardsgästerna"). Sjöman's second film, 491 , from 1964, is based on a novel by Lars Görling and deals with the issues of homosexuality and juvenile delinquency ; it includes
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#17329175573762882-609: A young working-class sociology student, played by Lena Nyman , interviewing people about social classes in Sweden. Filmed in a knowing cinéma vérité style, she asks, "Do we have a class system in Sweden?" and receives the reply, "It depends on the people. Undress them, and they're all the same; dress them, and you have a class system." The film also shows the protagonist's affair with a young man, played by Börje Ahlstedt , and sparked controversy both in Sweden and abroad because of its nudity and realistic scenes of sexual intercourse between
3013-626: Is beyond the reach of naval guns. Quezon contacted William E. Parsons , an American architect and planner, who had been the consulting architect for the islands early in the American colonial period. Parsons came over in the summer of 1939 and helped select the Diliman (Tuason) estate as the site for the new city. Unfortunately, he died later that year, leaving his partner Harry Frost to take over. Frost collaborated with Juan Arellano , engineer A.D. Williams, and landscape architect and planner Louis Croft to craft
3144-461: Is bounded by Rodriguez and San Jose del Monte to the north, Marikina and San Mateo to the east, Pasig to the southeast, Mandaluyong and San Juan to the south, Manila to the southwest, and Caloocan and Valenzuela to the west and northwest. The city lies on the Guadalupe Plateau, a relatively high plateau at the northeast of the metropolis situated between the lowlands of Manila to
3275-405: Is in "increasing professionalization in Philippine film practice and upgrading local film scholarship." Aside from degree programs, the UP Film Institute also regularly holds workshops and seminars on various cinema-related topics for students and non-academics alike. Prior to the merger with the Department of Film and Audio-Visual Communication, the UP Film Center had an appointed director since it
3406-714: Is now E. de los Santos Avenue. In 1945, the City of Greater Manila was dissolved by President Sergio Osmeña , thus separating the cities and towns that were consolidated and regaining their pre-war status. The area which formed the city was then governed by the Philippine Executive Commission . In the same year, combined Filipino and American troops under the United States Army , Philippine Commonwealth Army , and Philippine Constabulary , with help from recognized guerrilla units, liberated and recaptured Quezon City in
3537-692: The Bahay Kubo and the Bahay na bato . Most of the government buildings and structures built during the time of Marcos were associated with the " edifice complex " of the Marcoses. In 1938, President Manuel L. Quezon made a decision to push for a new capital city. Manila was getting crowded, and his military advisors reportedly told him that Manila, being by the bay, was an easy target for bombing by naval guns in case of attack. The new city will be located at least 15 km (9 mi) away from Manila Bay , which
3668-457: The 1969 balance of payments crisis , students from Quezon City-based universities, notably the University of the Philippines Diliman and Ateneo de Manila University were among the first to call for change, ranging from moderate policy reforms to radical changes in form of government. Students from these Quezon City schools, representing a spectrum of positions, were thus at the front lines of
3799-490: The 2010 local elections , actor Herbert "Bistek" Bautista , who served as Vice mayor during Belmonte's term, was elected as the city mayor. During his term, the Quezon City Pride Council was established. It was the first LGBT council in the Philippines. He also initiated numerous socialized housing projects called "Bistekville". Bautista was succeeded by Maria Josefina "Joy" Belmonte in 2019, who has served as
3930-578: The Batasang Pambansa Complex , the seat of House of Representatives of the Philippines , call the city home. Quezon City is a planned city . It covers a total area of 161.11 square kilometers (62.20 sq mi), making it the largest city in Metro Manila in terms of land area. It is politically subdivided into Six Congressional Districts , which represent the city in the Lower House of
4061-559: The COVID-19 pandemic , the Media Center can be seen to be frequented by visitors who come to the place for film auditions, most of which are mounted by students for their productions. On February 26, 2019, the Media Center served as one of the casting locations for Fan Girl , a romance-thriller film directed by Antoinette Jadaone . The UPFI Film Center or simply known as the Film Center is
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4192-519: The City of Greater Manila , with Jorge B. Vargas as its designated mayor. It merged the city with Manila and the towns of Caloocan , Makati , Mandaluyong , Parañaque , Pasay , and San Juan . The mayors of these towns and cities served as the assistant mayor of their respective localities and were under the mayor of Greater Manila. The City of Greater Manila was the basis for the formation of Metro Manila in 1975. After Imperial Japanese forces conquered
4323-531: The City of Quezon and Q.C. (read and pronounced in Filipino as Kyusi ), is the most populous city in the Philippines . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was founded on October 12, 1939, and was named after Manuel L. Quezon , the second president of the Philippines . The city was intended to be the national capital of the Philippines that would replace Manila , as
4454-718: The Congress of the Philippines . The city has 142 barangays under the City Government. National government departments and agencies are mostly situated in the first National Government Center (NGC) in Diliman. and the second National Government Center in Batasan Hills , where the Lower House of the Philippine Congress is located. Most of the city's northern part lies at the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountain range , including
4585-635: The De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde . The Ishmael Bernal Gallery is an 80-square-meter alternative space primarily used for art exhibits and installations , cocktails, receptions, and workshops. Named in honor of the late Filipino filmmaker and National Artist Ishmael Bernal , the Gallery houses a collection of film-related paraphernalia such as antiquated film and animation equipment and has been home to objects such as Bernal's National Artist medallion, archival posters, and photographs. Located on
4716-671: The Goethe-Institut . Initially held in September 1984, the "lively response" encouraged subsequent Germany -sponsored film programs to be arranged, with the latter ones taking place at the Mowelfund Film Institute in the late 1900s. The early 1980s also saw the Film Center organize the Manila Short Film Festival led by Nick Deocampo , an exhibition and later competition for original short films. The first edition of
4847-544: The La Mesa Watershed Reservation , the largest watershed in Metro Manila and a designated protected area . According to its 2023 estimated census, Quezon City had 3.1 million people in its boundaries, and 93.8 billion dollars in its GDP, and it is the only planned city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Before the creation of Quezon City, the land on where it would eventually rise
4978-728: The Philippine Statistics Authority placed the city's land area at 171.71 square kilometers (66.30 sq mi), based on data provided by the Land Management Bureau. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology and Geoscience Australia on their study earthquake impact and risk assessment on the Greater Metropolitan Manila Area, the total area of Quezon City is at 165.33 km (64 sq mi). Quezon City
5109-705: The University of the Philippines Diliman campus. Going from one building to the other would take one along establishments such as the Plaridel Hall, the Abelardo Hall, the University Theater, the UP Carillon Tower, and the Washington SyCip Garden of Native Trees. The two Centers are around a five-minute walk away from each other. The UPFI Media Center is a two-story building complex situated beside
5240-522: The avant garde style of the French New Wave . He is best known as the director of the films 491 (1964), I Am Curious (Yellow) (in Swedish , "Jag är nyfiken – gul") (1967), and I Am Curious (Blue) ("Jag är nyfiken – blå") (1968), which stretched the boundaries of acceptability of what could then be shown on film, deliberately treating their subjects in a provocative and explicit manner. Sjöman
5371-500: The seat of government . The city was also chosen as the regional center of Southern Tagalog , which was created in 1965, along with the provinces of Quezon and Aurora , the birthplace of Manuel L. Quezon ; however, its status of regional center became ineffective when the region was divided into Calabarzon and Mimaropa , through the effect of Executive Order No. 103 in May 2002 under the presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , and Aurora
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5502-552: The 1995 GIS graphical plot, the city's total area is 161.11 km (62.20 sq mi), making it the largest Local Government Unit in Metro Manila in terms of land area. The turn of the decade from the 1960s to the 1970s brought an era of change and tumult throughout the Philippines, with many of the historically significant events of the era taking place in or involving people and groups from Quezon City. When Ferdinand Marcos ' economic policy of using foreign loans to fund government projects during his second term resulted in
5633-694: The AFP, who said in a report by CNN Philippines , "What's new is that they (CPP) are inciting students to rebel because of the issues on extrajudicial killings, that's why they have film showings." In a statement, the UPFI called on AFP to rectify BGen. Parlade's claims and deplored how the allegations not only undermined the UPFI's institutional standing but also "the very ideals of truth, justice, and honor." Quezon City Quezon City ( UK : / ˈ k eɪ z ɒ n / , US : / ˈ k eɪ s ɒ n , - s ɔː n , - s oʊ n / ; Filipino : Lungsod Quezon [luŋˈsod ˈkɛson] ), also known as
5764-603: The Arts, the late poet and playwright Virginia R. Moreno became its founding director and the UPFC assumed the role of giving "instruction, research, and community extension work in film as art." On January 1, 1983, the UPFC was officially attached to the UP Institute of Mass Communication (renamed into College of Mass Communication in 1988) upon recommendation by the Committee to Review Academic Programs to attach research and extension centers to appropriate degree-granting university units. In
5895-569: The BOR approved with finality its 1994 resolution to unify the UPFC and the DFAVC into one academic unit now recognized as the UP Film Institute. According to the merger proposal addressed to the BOR, the ACINETEC was rendered moot when Virginia Moreno requested on March 14, 2003, to have the UPFC's original autonomy restored under the university's Office of the President. The merger proposal indicates that one of
6026-416: The BOR reconsidered in its 1079th meeting the implementation of its decision regarding the merger "in view of a proposal to make a 'Film Academy' out of the Film Center." The academy was initially proposed by UPFC's Founding Director Virginia Moreno and was called the Academy of Cinematic Arts and Technology (ACINETEC). Consequently, the discussion on merging the UPFC and DFAVC was postponed indefinitely. From
6157-435: The CMC to discuss the formation of a UP Film Institute. However, further meetings were halted by President Javier on account of the BOR's pending appraisal of the ACINETEC. In January 1996, former Chancellor Roger Posadas put together a Transition Committee made up of former CMC Dean and UPFC Director Luis Teodoro, former DFAVC Chair Ellen Paglinauan, Professor Virginia Dandan of the College of Fine Arts, Professor Anthony Juan of
6288-463: The Capital City Planning Commission, which was tasked to develop and implement a masterplan for the city. As the capital, the city was expanded northwards, and the barrios of Baesa, Bagbag, Banlat, Kabuyao, Novaliches Proper ( Bayan / Poblacion ), Pasong Putik, Pasong Tamo, Pugad Lawin, San Bartolome, and Talipapa in Novaliches were ceded from Caloocan . This territorial change caused the division of Caloocan into two non-contiguous parts. Quezon City
6419-400: The College of Arts and Letters, and Vice-Chancellor Torres as the chairperson. The committee was assigned to furnish the merger implementing guidelines for presentation to the BOR. However, the guidelines were not deliberated by the BOR until seven years later. Meanwhile, the proposed ACINETEC was also left unassessed since it was last raised in 1994. On its 1169th meeting dated March 27, 2003,
6550-477: The Gallery's second floor is the Videotheque, a 55-square-meter theater with a seating capacity of 60 persons. Aside from film screenings, the Videotheque functions as a venue for lectures and forums. The UP Film Institute is one of two public institutions in the country, the other being the Cultural Center of the Philippines , whose cinemas are recognized as exempt from state censorship by virtue of their respective academic and cultural mandates. This has allowed
6681-501: The Land of Encantos , Imburnal , Aurora (2009), Sagwan , Strictly Confidential: Confessions of Men , and Bliss . On March 10, 2020, the UP Film Institute announced the indefinite postponement of all its film screenings and other forthcoming events in compliance with COVID-19 health protocols . No shows have since been held physically at the Cine Adarna nor in any of UPFI's facilities, with all affiliated events taking place in virtual channels instead. Two years later on May 21, 2022,
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#17329175573766812-414: The MTRCB's to decide on the film programming of the Institute since it is tied to its objectives of providing higher education and raising film literacy, academic matters over which the MTRCB "cannot in any official capacity be made to believe that they can exercise their monitoring function" [sic]. Professor Lambino also challenged the MTRCB's standards in deeming a film pornographic and invited scrutiny over
6943-666: The Marcos dictatorship was the 1974 Sacred Heart Novitiate raid , in which a Catholic seminary in Novaliches was raided on the suspicion that communist leaders were hiding there. The arrest of Fr. Benigno Mayo who was the head of the Jesuit order in the Philippines at the time, and Fr. Jose Blanco alongside 21 members of the youth group called Student Catholic Action (SCA), helped convince " the formerly neutral Philippine middle class " that Marcos' powers had grown too great. As international pressure forced Marcos to start restoring civil rights, other key moments in Philippine history took place in Quezon City. Journalist Joe Burgos established
7074-413: The National Assembly to enact UP's relocation and on June 8, 1939, Commonwealth Act No. 442 was passed, enacting the transfer of UP outside of Manila. A portion of Mariquina Estate, which was adjacent to Magdalena Estate, was chosen as the new site with an approximate area of 600 hectares. Additional land from the Diliman Estate was also added as part of the new university campus. With the development of
7205-453: The People's Homesite Corporation housing in the Diliman Estate and the creation of the new UP Campus, the creation of Quezon City was justified. On October 12, 1939, Commonwealth Act No. 502, also known as the Charter of Quezon City, was passed by the National Assembly, which created Quezon City. Surprisingly, Quezon allowed the bill to lapse into law because he did not sign it. The city was originally to be known as Balintawak City according to
7336-407: The Philippines during the Pacific War , the City of Greater Manila was reorganized in 1942 into twelve districts, two of which were formed by dividing Quezon City: Balintawak which consisted of San Francisco del Monte, Galas, La Loma, New Manila, Santa Mesa Estate, the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club , and the present-day Greenhills, San Juan ; and Diliman which was composed of Diliman proper, Cubao,
7467-420: The Plaridel Hall. It consists of classrooms, offices, laboratories, and a 210-square-meter film studio that generally functions as a teaching facility and production space. The studio hosts workshops and events occasionally and serves as an alternative venue to the UPFI Film Center. The broadcast station of DZUP , a campus radio station owned and operated by UP Diliman, is also located in the Media Center. Before
7598-480: The Quezon City-based WE Forum newspaper in 1977 and in it published a story by Colonel Bonifacio Gillego in November 1982 which discredited many of the Marcos medals . Media coverage of the September 1984 Welcome Rotonda protest dispersal showed how opposition figures including 80-year-old former Senator Lorenzo Tañada and 71-year old Manila Times founder Chino Roces were waterhosed despite their frailty and how student leader Fidel Nemenzo (later Chancellor of
7729-537: The San Francisco Del Monte Estate, 257.54 hectares (2.5754 km ). Quezon's goal was to create a place for the working class, coinciding with the planned transfer of the University of the Philippines campus in Manila to a more suitable location, which became another precedent for the creation of Quezon City. As early as 1928, the University of the Philippines (UP) had planned to expand by adding more academic units and constructing new buildings. The university experienced increase in enrollment and its planned expansion
7860-428: The UP Film Institute is the only academic institution in the Philippines that is a member of the International Association of Film and Television Schools . The origins of the UPFI can be traced back to the UP Film Society, a precursor to the academic entity known as the UP Film Center (UPFC). When the UP Film Society developed into the UPFC and became a distinct university unit in 1976 under the UP President's Council on
7991-453: The UP Film Institute's establishment, Pelikula was published by two non-profit organizations, namely the UP College of Mass Communication Foundation, Inc. and the Laurel-Rufino-Prieto Foundation, Inc. and was managed by the Department of Film and Audio-Visual Communication of the UP College of Mass Communication under the editorship of Nicanor G. Tiongson . Though slated to be semiannual, Pelikula 's first volume came out in September 1999 with
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#17329175573768122-572: The UPFC's case, the Institute of Mass Communication became its parent unit. The policy was approved by the UP Board of Regents (BOR) and aimed to encourage interaction and close collaboration between the involved constituents in terms of teaching, research, and extension activities. In September 1993, a triad committee was formed to review the status of the UPFC's attachment to the College of Mass Communication (CMC) which apparently had not been effected. Chaired by Professor Merlin Magallona and with Professor Angela Sarile and Professor Efren Abaya as members,
8253-424: The UPFI caught the attention of the tabloid press. On February 9, 2009, the UPFI became the subject of a piece that appeared in a local tabloid called Philippine Journal . Written by Mario E. Bautista, the column was entitled "UP NO PLACE FOR GAY PORNO" and opined that the UPFI is "fast getting the reputation of being a haven for pornographic films" due to the perceived prurience of the uncut films being shown there at
8384-431: The UPFI reopened the Cine Adarna, albeit to an outdoor screening of Pier Paolo Pasolini 's Accattone , in celebration of the Italian director's centennial. The special screening was helmed in partnership with the Embassy of Italy in the Philippines and was free and open to the public. It took place with limited seats at the portico of the Cine Adarna. In early 2009, a number of Filipino gay-oriented films being screened at
8515-414: The UPFI to exhibit films in their original, uncut versions which have otherwise been deemed unsuitable for public viewing by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) , a government agency serving as the de facto censorship body in the Philippines. Some of the MTRCB-sanctioned films that have been screened by the UPFI are The Last Temptation of Christ , Orapronobis , Death in
8646-411: The US for the next 23 years. Its title, and that of the 1968 sequel, I Am Curious (Blue) , refers to the yellow and blue colours of the flag of Sweden . It marked a turning point in attitudes to censorship of screen nudity, and was followed by films such as Midnight Cowboy and Last Tango in Paris . Sjöman returned to similar themes in later films. He directed Till Sex Do Us Part in 1971,
8777-410: The United States. After the US Supreme Court overturned the anti-obscenity ban on First Amendment grounds, the film was screened from March 1969 in US venues—one in New York City, and another one in New Jersey . Also screen in Oklahoma City Oklahoma March 1969. However, the controversy surrounding the film guaranteed it large audiences, and it became and remained the most successful foreign film in
8908-470: The University District, and the present-day eastern portion of Marikina. In the same year, the patients of Quezon Institute were relocated to the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Intramuros and the Japanese military used the facility for its own sick and wounded. The Japanese renamed some streets, most notably South Avenue which became Timog Avenue. In 1944, when the Americans returned to Luzon, they gave numerical designations to some roads such as Route 54, which
9039-474: The University of the Philippines Diliman) was shot nearly to death. Most significantly, the August 1983 funeral of assassinated opposition leader of Ninoy Aquino began at the Aquino family household in Times Street, West Triangle, Quezon City, and continued to the funeral mass at Santo Domingo Church in Santa Mesa Heights before the final interment at the Manila Memorial Park . The procession took from 9:00 AM until 9:00 PM to finish as two million people joined
9170-469: The Varan association had been to other parts of the world before it came to the UP Film Center, the Philippines was the first country it visited in Asia to conduct its courses. The UP Film Center was also the Cinéma Direct Workshop's first location, following a series of film programs that would later travel to other regions in the country. Another program during the 1980s was a seminar on the history of German experimental cinema organized in collaboration with
9301-443: The Vice Mayor under his term and the daughter of former Quezon City mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. She was then reelected as City Mayor in 2022, after which the Quezon City People's Council was established. Under the Participation, Accountability and Transparency Ordinance, the council would serve as an umbrella for about 2,232 civil society organizations accredited by the city government as a means for more civic participation and as for
9432-492: The Videotheque. Its construction began on April 24, 1976, and was finished by 1984. In 1990, former members of the UPFC came to occupy the building. The UPFI Film Center was designed by Honorato Paloma and has been described as an early example of postmodern architecture . The Cine Adarna is a 1,920-square-meter movie theater with a seating capacity of 800 persons. It comprises the bulk of the UPFI Film Center building complex and
9563-669: The area) because its residents were not Obreros (Workers). The Philippine Exposition in 1941 was held on the newly established Quezon City, but participants were limited to locals because of the increasing turbulence at the beginning of the Second World War. Eventually, parts of Manila were bombed by the Japanese Imperial Forces in December 1941, bringing the war to the Philippines. On January 1, 1942, President Quezon issued Executive Order No. 400 as an emergency measure to form
9694-646: The arthouse are Película , the Brazilian Film Festival, QCinema , the Japanese Film Festival (formerly known as Eigasai), the Iranian Film Festival , and DMZ Docs . The Cine Adarna also regularly screens festival winners and nominees, as well as classics, indies , retrospectives , student shorts , and documentaries among others. While primarily a cinema, other public or private academic and recreational events have also taken place inside
9825-417: The campus in the future. Marcos' declaration of martial law in September 1972 saw the immediate shutdown of all media not approved by Marcos, including Quezon City media outlets such as GMA Channel 7 and ABS-CBN Channel 2 . At the same time, it saw the arrest of many students, journalists, academics, and politicians who were considered political threats to Marcos, many of them residents of Quezon City. By
9956-472: The central districts of Binondo , Intramuros , Quiapo , San Nicolas and Tondo . There were also problems with sanitation and traffic congestion. The rise of slums in Manila gave rise to the development of its suburbs outside the city limits in the municipalities of Pasay , San Felipe Neri (renamed as Mandaluyong), San Francisco del Monte , Makati , and San Juan del Monte . These towns became favorable to
10087-580: The city was created in 1939, Art Deco was the prevailing architectural style, moving forward from the colonial designs of Bahay na bato by the Spanish, and the Neoclassical style by the Americans. The choice of designing buildings in contemporary international style was intentional to show that the Philippines was moving forward since it was anticipating independence in 1945. The Quezon Memorial Shrine , which
10218-651: The city's residents with more than 1,200 deaths. The quarantine was later downgraded to the alert level system (ALS) in 2021 until the state of public health emergency was lifted by President Bongbong Marcos on July 21, 2023. On July 1, 2022, the Quezon City government began fully implementing its No Contact Apprehension Policy on several major roads in the city. As a result, closed-circuit television cameras were installed on some intersections along Quirino Highway , E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue, Aurora Boulevard , West Avenue , East Avenue , Kamias Road, and P. Tuazon Boulevard. Motorists that violate traffic policies would be sent
10349-491: The committee was created by former UP President Emil Q. Javier in response to an inquiry by the late Senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani . In March 1994, the recommendation to unify the UPFC and the CMC's Department of Film and Audio-Visual Communication (DFAVC) was put forward by the committee. This was endorsed by President Javier to the BOR during its 1077th meeting on May 27, 1994, and was met with approval. On July 28 or two months later,
10480-420: The council to be the “eyes, ears and voice” of the city residents in the city government. Beginning March 15, 2020, Quezon City was placed under community quarantine , which were introduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country . The strictest quarantine was the enhanced community quarantine in 2020 and 2021, in response to the then-ongoing pandemic in the city , which has infected more than 100,000 of
10611-431: The creation of the City of Novaliches by carving out the 15 northernmost barangays of Quezon City. The voting process only includes the affected barangays, but then-city mayor of the town Ismael "Mel" Mathay Jr. lobbied to include the whole city. He also campaigned against the secession of Novaliches. In the succeeding plebiscite that was held on October 23, 1999, an overwhelming majority of Quezon City residents rejected
10742-551: The crowd. The experience galvanized many of the Philippines into resisting the dictatorship, with protests against Marcos snowballing until they happened nearly every week, and until Marcos was ousted by the People Power revolution . In terms of administrative changes during this period, the region of Metro Manila was created as an integrated unit with the enactment of Presidential Decree No. 824 on November 7, 1975. The region encompassed four cities and thirteen adjoining towns , as
10873-552: The district of San Francisco del Monte, which is not listed as a legislative district, was originally a pueblo owned by Franciscan missionary Fray Pedro Bautista . Additionally, the Diliman Quadrangle was planned to be the city center of Quezon City. The architecture in Quezon City features a wide variety of architectural styles, such as Art Deco , Brutalist , International Modern , Postmodern and Contemporary styles . The city also has numerous monuments and museums. When
11004-754: The early outcomes of these exchanges was the Cinéma Direct Workshop facilitated by French filmmakers Alain Martenot and Jean-Loïc Portron, former directors of the Paris -based association Ateliers Varan . Part of a diplomatic program funded by the Embassy of France , the workshop ran for two months beginning late April 1982 and provided intensive training in Super-8 filmmaking . Participants were lent filming equipment and tasked with creating their own individual films. Although
11135-690: The establishment of the new capital. Several barangays from different towns were carved out to correspond to the estates that PHC bought for the creation of Quezon City. The new city had an area of 7,355 hectares (73.55 km ), and the barrios and sitios that were taken for its creation were the following: Bagubantay (Bago Bantay), Balingasa , Balintauac (Balintawak), Kaingin, Kangkong, Loma (La Loma), Malamig, Matalahib, Masambong, San Isidro, San Jose, Santol and Tatalon , were taken from Caloocan ; Cubao, Diliman, Kamuning, New Manila, and San Francisco del Monte were taken from San Juan ; Balara, Barranca (Barangka), Jesus de la Peña, Krus na Ligas , Tañong and
11266-520: The fare was not affordable to minimum wage earners. Because of the city's unaffordable housing prices and lack of transportation for low-income earners, the goal of creating mass housing for the working class was not met. Instead, those who opted to live in Quezon City consisted of middle-class households such as those in Kamuning, whose residents petitioned to rename it from Barrio Obrero (Worker's Community) to Kamuning (a type of tree that grows abundantly in
11397-645: The festival was held in April 1981 in the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater and proceeded with further editions for several years before dissolving. The Manila Short Film Festival focused on independent and experimental works and has been credited for its role in helping establish the alternative movement in Philippine cinema. In 1984, the College of Mass Communication, formerly called Institute of Mass Communication (IMC), introduced Film and Audio-Visual Communication as one of its undergraduate program offerings, which became known as
11528-521: The first bill filed by Assemblyman Ramon P. Mitra Sr. from Mountain Province , but Assemblymen Narciso Ramos and Eugenio Perez , both from Pangasinan , amended and successfully lobbied the assembly to name the city after the President in honor of his role in the creation of this new city. The creation of Quezon City halted the full implementation of the Burnham Plan of Manila and funds were diverted for
11659-634: The first of its kind in the Philippines. Joel David , a graduate of journalism, enrolled in the program that same year and in 1986 became the first film baccalaureate holder in the country, after graduating as the sole film major in his class. Master's degree programs, on the other hand, were offered in the IMC as early as 1966, but it was not until 2002 that Film would be added as a new area of concentration under its MA Media Studies program alongside concentrations in Broadcast Communication and Journalism. As
11790-546: The focal point of the grand quadrangle. This was the planned location of a large Capitol Building to house the Philippine Legislature and ancillary structures for the offices of representatives. On either side of the giant ellipse were supposed to have been the new Malacañang Palace on North Avenue (site of the present-day Veterans Memorial Hospital ), and the Supreme Court Complex along East Avenue (now
11921-578: The four, the Filmmaker's Guild of UP (FGUP) is believed to be inactive. The organizations are associated with the College of Mass Communication and are academic-based, non-profit, and university-wide. The UP Film Institute publishes the journal Pelikula , officially named Pelikula: A Journal of Philippine Cinema and Moving Image . The journal "broadly covers national and regional perspectives on Philippine cinema and publishes academic articles, opinion pieces, reviews, interviews, and visual essays." Before
12052-401: The fourth and fifth volumes of Pelikula (2019 and 2020, respectively) were made publicly available for download through the journal's own website. They were the first two volumes to appear jointly since Pelikula was last published 18 years ago. The UP Film Institute's facilities consists of the UPFI Media Center and the UPFI Film Center, two separate buildings located in the northern area of
12183-532: The latter was suffering from overcrowding , lack of housing, poor sanitation, and traffic congestion . To create Quezon City, several barrios were carved out from the towns of Caloocan , Marikina , San Juan and Pasig , in addition to the eight vast estates the Philippine government purchased for this purpose. It was officially proclaimed the national capital on October 12, 1949, and several government departments and institutions moved out of Manila and settled into
12314-468: The lots and sold them to the target buyers at an affordable price. Its target users and beneficiaries were Manila's working class, who were suffering from a shortage of affordable and decent housing in the capital. The service of the Metropolitan Waterworks system was extended to site. The Bureau of Public Works, then under Secretary Vicente Fragante, constructed the streets and highways within
12445-470: The major protests of the first three months of 1970 – what would later be called the " First Quarter Storm ." A year later in 1971, this was followed up by the Diliman Commune , in which the students, faculty, and residents of UP Diliman initially planned to protest an impending oil price hike, but because of violent attempts to disperse them, also later demanded that Marcos' military pledge not to assault
12576-418: The merits of the formation of the UP Film Institute was that it affirmed university policy, in contrast to Moreno's proposal which called for the BOR to rescind its decision in 1982 on requiring independent centers to be attached to colleges. As a film school, the unrealized ACINETEC shared similarities to the formally established UP Film Institute; it sought in the past to establish a three-year course leading to
12707-573: The morning after Marcos' televised announcement of the proclamation, about 400 of these arrestees were gathered in Camp Crame on the southwestern reaches of Quezon City, destined to be among the first of thousands of political detainees under the Marcos dictatorship . Camp Crame would be the site of many of the human rights abuses of the Marcos dictatorship , with one of the first being the murder of student journalist Liliosa Hilao in Camp Crame. Among
12838-407: The new capital city. This necessitated the expansion of the city northward, carving out Novaliches from Caloocan which divided it into two non-contiguous parts. Several barrios were also taken from San Mateo and parts of Montalban . However, on June 24, 1976, Presidential Decree No. 940 was enacted, which reverted national capital status to Manila while the whole of Metro Manila was designated as
12969-427: The newly completed Quezon Memorial Shrine . It now houses the mausoleum where President Quezon and his wife Aurora Aragon Quezon are interred. It also contains a museum dedicated to President Quezon and his life. In 1986, the nonviolent People Power Revolution , led by Corazon Aquino and Cardinal Jaime Sin , ousted Marcos from power. Thousands of people flocked EDSA between Camp Crame and Camp Aguinaldo in
13100-543: The possibility of naval bombardment from Manila Bay . Unfortunately, he died in December 1939 and his partner Harry T. Frost took over and become the lead planner. Frost arrived in the Philippines on May 1, 1940, and became the architectural adviser of the Philippine Commonwealth government. Together with Juan M. Arellano , Alpheus D. Williams, and Welton Becket, they created the Master Plan for Quezon City which
13231-471: The postponement onwards, there were multiple attempts to lift the BOR's deferment on the case of the UPFC and DFAVC. On August 24, 1994, the CMC Executive Board sent a letter to the BOR stating its position in favor of the merger and against the proposed ACINETEC. On September 22, former Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs Amaryllis Torres assembled a meeting with faculty and staff from both the UPFC and
13362-459: The prominent academics that have taught in the Institute are Grace Javier Alfonso, Tilman Baumgärtel , Joel David , Nick Deocampo , Ingo Petzke , Arminda Santiago, Nicanor Tiongson , and Roland Tolentino. According to its mission, the UP Film Institute aims to produce graduates who would share in its goal of "contributing to the development of genuinely Filipino national cinema." Its current end
13493-505: The prominent cases of abuse suffered specifically by Quezon City residents were the cases of Primitivo Mijares and his sixteen-year-old son Boyet Mijares, who lived in Project 6 at the time of their deaths; and Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao social worker Purificacion Pedro who was murdered by a soldier at her hospital room in Bataan. One of the key moments that led to the eventual demise of
13624-546: The proper way to navigate them correctly. In particular, several motorists complained on social media after they were ticketed for turning "in the wrong lane" at the intersection of E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue and Gilmore Avenue , where the rightmost lane is cut in half by Quezon City's bike lane network. The geography of Quezon City is characterized by undulating terrain. The city is within the catchment area of five river systems – Marikina , Pasig , San Juan , Tullahan and Meycauayan – along with their creeks and tributaries with
13755-481: The property. Quezon also tapped Architect Juan M. Arellano to draft a design of the city. Eight vast estates were acquired in order to create Quezon City: Diliman Estate, 1,573.22 hectares (15.7322 km ), Santa Mesa Estate, 861.79 hectares (8.6179 km ), Mandaluyong Estate, 781.36 hectares (7.8136 km ), Magdalena Estate, 764.48 hectares (7.6448 km ), Piedad Estate, 743.84 hectares (7.4384 km ), Maysilo Estate, 266.73 hectares (2.6673 km ) and
13886-405: The reinstatement of Manila as the capital, Ferdinand Marcos designated his wife, Imelda Marcos , as the first governor of Metro Manila, who started the construction of massive government edifices with architectural significance as she re-branded Manila as the " City of Man ". On March 31, 1978, President Marcos ordered the transfer of the remains of President Quezon from Manila North Cemetery to
14017-430: The rest of Metro Manila . In recent years, heavy rainfalls from Habagat (south west monsoon) became as destructive as typhoons, triggering floods and landslides which endangers the city's residents living near the riverbanks. Quezon City is politically subdivided into six legislative districts . However, the city is also divided into non-legislative or informal districts based on its historical origins. For instance,
14148-451: The restoration of democracy in the Philippines. The Bantayog ng mga Bayani was constructed along Quezon Avenue to honor the heroes and martyrs that struggled under the 20-year Marcos regime. The Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog honors prominent figures during the martial law era. On February 23, 1998, Republic Act. No. 8535 was signed by President Fidel Ramos , which paved the way for
14279-424: The same time evoking the Filipino spirit." Each year, a diversity of films are lined-up and exhibited daily at the Cine Adarna, with some offering free admission. While most of the titles are local, the Cine Adarna is a lodestone for international film festivals and programs and showcases world cinema in cooperation with different embassies and cultural organizations. Some of the festivals that have had its leg at
14410-445: The secession of Novaliches. Mathay was succeeded by Feliciano Belmonte Jr. , who served as the city mayor from 2001 to 2010. On May 1, 2001, numerous residents of Barangay Holy Spirit who have been protesting against the arrest of former president Joseph Estrada marched from EDSA Shrine to Malacañang and participated in the May 1 riots against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo . In
14541-449: The site of East Avenue Medical Center ). The three branches of government were to be finally and efficiently located in close proximity to each other. Vilgot Sj%C3%B6man David Harald Vilgot Sjöman (2 December 1924 – 9 April 2006) was a Swedish writer and film director. His films deal with controversial issues of social class, morality , and sexual taboos , combining the emotionally tortured characters of Ingmar Bergman with
14672-425: The site of the new UP Campus were taken from Marikina ; and, the barrios and sitios of Libis, and Ogong (Ugong Norte) from Pasig . Commonwealth Act No. 659, enacted on June 21, 1941, changed the city's boundaries. Under this law, the area of Wack Wack Golf and Country Club were to be reverted to Mandaluyong , and the barrios of lower Barranca and Jesus de la Peña were reverted to Marikina . However, Camp Crame
14803-621: The social and artistic merits of the gay-oriented films being screened at the UPFI. On October 4, 2018, the UPFI released an official statement denouncing allegations by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that the University of the Philippines, among other schools, were recruiting students to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CCP) through screenings of films critical of martial law . The allegations came from BGen. Antonio Parlade Jr., Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of
14934-495: The southwest and the Marikina River Valley to the east. The highest elevation in Quezon City is the northern tip of the La Mesa Watershed Reservation at 250 meters (820 ft) above sea level. The West Valley Fault traverses the eastern border of the city. Quezon City is politically subdivided into 142 barangays . These barangays are grouped into six congressional districts , with each district being represented by
15065-487: The theater such as graduations, performances, and symposia. Besides being equipped with a Dolby Digital 5.1 sound system and a Christie digital projector , the Cine Adarna also operates a functional 16mm and 35mm film projector. This makes the Cine Adarna one of the only two known exhibitors in the Philippines capable of screening movies in traditional film format, together with the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design of
15196-467: The time. About a week following the column's publication, the UPFI received word that its film screenings will be monitored by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and if they are found to be pornographic, MTRCB will file complaints in court. In defense of UPFI, Professor Marichu Lambino of the College of Mass Communication stated in an online post that it is the UPFI's jurisdiction not
15327-551: The two lovers. Rex Reed said the movie was "vile and disgusting" and Sjöman was "a very sick Swede with an overwhelming ego and a fondness for photographing pubic hair", but Norman Mailer described it as "one of the most important pictures I have ever seen in my life". An 11-minute section was cut by the British censor , and copies of the film were seized by U.S. Customs in January 1968 as obscene , and banned as pornography in most of
15458-477: The upper and middle-class who wanted to escape the congested city but had economic links to it. President Manuel L. Quezon , aware of the problems besetting Manila, initiated housing projects called Barrio Obrero ( Worker's Community ). These communities were established in various places in Manila such as Avenida Rizal , Sta. Cruz and Barrio Vitas, Tondo . However, the project failed miserably and these communities became slum areas. Alejandro Roces Sr.,
15589-516: Was approved by the Philippine government in 1941. The Frost Plan featured wide avenues, large open spaces and roundabouts at major intersections. The plan for major thoroughfares made by Louis Croft for the Greater Manila Area served as the backbone for the Plan of Quezon City. The center of the city was a 400-hectare quadrangle formed by four avenues — North , West , South and East — which
15720-482: Was born in Stockholm , in a working-class family. His father, Anders W. Sjöman, was a builder; his mother was Mandis Pettersson. Sjöman became a clerk with a cereal company aged 15, but passed his studentexamen in 1945 and studied at the later Stockholm University . He then worked in a prison while writing plays (none of which were produced). One play became his first novel, The Teacher ("Lektorn") (1955), which
15851-545: Was built from 1952 to 1978, was designed in Art Deco style. It became the city's symbol and at its base was a museum and mausoleum dedicated to the late Manuel L. Quezon and his wife Aurora . When the city became the capital in 1948, a lot of government buildings transferred from Manila to Quezon City. Numerous government buildings were built during the terms of President Elpidio Quirino , Ramon Magsaysay , Carlos P. Garcia , Diosdado Macapagal and Ferdinand Marcos . However, it
15982-590: Was designed to be the location of the National Government of the Philippines. At the northeast corner of the Quadrangle was a large roundabout, a 25-hectare (62-acre) elliptical site, were the proposed Capitol Building is envisioned to rise. To make the city accessible, Quezon ordered Luzon Bus Lines to ply from Kamuning towards Tutuban in Divisoria , Manila to provide transport for the city's residents. However,
16113-482: Was filmed in 1952 by Gustaf Molander as Defiance ("Trots"). After taking up a scholarship to study film at UCLA in 1956, Sjöman worked with George Seaton on The Proud and Profane . He returned to Sweden, and wrote a study of Hollywood, In Hollywood ("I Hollywood") in 1961. Sjöman directed his first film in 1962, The Mistress ("Älskarinnan"), with a cast that included regular actors for Ingmar Bergman such as Bibi Andersson and Max von Sydow , showing
16244-590: Was formally inaugurated as the capital on October 12, 1949. President Quirino laid the cornerstone on the proposed Capitol Building at Constitution Hills . On June 16, 1950, the Quezon City Charter was revised by Republic Act No. 537, changing the city's boundaries to an area of 153.59 km (59 sq mi). Exactly six years later, on June 16, 1956, more revisions to the city's territory were made by Republic Act No. 1575, which defined its area as 151.06 km (58 sq mi). However, according to
16375-464: Was founded in 1976. The UP Film Center itself evolved from a smaller organization, the UP Film Society, which saw a burgeoning in the early 1970s amid student unrest during martial law . Eventually, the title "UP Film Center Director" was renamed into "UPFI Director" to reflect the change within the Institute's administration. There are four student organizations housed in the UP Film Institute. Of
16506-421: Was hampered by its small campus in Manila. The revised Burnham Plan of Manila envisioned the new campus to be located just outside Manila's city limits at 'the heights behind Manila'. The UP Board of Regents informed Quezon of their desire to relocate the campus and he was supportive of the idea. Furthermore, he wanted the facilities in the Manila campus to be used for government purposes. In 1939, Quezon urged
16637-600: Was known as the Film Theater or Main Theater before its rename in 2005. The new name takes after the Ibong Adarna , a mythical bird in Philippine folklore . The bird is depicted with plumage of golden film stock in the Cine Adarna's official logo designed by production and graphic designer Cesar Hernando. The logo ultimately became the concomitant image of the UP Film Institute as a whole by expressing its "institutional ideals and at
16768-652: Was only during the term of Marcos that began the Filipinization of architecture. Numerous government hospitals in the city such as the Lung Center of the Philippines , Philippine Heart Center , and the Kidney Center of the Philippines were built and regarded as "designer" hospitals. Traditional Filipino design motifs were incorporated in government buildings such as the Batasang Pambansa , which drew inspiration from
16899-444: Was part of several towns such as Caloocan , Mariquina (Marikina) , Montalban (renamed as Rodriguez), Pasig , San Mateo , and San Juan del Monte (renamed as San Juan), all under Manila province and, beginning in 1901, Rizal province. In the 1930s, Manila's urban problems were apparent and problematic. It lacked public housing, where thousands of the city's residents lived in congested informal settler communities, especially in
17030-509: Was taken out of San Juan and was given to Quezon City. 1939, the year the city was established, recorded a population of 39,103 people. The city in its early days was predominantly rural, but Quezon asked American Architect William Parsons to craft a master plan for the newly created city. Parsons was the one who advise Quezon to locate the National Government Center in Diliman instead of Wallace Field (now Rizal Park ), due to
17161-464: Was transferred to the authority of Central Luzon , with Southern Tagalog limited to being a cultural-geographic region. Quezon City is known for its culture, entertainment industry and media, and is aptly called the "City of Stars". Major broadcasting networks have their headquarters and studios in the city. It is also known for its commerce, education, research, technology, politics, tourism, art and sports. Several national government branches including
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