For its 32nd Annual Citations for Distinguished Achievement in Film, the Young Critics Circle Film Desk is honored to have Dr. Ma. Amihan Bonifacio-Ramolete of the Department of Speech Communication and Theater Arts, University of the Philippines – Diliman as the keynote speaker.
Amihan Bonifacio-Ramolete has been exposed to the world of the theatre at a very young age. She is senior puppeteer and recently appointed Artistic Director of Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas (a children’s theater and puppet theater company founded by her mother, the late National Artist Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio). She has participated in numerous international and national conferences and puppet festivals and published articles in the Asian Theatre Journal and Humanities Diliman. Amihan served as Dean of the College of Arts and Letters from June 2015 to May 2021. She has been the recipient of prestigious awards namely the University of the Philippines Alumni Association Distinguished Alumna in Culture and the Arts (2014), Gawad Chanselor Natatanging Guro (2014 & 1999), and The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS) Award for Theatre Arts (2013). Through talks and workshops, Amihan continues to promote the importance of creative expression and learning and healing through puppets.
The Annual Circle Citations, which has been held online in the past two years, returns to UP Vargas Museum, on 15 December 2022, 3 pm.
Those who wish to attend the program may register here: https://bit.ly/32ndAnnualCircleCitations.
This event is supported by the University of the Philippines-Diliman Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (UP Diliman OICA).