Thursday, January 25, 2007 Cinema One digital movie competition, now open for submission!
WITH the merging of commercial, independent and digital films in the metro, anybody can demystify notions that the Philippine movie is dying. And for this year, the thriving industry becomes more promising as Cinema One opens its doors for the Third Annual Cinema One Originals Digital Movie Competition.
Spearheaded and produced by the ABS-CBN subsidiary Creative Programs Incorporated (CPI) in 2005, this year’s Cinema One Originals carries the theme Ang Kwento ng Pinoy sa Buong Mundo. It aims to create an anthology of stories of Filipinos from all over the world. Mothers who leave their kids to become nannies to somebody else’s children, men whose ultimate dream is to get a job at a construction site in the Middle East, expatriates who longs to be back home, Fil-ams who wish to know their roots – present-day Filipino talesThis year’s film festival will include entries from interested Filipino filmmakers living abroad, may they be Filipino-Americans or overseas-based Filipinos. What will further excite them is the increased production incentive and grant for the chosen five screenplays to be filmed, which is now P1 million from last year’s P700,000. Ronald Arguelles, head of Cinema One, is just as ecstatic about this year’s Originals independent film selection. “We’ve adjusted the money grant for the chosen films’ production to augment and cover more filming expenses. We’re also opening the festival to Filipinos who are interested to venture into filmmaking even while their living or working abroad to cover a wider market this time.”
Every entry to be submitted must include a detailed synopsis of the movie’s title, character descriptions, and a full screenplay or script on or before the deadline on March 28, 2007. Entry forms can be downloaded at www.cinemaone.tv and at www.abs-cbn.com.
For more information, tune in to Cinema One, Channel 56 in Metro Manila. Available from SkyCable Platinum, SkyCable Gold, and other quality cable operators nationwide.
