Friday, June 22, 2007 Deadline for entries to Boracay int’l co-production meeting reset
THE Boracay International Co-Production Meeting is now in its fourth year and is currently accepting entries.
The deadline for submission has been extended to July 11. The meeting is to be held from August 17 to 19, in cooperation with the Hubert Bals Fund, the Film Development Council of the Philippines, and the Ninth Cinemanila International Film Festival. It will be complemented by a mini-film festival with outdoor and indoor screenings. Project pitches will be observed by representatives from the Rome Film Festival and Trigon Films of Switzerland.
The Fourth Boracay International Co-Production Meeting is open to all filmmakers from Southeast Asia. The main criteria for selection are the quality and feasibility of the film project and the demonstrable talent and ability of the filmmakers.
The 4th Boracay International Co-Production Meeting is open to film projects that are:
a. Being produced by filmmakers from South and East Asia;
b. Feature length only (all genres including animation are accepted);
c. At any stage of production. This meeting will award the two winning film project the sum of approximately US$10,000 each but it will not finance a whole film production;
d. Potentially viable for international and regional market distribution; and
e. Fully planned with the director, producer and writer attached;
Projects can be in the pre-production, production, or post-production stage. However, we shall only consider projects that are recent and that have not been in the film market for more than two years.
A cash prize of approximately US$10,000 will be awarded by the Hubert Bals Fund to one project.
Entries to the 4th Boracay Co-Production Meeting must provide the following:
a. synopsis in English;
b. script in English;
c. director's statement;
d. production and shooting schedule;
e. budget and financial plan;
f. director's biography/filmography;
g. producer's biography/filmography; and
h. CD containing the electronic version of the files.
For entry forms and further details, please visit the Cinemanila e-group at http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/cinemanila/. Please click the File link on the left navigation column of the e-group. The entry forms will be available on the website (http://www.cinemanila.com.ph) starting March 12. You can email us at cinemanila@gmail.com
You can also contact:
The Secretariat
9th Cinemanila International Film Festival Committee
Rm. 5C-2 NCCA Bldg.
633 General Luna St., Intramuros
1002 Manila
Philippines
(632)5272192
