THE Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is upbeat in promoting the film industry in Davao Region to encourage more aspiring and existing film makers all over Mindanao.
FDCP marketing officer Anthony Rebamonte said during Kapehan sa Dabaw at The Annex of SM City Davao on Monday, March 6, that their effort is centered on expanding physically to endorse the film making industry here which is now in a developing stage.
Rebamonte said there are only two FDCP offices in Mindanao located in Davao City and in Zamboanga City.
"So far so good, there is no problem with the status of film industry in Davao City," he said.
Davao is a home of award-winning film makers such as Jarell Serencio who earlier won as Best Director for his film "Mga Bitoon sa Siyudad" during the Metro Manila Film Festival last December 2016.
Rebamonte added that they are trying to create a solid community for film makers in the city through conducting series of workshops and screening of award-winning films to encourage more film making enthusiast to engage in this industry.
"Malakas ang film industry dito sa Davao since may mga award-winning film makers na tayo na nakakarating sa international (Film industry in Davao is so strong since we have award-winning film makers competing in international film fests)," he said.
Currently, he said that there are 104 solid film makers who are part of their ongoing Guerilla Film Making Workshop.
"We believe that from these 104 film makers, magkakaroon tayong film makers na hindi lang sisikat (we will have film makers who will shine) from Davao but we will give them freedom to produce films na dadalhin natin sa Cinemalaya, sa Cine Filipino, sa mga international films (that they can compete in Cinemalaya, Cine Filipino and international films)," he said.
FDCP is actively supporting its partners such as the yearly Mindanao Film Festival, which has been existing for 13 years, to give recognition to Mindanao's best films.
Earlier, Rebamonte said they conducted a workshop for teachers from public schools in the region dubbed as "Planting Seeds."
It was a three-day teacher's symposium forum and workshop for them to be knowledgeable on concepts of film making which will be taught in senior high school students.
"Film Making was already integrated in K to 12 kaya lang kailangan ng implementation but wala lang idea ang mga teachers kung paano ituro kasi nga basically wala silang alam about film making kasi they are not film makers (but it needs implementation but teachers have no idea how to teach it because basically they don't know anything about film making for they are not film makers)," he said, thus, with this activity they initiated it will help the teachers in upholding the basics of film making.