Submission of Cinema One Originals Scripts Extended
March 6, 2010 by cd · Comments Off
Good news to all interested filmmakers! Be part in creating the future of Philippine Cinema.
Cinema One has extended the deadline for submission of a full narrative feature script for the 2010 Cinema One Originals Digital Movie Festival. New and final deadline is set on March 17 (Wednesday).
Parties who are interested to join Cinema One’s digital movie competition, whether professional, amateur or veteran filmmakers, are required to submit a full narrative feature script. Entries may also include character and story descriptions as well as a detailed production team line-up.
Entries should be in hard copy or CD, sent via snail mail or submitted in person to the Cinema One Office at the 8th floor of the ELJ Communications Center, along Eugenio Lopez Drive, Quezon City.
Please look for Lani de Guzman from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 6pm. Contact Lani at 4152272 local 3166 for details, guidelines and for entry forms.
Entry forms are available online at www.cinemaone.tv.
Cinema One Originals has produced critically-acclaimed, award-winning independent movies such as Confessional, Yanggaw, Rome & Juliet, Imburnal, Altar and Sa North Diversion Road, among many others which move beyond the boundaries of the mainstream and have earned , for Philippine cinema the global attention it deserves through awards from various international film festivals from the likes of Cinemanila International Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festivals, New York International Independent Film and Video Festival and 10th Jeonju International Film Festival (IFF) in Korea, among others.
Popular website and film experts’ online haven, www.hollywoodreporter.com has in fact acknowledged Cinema One’s significant contribution to the upturn of the Philippine filmmaking industry which has made a strong comeback. In October 2009, well-known online international film critic Patrick Frater published an article titled “Manilla in it’s Moment”, where he wrote that a major influence in the “current boom” of Philippine filmmaking is ABS-CBN’s Cinema One movie cable channel which shows Filipino classics as well as commerical films from the past.
Since Filipino indie cinema has long been in what is described as a “dark tunnel”, the channel has also been noted to help emerging filmmakers through Cinema One Originals. It has also nurtured talents who have gone on to bigger projects and wider audiences and has contributed to closing the gap between commercial filmmaking and the more adventurous arthouse/indie approach.
Create your dream movie and be part of this year’s Cinema One Originals. Tune in to Cinema One for more details and updates. The Cinema One Originals project is an annual event of Cinema One owned by Creative Programs, Inc (CPI).
ABS-CBN Pays Tribute to Real-Life Heroes in Special Documentary
February 26, 2010 by cd · 15 Comments
ABS-CBN proves that ordinary people can be modern day heroes as they recount the remarkable achievements of simple individuals who had done heroic acts and extraordinary deeds in the special documentary “Bayaning Pilipino: Ako ang Simula ng Pagbabago” this Sunday (Feb 28), 10 PM.
Pink is the New Red in ‘Queer Lovefest’
Valentines is also for the pink community as “Queer Lovefest” runs from February 17 to 23, 2010.
People Asia Names 2009 ‘People of the Year’ Awardees
January 23, 2010 by cd · 63 Comments
People Asia magazine honored 16 outstanding personalities in its annual list of “People of the Year” recently at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza.
Cinemalaya 2010 Finalists Announced
January 22, 2010 by cd · 13 Comments
The Cinemalaya Foundation has named the ten finalists for the 6th Annual Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.
Six Amateur Directors Win Film Grants from ANC
January 22, 2010 by cd · Comments Off
The ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC SKYCABLE ch. 27) recently awarded film grants to six promising filmmakers who will show their vision of the country alongside 14 established directors in the project “amBisyon2010.”
“AmBisyon2010,” conceptualized by directors Emman Dela Cruz and Paolo Villaluna and produced by ANC executive producer Patricia Evangelista, aims to show the state of the nation from the eyes of 20 bright Filipino filmmakers.
Each film will tackle issues that will decide the 2010 elections such as corruption, democracy, population, health, education, and human rights.
Accomplished indie filmmakers Ditsi Carolino, Emmanuel Dela Cruz, Kiri Dalena, Henry Frejas, Jade Castro, Ellen Ramos, Jon Red, Jerrold Tarog, John Torres, Villaluna, TV and movie directors Jeffrey Jeturian and Erik Matti, and Cannes Film Festival winners Brillante Mendoza and Raymond Red are participating in the project.
The remaining six slots were given to amateur directors Anna Matutina, Pam Miras, Aissa Penafiel, Emerson Reyes, Gym Lumbera and McRobert Nacario, who were chosen from a field of over 80 entries by the panel of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs head Maria Ressa, Philippine Independent Filmmakers Cooperative chairman Dr. Clodualdo del Mundo, and publisher and critic Erwin Romulo.
“AmBisyon2010” will culminate in a series of grand theater and television premieres before the Philippines national elections.
Visit www.abs-cbnnews/ambisyon2010 for the latest on “ambisyon2010.”
Multiawarded Directors Join ANC’s Ambisyon 2010
December 20, 2009 by cd · 3 Comments
The who’s who in the local independent movie scene have come together for amBisyon2010, a project by the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC SKYCABLE ch. 27) featuring 20 filmmakers who will direct 20 short films on the ten issues that will decide the 2010 elections.
Isabel Roces Named PETA’s Person of the Year
December 10, 2009 by cd · Leave a Comment
Cover Girl recognized for contribution to animal rights.
