In celebration of the One Hundred Years of Philippine Cinema, the
Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) will be leading a big
delegation of Filipino filmmakers, artists, and members of the academe with the
Philippines chosen as the Country of Focus in the Far East Film Festival
happening on April 24 to 29 in Udine, Italy.
Set to compete in the Festival are "Si Chedeng sa Si
Apple," "Smaller and Smaller Circles" and "Ang
Larawan," while restored Ricky Lee classics, “Himala” and “Moral”,
directed by the well renowned late director, Marilou Diaz-Abaya will be
showcased at the restored film classics feature.
With the opportunity to showcase our very own
filmmakers in Far East Film Festival, FDCP is bringing in select filmmakers and
speakers for Sandaan: Philippine Cinema Centennial Talks.
Speakers include Mr. Ed Lajano, Festival
Director of QCinema, Bianca Balbuena, CEO of EpicMedia, renowned actress
Elizabeth Oropesa and FDCP Chairperson and CEO Liza Diño for Filipino
Popular Cinema to be moderated by Mr. Max Tessier on April 26.
Film Historian and documentarist Mr. Nick
Deocampo will talk about Discovering the Past: Asian Film History -
Filipino Cinema during WWII, to be introduced by Mr. Roger Garcia, Festival
Director of Hong Kong International Film Festival on April 27.
Aside from these, FDCP is also proud to
announce that three Filipino film projects made it to the 14 titles selected by
Focus Asia, the Far East Film Festival Project Market dedicated
to genre cinema. These projects in development will be presented to
more than 200 professionals made up of panels, one-on-one meetings, projections
and networking opportunities.
These are “Belen” by Quark
Henares, produced by Bianca Balbuena and Bradley Liew, Epicmedia
Productions Inc., “Quantum Suicide” by Mikhail Red,
produced by Micah Tadena, Media East Productions and Taro Imai,
Harakiri Films, co-produced by Japan and “Wilderness” by Nadira
Ilana, produced by Nadira Ilana, Telan Bulan Films and Pamela Reyes,
Create Cinema and Panuksmi Hardjowirogo, M'GO Films, a co-production
between Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore.
On the other hand, Filipino Producer Monster
Jimenez of Arkeo Films with her film in development, “Return of the
Owl” by Martika Ramirez Escobar made it to the 15 selected projects
for the tenth edition of Ties That Bind, the Asia-Europe co-production
workshop, bringing together Asian and European professionals in the development
of film projects. These selected films will have the opportunity to meet
numerous producers, financiers and distributors present on the Focus Asia days
for potential partnership in the development of their film.
The Far East Film Festival runs from April 20 to
29, 2018.
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