Following its announcement
in January, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has
officially released the mechanics of the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP)
2019. Now on its third year, the PPP will be held September 12 to 18, 2019, a
week-long film exclusive screening of Filipino films in all cinemas nationwide.
This is in line with the celebration of the One Hundred Years of Philippine
Cinema which starts officially in September this year.
A call for applications has
been released for this year where eight (8) Filipino films that will have their
Philippine premiere during the PPP will be picked and curated by a Selection
Committee, three (3) of which are films in their advanced stage of development
or production stage and five (5) are finished films or films in
post-production. Deadline of submission for film projects in production stage
is on March 8, 2019, while finished films or films in their final
post-production stage shall be submitted by May 31, 2019. Selected films will
receive a co-production fund of up to 2 million pesos.
Cinemas
nationwide will also be offering discounted rates for students, which cost P180
for students in Metro Manila, and P130 for students in provinces.
Started
in 2017, the PPP has featured award-winning films, two of which—Birdshot and
Signal Rock—have been selected as the country's official entry to the Academy
Awards for Best Foreign Language Films.
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