thanks so mush sa mga nanoood sa abvanced screnings. kitakits sa october 12 - 25 during the festival :)proper.
CINEMANILA 2005 NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES FOR "CINEMANILA INDIOS" DIGITAL
FILM COMPETITION
Manila Mayor Lito Atienza announced yesterday that the Cinemanila
International Film Festival Executive Committee is now accepting
entries for the festival's "Cinemanila Indios" Digital Film
Competition.
"This is something new and we are very excited," Mayor Atienza
said. "We are encouraging new and independent filmmakers to
participate in the festival."
Adhering to the Mayor's aim, this year's celebration of Cinemanila
will have the theme, "Buhayin ang Pelikulang Pilipino." Official
festival dates are from October 12 to 25. According to festival
director Tikoy Aguiluz, what sets the 7th Cinemanila from the
previous ones is that this year's celebration will have a stronger
local counterpart. The festival still follows its objectives of
promoting Filipino films to world cinema audiences and world cinema
to Filipino audiences and of developing new and independent
filmmakers. In keeping in line with the Mayor's aim, Cinemanila
continues its tradition of showing films both Filipino and foreign
that can eventually make significant impact abroad. For this year,
local productions would be given more encouragement and focus thus
creating the "Cinemanila Indios" Digital Film Competition.
To be eligible for participation, the film must be produced after
January 2004 and must fulfill the following conditions: it must be in
digital format either DV, HD, 24P or HDV; the film must be directed
by a Filipino citizen; it must not have been exhibited commercially,
locally or internationally and any screening that involves ticket
selling; it must not have been exhibited as an entry in prior local
festivals; the film should at least be 80 minutes or up to a maximum
of 130 minutes in length including credits; the film may be in
Filipino or any regional dialects with English subtitles. The
festival is open to digital full-feature films.
The deadline for submission of entries will be on September 16, 2005.
All entries must use the official standard entry forms provided by
the Cinemanila Secretariat.
The grand prize winner in the Digital Film Competition will receive
1.5 million pesos while the second prize winner will be awarded 1
million pesos. The third prize winner will bring home 750,000. The
directors of the remaining seven entries will each receive 100,000
pesos.
Inquiries regarding the festival can be forwarded to the Cinemanila
International Film Festival Secretariat at the Manila Tourism Office,
Room 137 Manila City Hall, telephone numbers 528-1134, 527-5185. Look
for Ms. Tammy Tamayo or Ms. Anna Magbitang; email:
[email protected] or
[email protected]. Official web
site:
www.cinemanila.com.phCinemanila is sponsored by the City of Manila, Independent Cinema
Association of the Philippines, Japan Foundation Manila Office,
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Yehey!, Cinema One, ClickTheCity.com,
Sony, NU107, TBWA, 105.1 Crossover, SM Cinemas, National Commission
for Culture and the Arts, Asiana Airlines, Incredible Mobile
Experience (IMX), Boysen, Office of the President, Hubert Bals Fund,
Goteborg Film Festival Fund, FedEx, and Metro magazine.