ENTERTAINMENT |
March 5, 2018
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| (Image Source: Film Development Council of the Philippines) |
The
Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in partnership with the
National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) has recently launched
its new project which encourages students and aspiring filmmakers from
different parts of the country to explore historical events that helped shape
the Philippines today but were quite unvisited - the Sinesaysay Film
Documentary Lab and Showcase.
Slated
to begin this summer, Sinesaysay will be divided into two categories: the Bagong
Sibol (New Breed) Documentary Lab and the Feature Documentary Showcase.
Bagong
Sibol is open to aspiring filmmakers who are working on their first or second full
feature documentary films. Six projects and its fellows will undergo a series
of workshops and consultations in developing their short documentary films. Afterwards,
two of the chosen projects will be awarded a Php700,000 grant each for the full
feature versions of their project.
Meanwhile,
for the Feature Documentary Showcase, interested filmmakers will need to
showcase a 5-10 pitch trailer for their given topics considering that they are
required to have worked on at least two documentary full feature films. Four
will be awarded a co-production grant of Php1 million to produce a documentary
full feature project aligned with the themes of the program.
