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Winners of the 6th Mindanao FilmFest

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Bakak by Studio Beta Productions

Bakak by Studio Beta Productions

Davao filmmaker and educator Ronald Gary Bengil Bautista did it again. After taking home most of the trophies during the 5th Mindanao FilmFest, Bautista and his crew at Studio Beta Productions took home 4 trophies at this year’s 6th Mindanao FilmFest. Bautista’s collaboration with his younger brother Leo George Bautista, an action martial arts film entitled Ang Sipyat won Best in Sound.

Meanwhile, Gary Bautista’s Bakak won for him the Best Director Award, the Best Guerilla Film Award, and the Best Film Award. The jury, composed of NCAA’s Teddy Co, columnist and artist Rudolph Alama, and lifestyle columnist and blogger Ria Jose felt that Bakak is a film that is both technically excellent and a good representation of a new direction that Mindanao films will take.
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6th Mindanao Film Fest

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6th Mindano Film Festival

6th Mindano Film Festival

3 Documentaries. 11 Short Films. 10 Guerilla Films.

24 films will be available for viewing for the 6th Mindanao Film Fest, from December 3 – 5, 2010 at Cinema 5 at the Gaisano Mall of Davao.

The documentaries joining the film fest are “The Empowered Filipina” by Kamil Roxas, “Rhose, Where Do Your Dreams Go?” by Nawruz Paguidupon, and “This is my water” by Jeff McGary.

For the Short Films Students’ Category, the following are the MFF entries:

  • “Thy Will be Done” by Kristian Somera
  • “Lumon” by Leo Jeorge Bautista and Mark Nicholas Dapitanon
  • “Tulay” by Zenas Harvey Apal
  • “Kwerdas” by Jon Jose
  • “The Red Balloon“

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Sigwa Screening in Davao

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Cinemalaya Film Sigwa

Sigwa

In commemoration of the Declaration of Martial Law and the First Quarter Storm, Initiatives for Peace in Mindanao (InPeace), Exodus for Justice and Peace (EJP) and Kyabaan Association, Inc (KAI) are hosting the viewing of the Cinemalaya Film Sigwa in Davao City.

The film by Joel Lamangan is about the First Quarter Storm, focusing on six central characters involved with the FQS and how their lives were affected by its events and consequences.

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6th Mindanao Film Fest Call for Entries

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6th Mindanao Film Fest
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The 6th Mindanao Film Fest is now calling for entries. The 6th Mindanao Film Fest is presented by the Mindanao Film and Television Development Foundation, Inc., the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Southspot Entertainment, and the Mebuyan Peace Project, Inc.

Mindanaoan filmmakers and filmmakers with films about Mindanao are invited to submit their entries for exhibition films. Students are also invited to submit their short films and documentaries. And Guerilla Filmmakers have a category, as well.

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