The Metropolis of Manila, in collaboration with the Division of Tourism, Tradition, and Arts of Manila and KreativDen Leisure, has formally launched The Manila Movie Competition (TMFF) 2024.
This 12 months’s competition kicked off by showcasing the exemplary works of eight pupil filmmakers within the quick movie class.
Out of almost 100 submissions acquired from aspiring filmmakers throughout the Philippines, these eight proficient people have been acknowledged for his or her distinctive creativity and dedication to their craft. Every awardee has acquired a P150,000 grant, underscoring TMFF’s dedication to supporting and nurturing rising expertise within the native movie business.
TMFF 2024 goals to rejuvenate Manila’s cultural panorama and reaffirm its standing as a thriving heart for Filipino arts and cinema. Competition director and marketing consultant Ed Cabagnot, a key determine within the Philippine movie business and one of many founders of the Cinemalaya Philippine Impartial Movie Competition, highlighted the competition’s mission to have a good time Manila’s wealthy cultural heritage.
The theme for this 12 months’s competition, “Manila in Me,” encapsulates town’s profound affect on Filipino identification and storytelling. It acknowledges Manila as a metropolis of limitless potentialities and numerous narratives that resonate deeply inside the hearts and minds of Filipinos worldwide.
The chosen pupil filmmakers and their respective movies are:
- An Kuan by Joyce Ramos (Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila)
- Bahay, Baboy, Bagyo by Miko Biong (College of the Philippines Movie Institute)
- Ballad of a Blind Man by Charlie Garcia Vitug (De La Salle-Faculty of Saint Benilde)
- Ditas Pinamalas by Adrian Renz Espino (Adamson College)
- Blissful (M)others Day by Ronnie Ramos (College of the Philippines Movie Institute)
- Pinilakang Tabingi by John Pistol Carmen (Bicol College)
- Una’t Huling Sakay by Vhan Marco Molacruz (Colegio de San Juan de Letran – Manila)
- threefor100: o ang tamang porma ng pag uukay at iba pang mga bagay-bagay, i feel! by Cedrick Labadia (iACADEMY)
Along with the scholar entries, TMFF has invited 4 acclaimed younger filmmakers to showcase their quick movies:
- Lumang Tugtugin by Lorenzo “Pepe” Diokno (director) and Madonna Tarrayo (producer)
- Might at Niia by Sigrid Bernardo (director) and Ava Yap (line producer)
- Nananahan by Dwein Baltazar (director) and Iana Bernardez (line producer)
- Shortest Day, Longest Night time by JP Habac (director) and Maria Kristina Cruz (line producer)
These movies will likely be produced by ANIMA, a manufacturing studio identified for its world success in selling Filipino expertise. ANIMA has garnered worldwide acclaim with movies corresponding to Hito, The place Is The Lie (Marupok AF), and Leonor Will By no means Die, which acquired a Particular Jury Prize on the 2022 Sundance Movie Competition and is at present streaming on Netflix.
The screenings of TMFF 2024 will happen on the historic Metropolitan Theater (MET) from June 5 to 11, 2024. Further screenings will likely be held at Robinson’s Movieworld – Manila and Robinson’s Movieworld – Magnolia, with plans for a nationwide college tour to showcase these movies to college students throughout academic establishments within the Philippines.
The culminating occasion of The Manila Movie Competition would be the awards evening on the MET on June 11, the place accolades will likely be bestowed upon excellent movies and filmmakers. Classes embrace Finest Movie, Finest Director, Finest Screenplay, Finest Actor, and Finest Actress, in addition to particular awards like Folks’s Alternative and Jury’s Alternative.
This 12 months’s jury panel includes esteemed personalities from the movie business, together with Park Sungho (Busan Worldwide Movie Competition), Bianca Balbuena (ANIMA), Neil Daza (director and cinematographer), Coreen “Monster” Jimenez (producer), and Eduardo “Dodo” Dayao (author and director).
The screening committee consists of outstanding figures within the arts, tradition, and leisure sectors: Bianca Balbuena, Noah Tonga, Wanggo Gallaga, Mackie Galvez, Dido Camara, and DTCAM’s Charlie Dungo.
