Five independent filmmakers will each get a cash grant of P2 million from the organizers of the annual Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival, according to festival director Ronald Arguelles.
Veteran actresses Anita Linda and Perla Bautista were inconsolable. They had planned to visit director-scriptwriter-actor Mario O’Hara at San Juan de Dios Hospital on Wednesday, but he died last Tuesday due to leukemia. He was 68.
Films from the provinces dominate this year’s lineup for the 2011 Cinema One Originals Film Festival to be held November 9-15 at the Shangri-La Cineplex in Mandaluyong City.
Eclectic is this year’s batch of finalists in the Cinema One Originals digital film festival. Ronald Arguelles, Cinema One channel head, notes: “We have four female directors along with five regional films in the mix. There are movies set in Mindanao, Mindoro, Cebu, even in Nueva Vizcaya.” In terms of genre, this year’s Cinema One [...]
