The 4th Mindanao Film Festival in the Philippine, December 14 thru December 21
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on December 10, 2008 under Mindanao Film Festival | 
The fourth Mindanao Film Festival in the Philippine, will open this Sunday, December 14 until December 21, with the screening of Concerto: Davao War Diary.
Kenth Bajo, Festival Director said that aside from theatrical exhibit of short films from Mindanaoan filmmakers at the Gaisano Mall cinema, the festival will have screening of selected full-length films, a film convention and the much-awaited Film Awards night.
Aside from short films coming from the Guerilla Film Workshops, the MFF will feature works of other local filmmakers plus those from the National Commission of the Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the National Council for Children’s Television (NCCT) and a short film from neighboring Indonesia .
Bajo said that through the festival he sees the growth of the Hollywood of the south. Our filmmakers are making films here, they are shown abroad and they are winning awards there. Bajo cited Sherad
Sanchez’s Huling Balyan ng Buhi, which recently was shown in Denmark, and his recent work the award-winning Imburnal, which was shot in one of Davao City ’s barangays.Other films include Thank You Girls directed by Charliebebs Gohetia which competed in a film festival in Vancouver, another is the peace advocacy movie Hunghong sa Yuta directed by playwright Arnel Mardoquio.
He said that another full-length digital film a Chabacano-Bisaya film will also be shot in Davao and Zamboanga perhaps in early next year. “Slowly we are crafting a Mindanao cinema. This festival will
hopefully help us achieve it.” Bajo added.
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