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3 What is the Locarno Film Festival? What are the benefits of being a Locarno Pro online badge holder? What is the Philippines’ participation in the Locarno Film Festival? What are the services FDCP will provide to our Philippine Delegates? How do I access the platform? How do I access the screenings and other events? How do I watch films online? How do I access the virtual Piazza Grande? How do I connect to other Locarno Pro attendees? Filipino Films at 74th Locarno Film Festival Open LocarnoMatchDoorsMe!Pro online delegates Who can I contact in FDCP? 2218161088456677919 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Locarno Film Festival is the most significant cinematographic event in Switzerland and among the most important in Europe. Numerous are the movies presented in four different sections: Concorso internazionale, Concorso Cineasti del presente and the sections Pardi di domani (national and international).
The 74th edition of the Locarno Film Festival starts on Wednesday, 4 August until Saturday, 14 August. This year, the Locarno Film Festival returns to its original form with a rich program of films and activities, with its iconic Piazza Grande and all other theaters, with its events and with the new Rotonda by la Mobiliare.
WHAT IS THE LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL?
5 Online Digital Library with the offer of titles from the official and parallel sections (subject to availability based on the permission granted by the rights holders) All public initiatives and events related to the official film selection (including Q&As / Meetings with the public / round tables / conversations). For Online Accreditation, upon digital availability Access to the following resources: One-on-one Meetings Online Free Heritage Online Access for 12 months Virtual Piazza Grande (Locarno Pro Networking Platform) Downloadable welcome kit Daily updated attending list Daily events update Access to online directory of accredited professionals List of films without international seller Online and printed professional documentation Locarno Pro Guide Access to Locarno Pro-Video Content WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF BEING A LOCARNO PRO ONLINE BADGE HOLDER? •••••• ••••••••
A Viber community to share updates, daily activities and experiences amongst delegates IS THE PHILIPPINES’ PARTICIPATION THE LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL? ARE THE SERVICES FDCP WILL PROVIDE TO OUR PHILIPPINE DELEGATES?
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Concierge - An FDCP representative can join the delegate during meetings and networking sessions, upon request, to help you explain the benefits of working with our Filipino film workers and services through the FilmPhilippines Incentives and other FDCP services. Depending on their availability, Ria Rubia (Executive Director, FDCP), or Mil Alcain (Unit Manager, FilmPhilippines Incentives) will gladly assist you in these meetings provided you book your schedule at least a day prior to your meeting/s. FilmPhilippines Incentives Kit - to guide our delegates as well as provide international partners with the necessary information of these grants. This includes a cheat sheet, flyer and the FilmPhilippines Incentives Guidelines
WHAT
This year, the agency is supporting 1 World Premiere and film in competition for Concorso Cineasti del Presente, 3 films in Open Doors Screening, 1 Project in Open Doors Hub, 1 Producer in Open Doors Lab, 1 Open Doors Mentor, 1 Filmmakers Academy, 3 Producers in Match Me! Online and 6 Delegates for Locarno Pro Online. A total of 26 onsite and online delegates for the 74th Locarno Film Festival. This is to further expose Philippine companies and services to the world’s industry and also showcase the talents and original content for possible international cooperations and co-productions.
FDCP serves as the national film agency responsible for the film industry’s participation in domestic and foreign film markets and local and international film festivals to promote and position Philippine cinema to be globally competitive
7 Log In with your username and password on the Locarno Website On your profile page, you will see the Locarno Pro Services 1. Heritage Online - 12 months access to database and library of heritage films Click here for a Walkthrough: https://heritage.locarnofestival.ch/walkthrough 2. Industry Screenings - schedule of screenings available onsite and online 3. Who’s attending - database of Locarno Film Festival Attendees 4. Virtual Piazza Grande - Locarno Pro’s networking platform 5. Online Digital Library - a library of titles in the Official Selection available for streaming until August 31 6. 1-to-1 Meeting Platform - schedule meetings with industry professionals from Alliance 4 Development, Open Doors Lab, Open Doors Hub, and Match Me! Locarno Website Click here for a Walkthrough: https://heritage.locarnofestival.ch/walkthrough HOW DO I ACCESS THE PLATFORM? HOW DO I ACCESS THE SCREENINGS AND OTHER EVENTS? To watch films and attend industry programs, click this link: DISCOVER THE PROGRAM AND SCREENINGS Screenings - Click Film on Demand or Digital Library to see the films available Online Programs - Click Events to see available talks, discussions and conferences DISCOVER THE PROGRAM AND SCREENINGS
8 HOW DO I WATCH FILMS ONLINE? HOW DO I ACCESS THE VIRTUAL PIAZZA GRANDE? 1. Click Film On Demand on the program, then create your account with the name and e-mail you used in your Locarno Pro Account. Or go directly to this link to create an account, https://play.locarnofestival.ch/. After creating your account, you can already sign-in and watch the films available. 2. Click Digital Library and choose the film that you want to watch. 1. Log in your Locarno Festival account to https://pronetworking.locarnofestival. ch/login 2. Create your profile. 3. On the homepage, you will see all available services. https://pronetworking.locarnofestival.ch/loginhttps://play.locarnofestival.ch/
9 Click Virtual Piazza Grande Choose Topic - by choosing a topic you will see attendees whose main activity is the same as the topic you chose. Speed Meet - you can filter by area which will also show attendees in that category. If you click go, the platform will randomly select an attendee for you to meet via a call. Click the photo of the person you want to meet - you can check their profile, chat or schedule a meeting b.a.c. HOW DO I CONNECT TO OTHER LOCARNO PRO ATTENDEES?
74TH LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL FILIPINO FILMS AT THE
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Monday, August 9 - 18:00 - PalaCinema Sala 1 (with Q&A)
Tuesday, August 10 - 17:00 - La Sala Wednesday, August 11 - 13:30 - PalaCinema Sala 2 and PalaCinema Leopard Club Rediance Room 1703, Tower B, Star City International Tower, Jiu Xian Qiao Road, Chaoyang 100020District,Beijing, jing@rediancefilms.cominfo@rediancefilms.comChina (in Locarno) www.rediancefilms.com
Daniel Padilla, Rans Rifol and Charo Santos-Concio TECHNICALCAST DETAILS SCREENING SCHEDULE: CONTACT DETAILS SYNOPSIS
CONCORSO CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE
Kun Maupay Man It Panahon (Whether the Weather is Fine) Directed by Carlo Francisco Manatad (FILMMAKERS THE COMPETITION)
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Determined to flee to the big city after Typhoon Haiyan ravages a coastal town, Miguel searches for his mother Norma and his beloved Andrea before another storm approaches. 2021, 104 minutes, First Feature Friday, August 6 - 21:00 - Cinema Rialto 3 (Industry Screening) Sunday, August 8 - 19:00 - Teatro Kursaal (Press screening)
12 OPEN DOORS
Jomari, 6, fends for himself as he waits for his mother who is imprisoned on drug charges. The streets are a big game of survival for him. He tells the filmmaker that the police sometimes ask him for information on drug users in his neighborhood. One day, he disappears.
AswangSCREENINGS by Alyx Ayn Arumpac
In two years, over 20,000 men, women and children are killed in Duterte’s war against drugs in the Philippines. During this time, the filmmaker documents the growing violence in her city.
Documentary
Brother Jun, a religious brother and photojournalist in his 40’s, spends his evenings going after crime scenes and funerals to document cases. Again and again, he listens to mothers, fathers, and wives telling of how their loved ones were killed. Victims also tell him of abuses by drug enforcement police, including a secret jail where they detain and torture people to extort money. Brother Jun and his colleagues expose the secret jail, but with a disastrous aftermath.
FEATURE
Traversing through Manila’s underbelly into the homes of victims, she meets a little boy born into this cruel system and a man who tries to fight it.
84 minutes, Documentary Sunday,ONSITE August 8 - 2:00 PM - L’altra Sala Monday, August 9 - 9:00 PM - PalaCinema 2 ONLINE SCREENING August 4-14, 2021 LevelK debra@levelk.dk TECHNICAL DETAILS SCREENING SCHEDULE: CONTACT DETAILS SYNOPSIS
13 Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss Directed by Sonny Calvento Vangie, a miserable contractual sales lady, is about to lose her job. But in her desperate attempt to convince her boss not to sack her, Vangie uncovers the ultimate jaw-dropping secret to regularization. 2019, 16 minutes, Comedy, Fantasy Southern Lantern Studios info@southernlantern.com Phyllis Grande and Angelina Kanapi TECHNICALCAST DETAILS SCREENING SCHEDULE: CONTACT DETAILS SYNOPSIS OPEN DOORS SCREENINGS SHORT Thursday,ONSITE August 5 - 2PM - L’altra Sala Friday, August 6 - 6:45PM - PalaCinema2 Friday, August 6 - 6:45PM - PalaCinema3 Leopard Club ONLINE SCREENING August 4-14, 2021
14 Next Picture Directed by Cris Bringas Solitary men in a roomy but empty cinema, ever-present smartphones, and pop-up sexual intimations coalesce in a raunchy yet incisive portrait of Manila’s evolving queer space. 2020, 6 minutes, Hybrid (ExperimentalDocumentary) Cris Bringas bringas.cris@gmail.com TECHNICAL DETAILS SCREENING SCHEDULE: CONTACT DETAILS SYNOPSIS OPEN DOORS SCREENINGS SHORT Tuesday,ONSITE August 10 - 2PM - L’Altra Sala Wednesday, August 11 - 9PM - Sala 2 Palacinema ONLINE SCREENING August 4-14, 2021
74TH LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL FILIPINO producers at
Producer | steelaguda@gmail.com
OPEN DOORS HUB OPEN DOORS LAB
Director | ilongproductions@icloud.com
Producer | pamlreyes@gmail.com E del Mundo is a scholar from DLSU-Manila. Her project, THE WARSHIP was a pioneering selection of Biennale College Cinema-VR. She bagged the Best Director award for MANONG NG PA- ALING at the 13th Cinemalaya, receiving its international premiere at the 32nd Fribourg, winning the Jury Prize & an official selection for Locarno 2020. Her debut feature project, SAM is developed with Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors Hub, SGIFF’s SEA Film Lab, Full Circle Lab, APostLab & TorinoFilmLab where it won the FOCAL Resource Award. Stelle Laguda is a Philippine-based producer, creative consultant, and founder of KT House Productions. She is currently an Associate Producer at Epicmedia Productions, handling several international co-production projects with Ireland for “Nocebo” and Switzerland for “Electric Child.” Pamela L. Reyes is an award-winning Filipino producer & script consultant with 10 years of experience in producing films, series, and advertising commercials under her company CREATE CINEMA. She has participated in prestigious labs & markets including EAVE Ties That Bind, Berlinale Talents, Torino Film Lab, Asian Project Market, and Cannes Producers Network. Pamela has produced a number of successful films which have reached international heights including “Birdshot”, the first Filipino film on Netflix and the Philippines’ official entry to the 2018 Academy Awards.
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Bianca Balbuena is a Philippine-based producer, writer and CEO of Epicmedia Productions Inc. which has produced over 30 feature films, shorts and series most notably Venice Film Festival Lion of the Future and Orrizonti Best Film “Engkwentro” by Pepe Diokno and Berlinale Silver Bear “A Lullaby To The Sorrowful Mystery” by Lav Diaz, Cannes Film Festival Critics Week’s “The Manila Lover” by Johanna Pykko, and local blockbuster hits “That Thing Called Tadhana” and “Patay Na Si Hesus”. She has also done several co-productions with Japan, Australia, France, Norway, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and most recently with Ireland starring Eva Green and Mark Strong. Currently a mentor at Locarno Open Doors and EAVE’s ambassador for Asia, she is also the recipient of the 2018 Busan’s Asian Film Commissions (AFC) Network Producer of the Year and the youngest awardee of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) FIAPF Award for outstanding contribution to Asia Pacific cinema. The self-contained cosmos of the golf and country club reflects Philippine societal structures. New ‘tee-girl’ Isabel still needs to learn the rules, but she’s already looking for ways to subvert the system.
RAFAEL MANUEL BIANCA BALBUENA-LEIW
Rafael Manuel is a Filipino artist currently based in London. His latest short film, ‘Filipiñana’, won the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the 70th Berlinale International Film Festival. His debut feature project has been chosen to be developed at the Cannes Cinéfondation La BeforeResidence.taking up his MA in filmmaking at the London Film School, he worked as a copywriter for Saatchi & Saatchi and as a creative director for TBWA. His work in advertising has won numerous prizes at international advertising festivals such as the Cannes Lions, D&AD, London International, Spikes, and AdFest. His foundations are in philosophy and visual communications which he studied at the Ateneo de Manila University. He is the co-founder of Idle Eyes Productions - a London-based artist collective that manifests itself in the audio-visual field.
Producer | bianca.balbuena@yahoo.com
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LOCARNO FILMMAKERS ACADEMY 2021 OPEN DOORS LAB
Director | ram.mendoza90@gmail.com
PROJECT: “Filipiñana”
On the verge of losing their jobs, the creative team of an advertising agency spend the night at the office to prepare for a big pitch and find themselves haunted by a hungry malevolent presence.
Heaven’s Best Entertainment | sarahpbrakensiek@gmail.com
PROJECT: “Goliath”
Epicmedia | patricia.lapus@gmail.com 108 Media | tadenamicah@gmail.com
MATCH ME!
PROJECT: “Letter to Nancy”
A prodigal daughter comes home to her dynastic family in hope of securing her inheritance—only to find out she’s at the center of her family’s Satanic ritual.
Micah Tadena is the Philippine Country Director and Creative Producer of 108 Media. She produced the Filipino-Singaporean horror film “Eerie” by Mikhail Red, which grossed more than USD 4 million in total sales before being picked up by Netflix. A 50-year old man’s search for his transdaughter in the streets of Patpong, Thailand. Finding himself in a curiously unique friendship with Mali, a thai sex worker. But as fate would have it, Henry and Mali’s roadtrip ends in grief after learning that his daughter had passed away and he missed his chance for reconciliation.
PROJECT: “Inherit” Sarah Brakensiek is a producer of Heaven’s Best Entertainment and she has been producing Filipino films for 15 years. Eduardo Roy, Jr.’s “Pamilya Ordinaryo,” Francis Pasion’s “Buwaya,” and Thop Nazareno’s “Edward” are some of the films that she produced which received international recognition. Patti Lapus is the Head of Production for Epicmedia. Some of her line production works include Fatrick Tabada and Rae Red’s “Si Chedeng at si Apple,” Bradley Liew’s “Daddy’s Home,” and Dodo Dayao’s “Midnight in a Perfect World.”
18 SARAH BRAKENSIEK PATTI MICAHLAPUSTADENA
COMPANY PROFILE: Atom & Anne Mediaworks Corp. is an award-winning vibrant Eastmeets-West production company. A full-service multimedia production company and original content developer/provider, AAMW specializes in series and full-length features. It is currently focused on forming alliances, co-productions, and creative collaborations to service the evolving/expanding global media village. The A-Team also offers management and creative content solutions for distribution and licensing across major media platforms.
COMPANY PROFILE: Based in Manila, Los Otros is a critically-acclaimed film and video studio & platform dedicated to supporting works with unique personal voices. It has produced the films of John Torres and Shireen Seno, including Todo Todo Teros (2006), Years When I Was A Child Outside (2008), Refrains Happen Like Revolutions in a Song (2010), Big Boy (2012), Lukas the Strange (2013), People Power Bombshell: The Diary of Vietnam Rose (2016), Nervous Translation (2017), and We Still Have to Close Our Eyes (2019). It is currently producing Miko Revereza’s Nowhere Near (in postproduction), Jarell Serencio’s Diwalwal (in development), and John Torres’ The Remotes (in development).
19 ALEX POBLETE ANNE PRADO-MAGADIA Producer | Los Otros +63917 800 4409 | +63917Producer,www.los-otros.comamd.poblete@protonmail.comAtom&AnneMediaworksCorp.5582663|aamediaworkscorp@gmail.com
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COMPANY PROFILE: BINISAYA Movement Inc. is an independent production company formed with the aim of producing films that push forward Philippine vernacular cinema. It has been producing regional award-winning films by director Keith Deligero such as ISKALAWAS 2013, LILY 2016, BABYLON 2017 (short), and A SHORT HISTORY OF A FEW BAD THINGS 2018. It is currently in post production for Deligero’s latest short film UNDER THE TREE, in co-production with Globe Studios. The company continues to move forward with its first international co-production project, BABYLON (feature), with Thai company Mobile Lab. The project was recently selected into the EAVE Ties That Bind Co-production Workshop 2019. Binisaya Movement started venturing into other regional language films. CANGREJOS will be its first feature film in Chavacano, a Spanish creole that has become the identity and culture of the Zamboangeños. The organization is also dedicated to the promotion, exhibition, distribution and archival of contemporary dialect films; and runs the annual Binisaya Film Festival in Cebu City
20 GALE MARVINOSORIOLYNDON CARMELO MATIAS Producer | Binisaya Movement Inc. +63917 311 8747 | galeosorio.ph@gmail.com Creative Producer/ Director | Chimera Visions +63966 440 8247 | www.chimeravisions.comletscreate@chimeravisions.com
COMPANY PROFILE: Chimera Visions is a Philippine-based full-service video production house which specializes in films, digital ads, music videos, creative documentary films and series. This year, it is the producer’s initiative to return to the film industry and balance it with our usual business in advertising. Chimera Visions is gradually establishing its name in the film industry. To date, Chimera Visions, along with its producers, are making rounds in the international delegations and festivals with its projects in development.
Just recently, the BLUE ROOM Producer has been selected as one of the Locarno Pro Online Delegates in the 74 Locarno Film Festival 2021.
We are an award-winning multi-media productions and marketing solutions company. Our services include branded short films production and influencer marketing, corporate events and activations, design and fabrication and artist management and booking for local and international events. In just half a decade, our campaigns and projects have already received awards from Europe, Americas and Asia-Pacific. We are trusted by multi-national companies because of our passion and desire to be in line with their core values. We as a company believe in talent. We also believe that it is our responsibility to help find the purpose in the talent, which could spark a change in our society and the world.
MA. ANNA ASUNCION-DAGÑALAN REAL RANDOLPH JOSEPH FLORIDO Writer/ Producer/ Director | EYEPOPPERS MULTIMEDIA SERVICES +63917 582 4688 | emailadko@gmail.com Chief Creative Officer, Firestarters Studios +63917 527 7325 | www.firestartersprod.comrsflorido@firestartersprod.com
COMPANY PROFILE: Firestarters Productions Inc. is a top video and film production company in the Philippines. It was established in 2014 with the vision to produce quality content and services from concept to execution through film, video production, new media and live shows.
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COMPANY PROFILE: EYEPOPPERS MULTIMEDIA SERVICES is just a new multimedia services company which was established on November 19, 2020, and this is owned by Ma. Anna L. Asuncion-Dagñalan or Ma-an. Ma-an is currently a Writer, Producer, and Director for TV Commercials, Promotional Materials or Audio-Visual Presentations, and Online Series. She is also an in-house Project Manager/Producer of THIS SIDEUP. Eyepoppers’ first project is a full-length narrative entitled, BLUE ROOM. Though the project is still in the pre-production stage, it has already garnered achievements from the local festival and government agencies: Cinemalaya Film Festival 2021 (Finalist); Film Development Council of the Philippines’ CreatePHFilms 2021 (Recipient); and National Commission for Culture and the Arts 2021 (Post-Production Grantee).
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22 WHO CAN I CONTACT AT FDCP? Mary Liza B. DIÑO Chairperson and chairliza@fdcp.phCEO+639178775492 ONSITE Vanessa Kaye PANTOJA Sr. Markets and Promotions Supervisor, vkpantoja.fdcp@gmail.comFilmPhilippines Mirasol CRUZ Executive ceb@fdcp.phFilmPhilippinesDirector, Ji LACERNA Unit DevelopmentManager, Support Division jilacerna@fdcp.ph Jo Andrew TORLAO Technical jotorlao@fdcp.phDistributionManager,Division Mary Grace PAULINO Administrative Manager, Film Philippines gracepaulino.fdcp@gmail.comOffice Allyza Del PILAR Program DevelopmentSupervisor,Support Division ally.fdcp@gmail.com Raymond Vincent CUTILLAR Unit raymondcutillarFDCP@gmail.comDistributionManager,Division Maiza ILUSTRISIMO Executive Assistant to the maizailustrisimo.fdcp@gmail.comChairperson David FABROS Chief of Staff, Office of the Chairperson and CEO davidfabros@fdcp.ph(OCCEO) Ria Anne RUBIA Executive riarubia@fdcp.phDirector Mil ALCAIN Unit mil.fdcp@gmail.comFilmPhilippinesManager, Mac RIVERA Program DevelopmentOfficer,Support imacrivera.fdcp@gmail.comDivision Martina MACALANDA Program martinamacalanda.fdcp@gmail.comDistributionSupervisor,Division For Philippine Delegates Accreditation For FilmPhilippines Incentives For Match Me! and FDCP’s Lab Programs For International Distribution For information on the Film Development Council of the Philippines and its programs, go to www.fdcp.ph For information on FilmPhilippines Incentives, go to www.filmphilippines.com www.fdcp.ph www.filmphilippines.com
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