MANILA: The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) will stage the first Film Education Convention (FilmEC) on Sept. 17 to 18 at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde.
Aside from screening short films by students, the FilmEC will gather industry and academe stakeholders for panel discussions, plenary talks, as well as film book sales.
‘The FDCP has put together the FilmEC, to gather both teachers and students of film to converge, get to know one another and engage in conversations that will break barriers of language or institutional representation,’ FDCP chairman Jose Javier Reyes said in a statement.
Nine schools registered with the Academy Film Society (AFS) will assist in the promotion of FilmEC, the FDCP said.
Prior to the FilmEC, the FDCP will host film screenings, talkback sessions and workshops in universities and cinematheque centers.
This includes a curated selection of student short films and talkback sessions with filmmakers at Cinematheque Centre Manila on July 19 and the Unive
rsity of Makati on Aug. 27.
The FDCP, together with the Filipino Screenwriters Guild, continue its regional screenwriting workshop for beginners. Five slots per region are open to AFS members in Iloilo, Negros Island and Davao.
‘We’re here to learn, immerse, and understand film education in the Philippines, exposing newcomers to real-world filmmaking,’ Reyes said.
Source: Philippines News Agency
