#Cebu - Films from provinces dominate digital fest..

                                 Films from provinces dominate digital fest.. 

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.

Two films—Victor Villanueva’s “My Paranormal Romance” and Brandon Relucio and Ivan Zaldarriaga’s “Di Ingon ’Nato”—were shot in Cebu (Visayas). Teng Mangansakan’s “Cartas de la Soledad” is from Maguindanao (Mindanao).

There are three from Luzon: “Big Boy,” by Shireen Seno, was filmed in Mindoro; “Sa Kanto ng Ulap at Langit” by Mes de Guzman, in Nueva Vizcaya; “Sa Ilalim ng Tulay,” by Earl Bontuyan, was partly shot in Mt. Pinatubo in Pampanga.

Like Cinemalaya and Cinemanila, Cinema One is among the three digital film festivals that have been supporting local indie filmmakers through an annual competition for the past seven years.

“The objective of the festival is to discover new filmmakers and help increase the number of local content,” said Cinema One channel head and festival director Ronald Arguelles. Ten films are competing for various awards to be handed out November 13 in ceremonies set at the Grand Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza in Ortigas.


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