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The Bacolod City government has launched a film festival which will serve as a platform to showcase the creativity of filmmakers residing in the city, develop film appreciation, and further promote the local film industry.
Councilor Em Ang, chairman of the Committee on History, Culture, and Arts of the Bacolod City Council, co-authored the new city law, also known as the Bacolod Film Festival Ordinance, with fellow councilors Cindy Rojas and Celia Matea Flor. The BFFC will select filmmakers who will receive subsidies to shoot their short films to be shown during the film festival in September. An awards night will be held as a culminating event.Ang revealed that the city government will provide production grants worth P300,000 each to ten filmmakers, whether producer, director, or writer, who are bona fide residents of Bacolod City. She clarified that selected filmmakers do not need to shoot scenes entirely in the city.
Ang added that the city government is partnering with the Department of Trade and Industry , pursuant to R.A. 11904, otherwise known as the Philippine Creative Industries Development Act, for funding assistance.
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