Benito Bautista and Emma Francisco launched San Diego Filipino Cinema in 2018 and will be hosting the 4th Annual San Diego Filipino Festival in October.
Benito Bautista and Emma Francisco introducing a film at last year's San Diego Filipino Film Festival. Oct. 3, 2023.Benito Bautista and Emma Francisco wanted to feed San Diego — both literally and figuratively. From the moment they conceived of creating a Filipino film festival they knew they wanted to nourish both the body and the soul because film and food are intimately intertwined.
For Bautista and Francisco, being in those creative spaces and making films opened their eyes to the importance of sharing stories and creating dialogue. “And so that's really what we're excited about, hopefully to inspire young filmmakers to share their own stories and hopefully give them the tools that they need in order to be a sustainable filmmaker,” Francisco added.“It's like Comic-Con of Filipino creatives in film,” Bautista said.
“We have film producing incentives and logistic requirements in the Philippines so if you're a filmmaker here in the U.S., and you feel like, I want to make a film in the Philippines, then this is your opportunity to sit down and figure it out,” Bautista added. “Let's say I show films in La Jolla. Is that representational of our community? Our Philippine community might go, but it might not be in droves,” Bautista said. “It might be because that's not the hub. Our first experiment was at Otay Ranch. We had a good attendance, but it was not enough. I wanted to grow it more. So we looked at the hub, which is National City. Oh, my God. National City! Everyone pulled up. It was crazy.
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