BINISAYA

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BINISAYA Shoot Out 2023 Best Film Winner

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"AI, MANGGA"

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"LENTE"

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"KINABUHI SA DUHA KA LAAGAN"

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"LITTLE MS. EXISTENTIAL CRISIS"

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"Layug"

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"Uy Si Idoll Ko"

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"MASALIGON"

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"Teddy Ko"

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"ANGA BATAA UY"

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FDCP Film Talks

FDCP Film Talks designed for aspiring, emerging filmmakers and other audiences who want to learn more about filmmaking with leading film personalities as mentors sharing the latest on the craft,  the years of experience, best practices, techniques, and insider knowledge straight from the industry masters.

This is in partnership with local festivals supported by the Festival Development Assistance Program (FDAP).

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Redh Honoridez (BINISAYA Shorts 2023 Best Film)

REDH HONORIDEZ is an independent filmmaker born and raised in Cebu City, Philippines. Graduated Bachelor of Fine Arts major in Cinema, at the University of San Carlos in 2017.

Known for his films:

Sa Dihang Nabulabog Ang Tanan (The Day I Messed Up) 2023, BINISAYA 2023 (Binisaya Shorts Best Film), and Lutas Film Festival Best Film & Best Director.

Mag Siomai Ta Sa Tisa (A Siomai Date in Tisa) 2024, Sinulog Film Festival 2024 - Top 8 Grand Finalist (Nominee for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing)

Ang Pusil-Pusil ug Ang DVD Player (The Toy Gun and The DVD Player) 2021, that became finalists at BINISAYA 2021, NABIFILMEX 2022, Cinema Rehiyon 2022, and Sine Isla: LuzViMinda 2022;

Padayon Mama (Keep Going, Mama) 2021, a Top 10 Jury's Choice in the CNN Reel Filipina Film Competition;

Pier Uno (2018), Finalist at Viddsee Juree Awards Philippines 2018

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Kevin Pison Piamonte (BINISAYA Horizons 2023 Best Film)

Kevin Pison Piamonte is a teacher of film and advertising at the University of the Philippines Visayas.  His first full-length documentary film about the Indigenous Peoples of Boracay premiered at the Busan International Film Festival in 2018. 

His 1st short film “Bukog” (Fishbones) became a finalist at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Festival for Alternative Films and Video. 

His 2nd short film “Baboy Talunon” (Wild Boar) won 2 accolades in 2021 as the Best International Short Film in the Uruvatti International Film Festival in India.  It also won as Best Screenplay in the Nabunturan Independent Film Exhibition – a regional film festival in the Philippines. 

His 3rd short film “SOLO” won as Best Film in the 4th Quisumbing-Escandor Film Festival for Health and the Best Short Film for the 69th FAMAS Awards in 2021. 

His 4th short film “Dog Eaters” became a FAMAS nominee in 2022.  In 2023 “Dog Eaters” won in the 13th edition of Binisaya Film Festival, Horizons Category and in the 20th Mindanao Film Festival, Dayo Category.

Currently Kevin Pison Piamonte is in the post production phase of his first full-length feature entitled “Candè” with JC Santos and Sunshine Teodoro.

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Whammy Alcazaren (BINISAYA World 2023 Best Film)

Whammy Alcazaren is known for Fisting: Never Tear Us Apart (2018), Colossal (2012) and Islands (2013).

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“Ano nga ba talaga ang ‘Film Festival’?” (Pinoy Indies as Community Spaces) with Ed Cabagnot 

Importance of films and film festivals in bridging the gap between metropolitan advancements and cultural preservation

Edward Delos Santos Cabagnot's career in Philippine cinema spans over three decades beginning as Film Programmer at the Experimental Cinema of the Philippines in 1982. In 1987, it continued at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) where he served as Director of the CCP Media Arts (Film & Broadcast) Division until his retirement in 2013. His work includes the establishment of alternative cinema networks nationwide (the CCP/NCCA Lakbay Sine and the CCP SineKlab), managing the Gawad CCP Para Sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video (the longest-running independent film festival in Southeast Asia_, and co-founding the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. Since 2008, he has served as a jury member for numerous international film festivals including the Berlinale, the Busan International Film Festival, and the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, to name just a few.

In 2007, he was awarded an API (Asian Public Intellectuals) Fellowship Grant by the Nippon Foundation which focussed on the topic "Changing Landscapes, Changing Lives: the Changing Cinemas of Southeast Asia". In 2010, he also completed a five-week scholarship training on Film Festival Management for the Deutsche Welle in Berlin, Germany.

Cabagnot is a two-time Palanca awardee for playwriting and a prolific writer for Philippine and international publications. His latest work "Martin Heidegger's Being & Time and Manuel Silos' Biyaya Ng Lupa" on Philosophy and Pinoy Cinema was recently published by the University of the Philippines Press.

Currently, he is a member of the faculty at the University of the Philippines, De La Salle University, and De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde -specializing in Contemporary Southeast Asian Cinema, Film Festival Management, and, of late, AI Technology in Media and the Creative/Culture Industries.

In June 2024, he was awarded the Keys to the City of Manila by its mayor and vice-mayor for his role as Key Advisor to and Festival Director of recently-held The Manila Film Festival.

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Transitioning from short filmmaking to feature-length filmmaking with Glenn Barit 

Filipino filmmaker, sound designer, and scorer from Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. His short film “Aliens Ata” won him the NETPAC Jury Prize in the Cinemalaya Independent FF 2017 and the FAMAS Grand Jury Prize 2018. "Cleaners", his debut feature film, won Best Film, Best Screenplay and Audience Choice Award at the QCinema IFF 2019. It also won Best Picture and 5 other awards at Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino 2020. It also bagged the FAMAS Best Screenplay 2020. It has since screened in Busan IFF, Taipei Golden Horse FF and Torino FF among others. CNN Philippines Life deemed it as one of the best Filipino films of 2019. His short film, “Luzonensis Osteoporosis” won NETPAC Jury Prize and Audience Choice Award at the QCinema IFF 2022. It then premiered in Fantasia International Film Festival 2023, Encounters Film Festival 2023 and Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival 2023 (POFF Shorts). He is an alumnus of Ricky Lee’s Scriptwriting Workshop in 2018 and Bucheon Fantastic Film School in 2020.

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"Nalumos Akong Papa Sa Sabaw" Jp Corton

Jelian, a young boy from Ormoc City envies the bond between his friends and their fathers, igniting his longing for his absent one. Struggling with anxiety when asked by friends about it, Jelian's distress leads him to a whimsical attempt of finding his father by diving into a bowl of soup in his imagination right after his mother told him that his father had drowned in soup. Despite his efforts, reality dawns on him, he finds solace in his mother's comforting words, embracing their unbreakable connection. The film closes as Jelian and his mother share a poignant moment, swimming together in the metaphorical soup, encapsulating their enduring love.