After the preliminary judging last Wednesday, NokiaCinemaiksi chose five teams who attended a one-day workshop today with Cannes Filmfest Best Director Brillante Mendoza and Palanca winning screenwriter and creative director Lilit Reyes.
< width="350" height="263" align="left" src=" lilit with the finalists. " alt="" />Reyes, a judge at the recent Cinemalaya, advised the budding filmmakers-advertising creatives not to approach the medium as creatives. His advise to the finalists, " your work must be sincere, but I cannot teach you that," he added.
Mendoza, on the other hand, revealed that as a director, he does not motivate the characters, "because (I) don’t know how. I don’t give them the script, so the actors arrive as the character, and not as actors."
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The teams who will go to Subic to film and finish their final mini-opus are:
1. As It Happens – Media Contacts Philippines’ Micheline Rama & Patricia Lavandelo
2. Bawal Ba – Dentsu Philippines’ Spiro Barroga & Pilar Dollano
3. Kanin Baboy – Leo Burnett Manila’s Ryan Giron & Nino Gupana
4. Projektor – J Romero & Associates’ Jofer Mijares & Lucas Luchico
5. Same Same but Different – Euro RSCG-Agatep’s Lovel Aniag & Ella Quiogue
The Grand prizewinner will be announced at the Araw Awards ceremony on November 21st, and will attend the Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards for free.
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"The Nokia N-series devices technology can really make [film-making] come to life," said Sandeep Khanna, Nokia Country Marketing Head.
"We had an exciting workshop where Reyes and Mendoza told the newbies how to do film-making, and I am sure they will walk away with film making tips they can use. We hope this habit comes to enrich lives, and film-making to take root from the evangelists of this program," he added.
