MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Cinemalaya Foundation is calling on alumni filmmakers to apply for the post-production grants. The grants will fund specific aspects of their film projects in the post-production stage.
The Cinemalaya will give grants, amounting to Php500,000, to three film projects in their advanced stage of development. In return, Cinemalaya will have the first option for the Philippine premiere of the completed film/s.
The Cinemalaya Post Production Grant aims to further the creative impetus of Cinemalaya Film Festival and cultivate new works from its filmmakers.
Interested applicants must be a Cinemalaya alumni, either a director or screenwriter. Their film must be completed by May 29, 2020.
Interested applicants must submit a duly accomplished Application Form (which can be downloaded from www.culturalcenter.gov.ph or www.cinemalaya.org), full script, synopsis (not more than 300 words) and logline of the film, list of the major cast and staff, biography and filmography of the proponent/s, director’s statement, post-production timetable, detailed budget plan, a 30-minute rough edit of the film (to be submitted in a USB or secured online link) and two (2) pieces recent photo of proponent (2in x 2in).
Deadline for submission of applications is on or before 6PM of March 20, 2020 (Friday). Submit all requirements to the Film, Broadcast, and New Media Division, 4/F Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City.
For more details and information, you may call the CCP Film, Broadcast and New Media Division at 8832-1125, local 1705 & 1712. Or you can visit the CCP Facebook accounts and website (www.culturalcenter.gov.ph), or the Cinemalaya website (www.cinemalaya.org.)