Nabunturan film festival holds virtual event

DAVAO CITY- Nabifilmex 8 (8^th Nabunturan Independent Film Exhibition) successfully held its virtual film festival which ran from October 25 to October 29.

There were 45 official competition films of which 11 were made by Davao de Oro filmmakers while 10 were from overseas.

Nabifilmex is a regional film festival hosted by Nabunturan Municipality in the province of Davao de Oro. The film festival was known for conducting open air film screenings at the town plaza made possible by a donate giant inflatable screen. In 2019 the film festival had its cinema screening at the newly built Cinematheque Nabunturan which was constructed by the Film Development Council of the Philippines.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the organizers to go online. Where it was streamed over the Facebook page of Nabifilmex and was also shown at the website of the Nabunturan Municipality.

“The original plan was for a hybrid event, we do it online then limited screenings at the Nabunturan Cinematheque but during the meeting the LGU (local government unit) discouraged us to do face-to-face screenings so we decided to make it fully virtual,” festival director Atty. Karen Santiago Malaki said.

“Nabifilmex channel is incorporated in the website of LGU Nabunturan anybody can go visit the channel and watch the films on their own time,” Atty Malaki said.

Serving as Jurors for the festival were film professor Ed Cabagnot, filmmakers Zurich Chan and Benjie Garcia. Here are the winning films of the Nabilfilmex 8

The winners of the Nabifilmex 8 are:

BEST SCREENPLAY: Jai Shane Cañete for Subiron Namom and Kenneth dela Cruz for Baboy Talunon

BEST SOUND DESIGN: Arki Red for Signal Notice

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Mary Clair Amora for Out

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Cyril Jay Ortega and Alex Gascon for Ang Bunga sa Tyan ni Adan

BEST EDITING: Ion Velasquez for Blue Tooth

BEST ENSEMBLE: Brian Brusas for Blue Tooth

BEST ACTRESS: Keyabby Gaye Masambo-Bantayan for Tugbang sa mga Buhat

BEST ACTOR: Von Conde for Mga Salitang Inanod and PJ Macarina for Mga Salitang Inanod

BEST DIRECTOR: Ella Louise Salomon for Ang Bunga sa Tyan ni Adan

JURY PRIZE: Usa ka Libog by Cromwell Ken Ibo

BEST DAVAO DE ORO FILM: Ising by Juvy Ann Clarito and Dante M. Plaza Jr.

GIMADYAWAN AWARD BEST FILM: Mga Salitang Inanod by Gabriel Carmelo

Nabifilmex 8 is supported by the Municipal Government of Nabunturan, Nabunturan Culture and Arts Council, Tourism Council of Nabunturan, National Commission for the Culture and the Arts and the FDCP.(PIA/RG Alama)

Comments

Davao del Sur State College first president formally proclaimed

DIGOS CITY, Mar. 31 (PIA) – Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Commissioner Aldrin A. Darilag has formally proclaimed Dr. Augie E. Fuentes as the first president of the Davao del Sur State College (DSSC) in the investiture rites held recently at the Davao del Sur Coliseum in Digos City. Dr. Fuentes has been appointed as DSSC president in 2020, but her appointment was made formal only last March 17 due to the restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The formal proclamation highlighted the institute’s accomplishments ever since they started as a state college, and not anymore as a sister campus of the Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology (SPAMAST) of Malita in Davao Occidental. “Actually I would say that we are fortunate. Though we are young, though we are still around two-years old from the time we were launched, I say we are fortunate because we did not start from zero. We were a campus of SPAMAST such that there wer...

LTO to public: Do not patronize colorum vehicles

NABUNTURAN, Davao de Oro (PIA) - An official of the Land Transportation Office enjoined the public for the eradication of colorum vehicles plying the streets in Davao region. During the second episode of Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas in Davao City, LTO XI Regional Director Eleanor Calderon urged the public not to patronize colorum vehicles to avoid any road safety risk and to also complement their enforcement operations against these violators. “If we stop patronizing these (colorum vehicles), they will just die a natural death; mawala ra na sila sa kalsad a (they will just vanish in our roads),” Calderon said. The traffic official emphasized that LTO XI has apprehended a total of 115 colorum vehicles from January to April 2024. Calderon also provided tips to identify colorum vehicles. She said that UV express vehicles should have yellow plates; other than that, the public should not board not yellow-plated vehicles whose drivers or operators are offering rides for a fee. “Dapat ...

Pilipinas Shell to build import facility in Sta. Cruz, DavSur

DAVAO CITY, April 22- Petroleum giant Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation will be constructing its Darong Import Facility in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. When completed it will be the third largest import facility in the country after the Shell Import Facility Tabangao in Batangas and the North Mindanao Import Facility in Cagayan de Oro. The Darong Import Facility has a rated capacity of 67-million liters of petroleum products. The import facility will help and promote business continuity and stability in the area by providing needed fuel resources for mobility during storms, floods and other calamities. A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Darong, Sta Cruz on April 22. The event was attended by Engr. Jaime G. Lao, Municipal Mayor of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur; DMCI Holdings Inc. President Sid Consunji; Santa Cruz Storage Corporation President Das Consunji Reyes; and Juan Miguel Delgado, COO of Northern Star; Sta Cruz Storage Corporation and Stephen Tion...

PIA Davao Region

Search This Blog