Sheron Dayoc’s Halaw won the Best Film award in the New Breed Full Length Feature category while Pam Miras’Wag Kang Titingin topped the Short Feature category and Mark Meily’s Donorwas named Best Film in the Directors Showcase of the 6th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition. This was announced in the Cinemalaya awarding rites on July 18, 2010 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo.
Halaw was cited “for its timely depiction of the rigors and dangers that Filipinos go through in order to reach Sabah in search of greener pastures, its mastery of the elements of filmmaking and meaningful narrative, and its powerful herald that Mindanao cinema has come of age.” More
THE recentlyconcluded 6th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition will move over to the UP Film Center ’s Cine Adarna in Diliman where it will run from July 20 to 30. The event, which is billed Cinemalaya Goes U.P. 6 , will feature the films that competed in the New Breed (Full length feature) category, the Short Feature category and the Directors Showcase of the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition.
Cinemalaya Goes UP 6 is a presentation of the UP Cineastes’ Studio and Abracadabra in partnership with the UP Film institute and in cooperation with the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Cinemalaya Foundation.
The Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition, which was held at the CCP on July 9-18, is a competitive all digital film festival that aims to discover, encourage and honor the cinematic works of Filipino filmmakers and seeks to invigorate the Philippine film industry by developing a new breed of Filipino filmmakers.
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BY DAN VILLEGAS & PAUL STA. ANA
The New Breed Category: Finalist, Full Length Feature
2010 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition