THEY called it Nakabuhi, which literally meant “released” or “let loose.” It could also mean “being freed.” The festival was founded in Buhi, a town noted for its Lake Buhi where once thrived the “sinarapan,” considered to be the smallest edible fish in the world. There are many stories about…
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‘Eksena Cinema Quarantine 2: Covid-19 Filmmakers’ Diaries’ or ECQ2 filmmakers and their films “Eksena Cinema Quarantine 2 (ECQ2): Covid-19 Filmmakers’ Diaries” gears up its online cinemas for a free screening of its 16 sele
(Image courtesy of NCCA-National Committee on Cinema) BACOLOD CITY - Some 16 short flicks produced by regional filmmakers amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic were unveiled by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in a virtual launch on Saturday afternoon. The NCCA National Committee on Cinema (NCC) is presenting the Eksena Cinema Quarantine 2: Covid-19 Filmmakers' Diaries or ECQ2 in partnership with the Bacolod-based University of St. La Salle (USLS) as a sequel project of the ECQ initiated at the height of the enhanced community quarantine in the previous year. "ECQ2 is NCC's contribution to spur the sustainability of film making practice among the regional filmmakers. It is not only a showcase of the best of regional film making but, more so, a testament to Filipino filmmakers' commitment to film as art and the Philippine society," said Prof. Rolando Tolentino, chair of NCC and head of the NCCA-Subcommission on the Arts, in a
It’s the second year of the pandemic. Not that we are celebrating affliction but filmmakers are doing a take two for the ECQ this 2022. Dubbed the Eksena Cinema Quarantine: Covid-19 Filmmakers’ Diaries 2, this project will feature 16 films chronicling how people have responded to restrictions like lockdowns and…