VALUES IN MOVIES. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Negros Cultural Foundation are calling for short film entries showcasing Filipino values for the second year of the Sine Halaga Film Festival and Educational Resources. The competition is a platform for all filmmakers to tell beautiful stories depicting one or more of the 20 Filipino values in contemporary films.(Image from Sine Halaga Facebook page) BACOLOD CITY - The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Negros Cultural Foundation (NCF) are calling for short film entries showcasing Filipino values for the second year of the Sine Halaga Film Festival and Educational Resources. Also known as the NCCA Filipino Values Film Festival, the competition provides a platform for all filmmakers to tell beautiful stories depicting one or more of the 20 Filipino values in contemporary films. "We want to continue planting seeds for new harvests for our festival," national festival director Elv
CULTURE AND ARTS GRANTS. Pablito Gonzales (left), head of the National Committee on Central Cultural Communities, and Tanya Lopez, executive director of The Negros Museum, announce the call for proposals for the 2023 competitive grants of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in Bacolod City on Friday (July 22, 2022). Proposal applications from accredited institutions and individuals will be accepted until August 31, 2022.(PNA photo by Nanette L. Guadalquiver) BACOLOD CITY - The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is calling for proposals for next year's competitive grants from accredited institutions and individuals in Negros Occidental. Pablito Gonzales, head of the National Committee on Central Cultural Communities, issued the invitation, particularly to indigenous peoples' organizations (IPOs), which are the main clients of his committee. "We are here to encourage you to apply. Under the NCCA, my focus is on the IPs," he said during a pr