The QCinema Challenge Market, the trade platform of the Philippines‘ QCinema Worldwide Movie Pageant, wrapped its second version with grants and co-production assist distributed throughout a number of tasks from the area.
Three Filipino tasks secured the market’s prime Philippine Co-Manufacturing Grant of $34,000 every: Martika Ramirez Escobar’s “Anak Alon” (Daughters of the Sea), Eve Baswel’s “Bato Bato Sa Langit, Ang Tamaan Magagalit” (Heaven Assist Us), and Sonny Calvento’s “Inahing Baka” (Mom Possibly).
The Myanmar-Indonesia co-production “The Beer Woman in Yangon,” helmed by Sein Lyan Tun, scored the Southeast Asia Co-Manufacturing Grant value $17,000. Extra co-production grants of $12,000 every went to Singapore’s “Different Individuals’s Goals” from Daniel Hui and Malaysia’s “The Passport” from Ananth Subramaniam.
Joel Ruiz’s “Angel De Dios” landed the Mocha Chai Award, which incorporates post-production companies valued at $50,000. Kenneth Dagatan‘s “Molder” picked up the Kongchak Studio Award, securing sound post-production companies value $10,000.
CMB Discovery backed a number of tasks with gear rental assist, together with 5 $17,000 grants to Filipino tasks and eight extra $13,500 grants. Barebones awarded coloration correction grants value $14,000 every to 4 tasks, whereas Central Digital Lab supplied two $10,000 coloration correction packages.
The 2-day market, held at Quezon Metropolis, featured 20 feature-length fiction projects chosen from 70 submissions throughout Southeast Asia. The occasion facilitated one-on-one conferences between filmmakers and worldwide manufacturing firms.
QCinema Challenge Market managing director Liza Dino-Seguerra stated the market “will proceed to be an important platform for fostering cross-border collaborations and co-production alternatives amongst Filipino, Southeast Asian, and worldwide filmmakers.”
Full Checklist of Winners:
QPM Philippines Co-Manufacturing Grant ($34,000 every)
“Daughters of the Sea” (Anak Alon)
“Heaven Assist Us” (Bato Bato Sa Langit Ang Tamaan Magagalit)
“Mom Possibly” (Inahing Baka)
QPM Southeast Asian Co-Manufacturing Prize
“The Beer Woman in Yangon” (Myanmar, Indonesia) – $17,000
“Different Individuals’s Goals” (Singapore) – $12,000
“The Passport” (Malaysia) – $12,000
Mocha Chai Award (valued as much as $50,000)
“Angel De Dios” (Philippines)
CMB Discovery Award ($17,000 every)
“Lihim na Luha” (Philippines)
“Please Bear With Me” (Philippines)
“Golden” (Philippines)
“Angel de Dios” (Philippines)
“Molder” (Philippines)
CMB Discovery Award ($13,500 every)
“My Neighbor The Gangster” (Philippines)
“The Returning” (Philippines)
“Heaven Assist Us” (Philippines)
“Baradero” (A Ship of Fools) (Philippines)
“Ewa” (Philippines)
“Daughters of the Sea” (Philippines)
“Hum” (Philippines)
“Mom Possibly” (Philippines)
Kongchak Studio Award ($10,000)
“Molder” (Philippines)
Central Digital Lab Award ($10,000 every)
“The Returning” (Philippines)
“My Neighbor The Gangster” (Philippines)
Barebones Award ($14,000 every)
“Golden” (Philippines)
“Hum” (Philippines)
“Future Laobans” (Myanmar)
“I’ll Smile in September” (Singapore, India)
T6xBB Award ($14,000)
“The Beer Woman in Yangon” (Myanmar, Indonesia)
TAICCA Award ($5,000)
“Ewa” (Philippines)
Nathan Studios Improvement Grant ($4,500)
“Lihim na Luha” (Secret Cries)
