DAVAO
CITY- Seven films from Compostela Valley and Davao City were screened last
February 19 in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia-Herzogovina.
The
films coming from the Nabunturan Independent Film Exchange represented the
country as official film entries in the 32nd International Festival Sarajevo
“Sarajevo Winter 2016, a yearly multi-art festival organized by the
International Peace Center Sarajevo and held under the auspices of the
Secretary General of the Council of Europe, the European Union and Unesco.
The
festival has become a traditional meeting place of artists from all over the
world. It opened last February 6 and will run until March 21, 2016.
Among
the short films which was screened in Cinema 5 of Cinema City in Sarajevo last
February 19 included the two short films of Dabawenyo lawyer Heraclio Malaki
titled Amog and Muted, “Nilusak” a film about sexual abuse helmed by Prechelle
Dally Boncales and Rodney Christian Prieto, a short film about gold and greed
titled “Pasuon” by Byan Jimenez, “ Sepulturero” which revolves around a
grieving undertaker and helmed by Jimmy Abayon.
Rounding
out the seven shorts are Comval films is “Tami-aw” about a 4Ps beneficiary
directed by a Mary Ann Gabisan and “Supot” a short film about a teacher with
kidney problems megged by Jelford Teves.
The
selected films are products of the Sine Indie Workshops organized by the
Municipal Tourism Council of Nabunturan, Inc. (MTCNI) which organizes the
annual Nabifilmex.
The
Nabifilmex films are the country’s only cinematic entries to the Sarajevo
festival. (PIA/RG Alama)
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