Indie Film Seminar Now Open

MANILA - After a brief hiatus, ABC-5 News & Public Affairs launches a brand new season of its landmark program "Dokyu" this May.

"Dokyu" has been highly acclaimed for providing start-up incentives as well as an exhibition platform for independent documentary filmmakers, both professionals and amateurs/students.

On their first year on air, "Dokyu" showcased a variety of productions from students, budding artists, cause-oriented groups and independent (indie) filmmakers.

"The show is a morale booster for student and indie filmmakers to show their craft and more importantly, their points of view for the world to see," said Jim Libiran, ABC-5 Public Affairs production head.

On its second year, "Dokyu" staged a campus tour, teaching students in twelve colleges and universities in Metro Manila the rudiments of documentary filmmaking. It also aired a month-long documentary film festival.

For its brand new season, there will be a lot of changes starting with the concept. "Dokyu" will now be a competition program, with different levels or categories. For the first season, the competition will be in the student category, and will be similar to the Gawad CCP, Urian and CMMA awards.

The winning documentary will receive a tax-free cash prize of P50,000.00 and a trophy.

ABC 5 has sent an open invitation to all colleges and universities in the Philippines to send entries to "Dokyu's" search for the Best Student Documentary.

Entry forms can be downloaded from the ABC website and the "Dokyu" web page. Accomplished form together with two copies (dvd, vcd, dv) of the documentary shall be submitted to the "Dokyu" office, ABC News & Public Affairs, ABC Studios, 762 Quirino Highway, Novaliches, Quezon City.

Entries for the first season will be accepted until May 31. A minimum of 20 and a maximum of 22 entries will be chosen to compete for Best Student Documentary Season 1.

A panel of critics composed of respected broadcast journalists and professors from the academe will preview all "Dokyu" finalists and judge them based on the following criteria: 50% of the score for best student "Dokyu" and 50% will come from text votes.

All shortlisted entries will air on TV, two back to back per episode, starting on May 18. The first season winner will be announced by the third week of August. Each year, there will be at least three best student "Dokyu" winners which will also have a chance to be sponsored and entered in international competitions.

The student "Dokyu" season will be hosted by outstanding youth achiever Patricia Evangelista. A documentary filmmaker herself, Patricia is a Philippine Daily Inquirer op-ed columnist and host of the TV program "Y-Speak."

Patricia's annotations each episode will include a critic's review of the featured documentaries to guide viewers in evaluating the work.

U.S. Magsasagawa Ng Hostage Crisis Seminar

QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 07 May) – Manghihimasok na umano ang Estados Unidos sa isinasagawang pagsasanay ng mga pulis sa kalakhang Maynila sa pagtugon sa hostage crisis.

Sinabi ni National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Chief Deputy Director General Reynaldo Varilla na maaaring makapagbigay ang Amerika ng mas komprehensibong seminar hinggil sa hostage crisis management.

Kasabay nito, ipagpapatuloy pa rin ng kapulisan ang seminar pagkatapos ng May 14 elections.

"We will continue with (the seminar) after the elections. In fact, we are coordinating with the US Embassy so that the seminar will be a comprehensive one," ani Varilla sa Mindanao Examiner.

Tanging ang Manila Police District sa limang distrito sa NCR ang nakapagsagawa ng seminar sa hostage negotiation sa kanilang mga tauhan.Nabatid kay Senior Superintendent Cipriano Querol, hepe ng MPD directorial staff, na nagawa nang makapagtapos ang dalawang batch ng mga sumailalim sa hostage-negotiation seminar na binubuo ng 91 tauhan.

"Mukhang na-absorb naman nila yung training. In fact, maganda nga yung participation ng mga estudyante kasi nagkaroon kami ng command post exercise where we created some scenario," wika ni Querol.

Binabalak rin ni Varilla na magpatupad ng regular na command post exercise sa hostage negotiation upang matiyak na palagiang handa ang mga tauhan sa anumag sitwasyon.

Ang lahat ng distrito sa Metro Manila ay obligadong ipasailalim sa naturang pagsasanay.

Noong Marso 28, magugunitang hinostage nina Armado "Jun" Ducat at kasamahan nitong si Ceazar Augusto CArbonell ang mga guro at estudyante ng sariling pre-school nito sa Tondo, Maynila upang ipaabot ang hinaing laban sa gobyerno. (Juley Reyes)

FILM MAKING IN ZAMBOANGA CITY

The Mindanao Examiner in association with the Moro Films will conduct a week-long seminar and workshop on film making on February 24.

The workshop is a special hands-on intensive course designed for people who wish to study the art and craft of film making in an intense schedule. This seminar will also help corporate media people engaged in video productions.

For those with little or no film making experience, this workshop offers strong foundation skills through carefully crafted modules aimed at focused learning, hands-on production.

Workshop participants are expected to learn story development, scriptwriting, directing, lighting, editing, sound recording and producing and the opportunity to make fully-realized short films which could be exhibited at film festivals.

The workshop is structured in a way that participants will be able to produce their own 5-minute films towards the end course. To achieve this end, only 25 participants will be accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis.

The film making workshop shall be conducted by Gutierrez Mangansakan II, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and writer. His first work ‘House under the Crescent Moon’ won Best Documentary at the 15th Gawad CCP para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video in 2001.

His documentaries have been screened in various international film festivals in Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, US and Europe.

The workshop is inclusive of seminar venue in hotel in Zamboanga City, lecture kits, workshop IDs, and certificates of training, 1 meal and two snacks, projector, white board, sound system, back draft and television. For reservation, please contact the Mindanao Examiner or Al Jacinto at telephone & fax 062-9925480 or mobile +63918-9180895 or e-mail us at mindanaoexaminer@gmail.com

Photo: Peace And Conflict Journalism Network With Support Of Germany's InWent Hold Capacity-Building Seminar In South RP

PEACE AND CONFLICT JOURNALISM NETWORK. Filipino media members pose Monday 20 Nov 2006 with veteran German journalist Antonia Koop, center first row, at the Malasag Eco-Tourism Village in Cagayan de Oro City in the southern Philippines. The Peace and Conflict Journalism Network (PECOJON), supported by InWent, of Germany, has been holding capacity-building seminars and trainings for responsible journalism in the Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner/Mark Navales)