How QCinema’s Industry Programmes Are Building Bridges Between Philippines, Rest Of SE-Asia & Beyond
deadline.comQCinema Project Market (QPM) wrapped this weekend with an awards ceremony in which cash prizes and in-kind services worth $442,000 were handed out to projects from the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia.
The event is part of an expanding roster of industry programmes at QCinema International Film Festival (November 8-17), one of the Philippines’ major film gatherings, hosted by Quezon City, which is the largest city within the vast metropolitan area of Metro Manila.
While the festival has been running for 12 years, QPM (November 14-16) was holding its second edition this year, and was joined by the launch of Asian Next Wave Film Forum, a series of panel discussions, masterclasses and case studies of regional co-productions.
QPM selected 20 projects, including ten from the Philippines and ten from the rest of Southeast Asia. Winning projects included Myanmar-Indonesia co-production The Beer Girl In Yangon and upcoming works from Filipino filmmakers Martika Ramirez Escobar, Eve Baswel, and Sonny Calvento.
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