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QCinema 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. 

Naman Ramachandran The QCinema Project Market, the industry platform of the Philippines‘ QCinema International Film Festival, wrapped its second edition with grants and co-production support distributed across multiple projects from the region. Three Filipino projects secured the market’s top Philippine Co-Production Grant of $34,000 each: Martika Ramirez Escobar’s “Anak Alon” (Daughters of the Sea), Eve Baswel’s “Bato Bato Sa Langit, Ang Tamaan Magagalit” (Heaven Help Us), and Sonny Calvento’s “Inahing Baka” (Mother Maybe). The Myanmar-Indonesia co-production “The Beer Girl in Yangon,” helmed by Sein Lyan Tun, scored the Southeast Asia Co-Production Grant worth $17,000.

Naman Ramachandran The Philippines‘ QCinema International Film Festival has locked its 12th edition lineup, with Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Cloud” — Japan’s submission for the 97th Academy Awards — set to close the November event. The festival opens with “Directors’ Factory Philippines,” an eight-filmmaker omnibus collaboration with Cannes Directors’ Fortnight that pairs Filipino directors with counterparts from across Asia.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Cannes’ Directors Fortnight section has joined forces with The Philippines for the latest edition of its Directors Factory professional training program. Operating since 2013, when it kicked off in Taiwan, the Directors’ Factory works with a new partner country each year to mentor eight budding filmmakers who are preparing ambitious first or second feature projects that they will make in pairs. The four resulting co-written and co-directed short films will be screened as part of the Directors’ Fortnight (aka Quinzaine des Cineastes) in May. Four pairs were selected in Manila in October: Eve Baswel (Philippines) and Gogularaajan Rajendran (Malaysia); Maria Estela Paiso (Philippines) and Ashok Vish (India); Arvin Belarmino (Philippines) and Lomorpich Rithy (aka YoKi) (Cambodia); Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan (Philippines) and Tan Siyou (Singapore). They have now begun writing their screenplays and are expected to shoot their films March in Dapitan, a city in The Philippines’ Zamboanga Peninsula, known for its many shrines and as the place of exile of Philippines’ national hero, Jose Rizal. These days it is a hub for domestic and international tourism. Post-production of the four titles will then be hosted in Quezon City, which seeks to become the new film capital of the Philippines and where many of the country’s post-production houses are already based. The program is operated and co-produced by Epicmedia Productions of The Philippines and Dominique Welinski, founder and curator of DW (France).

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The QCinema International Film Festival in the Philippines has beefed up its industry program by introducing a project market strand, QCinema Project Market (QPM). It acts as a networking and funding platform for Filipino and Southeast Asian projects in advanced development.

Because Of You singer Keith Martin was found dead in his condo at the age of 55 on Friday morning in Quezon City, part of Metro Manila in the Philippines.Although the cause of death is currently unknown, the police allegedly said he may have died a week before his body was discovered, the Manila Bulletinreports.The building's property manager is said to have called the authorities after neighbors noticed a stench coming from what turned out to be Martin's apartment. Dearly departed: Because Of You singer Keith Martin was found dead in his condo at the age of 55 on Friday morning in Quezon City, part of Metro Manila in the PhilippinesWhen the police arrived on the scene, they found Martin lifeless in his bed, according to witnesses cited by The Sun.On March 12, Martin performed at the Filipino singer Daryl Ong's wedding in Antipolo, according to Quezon City's GMA Network.

Dundee. Bennylyn and Jellica's bodies were found at a house in the city's Troon avenue in March after the 25-year-old and her daughter were reported missing at the start of that month.