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How QCinema’s Industry Programmes Are Building Bridges Between Philippines, Rest Of SE-Asia & Beyond
QPM and ANWFF are part of an expanding roster of industry activities, as Quezon City positions itself as an international destination.
Liza Diño, executive director of Quezon City Film Commission, which organizes QPM, says the market is part of plans to solidify the Philippines’ position in the fast-growing Southeast Asian wave of international co-productions and producer networks. “We’ve been doing this work in the Philippines for several years, finding ways to collaborate with other Southeast Asian filmmakers, and supporting that with funding,” says Diño, referring to co-productions including Viet And Nam and Plan 75, in which Filipino producers played a major role. Many of the projects selected for QPM also reflected this trend – some such as Kenneth Dagatan’s Molder, Atsuko Hirayanagi’s The Returning, Calvento’s Mother Maybe and Mario Cornejo’s My Neighbor The Gangster contain elements of horror, thriller, supernatural and comedy.
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