The Philippines’ QCinema Undertaking Market (QPM) handed out $442,000 (PHP26M) in grants and co-production help at its closing ceremony on November 16.
Three tasks from the Philippines obtained the QCinema Undertaking Market Philippine Co-Manufacturing Grant, every valued at $ 34,000 (PHP2M) – Daughters Of The Sea, from Martika Ramirez Escobar; Heaven Assist Us, directed by Eve Baswel, and Sonny Calvento’s Mom Possibly.
The QCinema Undertaking Market – Southeast Asia Co-Manufacturing Grant, value $17,000 (PHP1M) was awarded to Myanmar-Indonesia co-production The Beer Woman In Yangon, directed by Sein Lyan Tun. As well as, co-production grants of $12,000 (PHP750,000) every have been offered to Different Individuals’s Desires, directed by Singapore’s Daniel Hui, and The Passport, from Malaysia’s Ananth Subramaniam.
QPM’s business companions additionally handed out a number of awards together with Nathan Studios’ growth grant of PHP250,000, which went to Secret Cries, whereas the Taiwan Artistic Content material Company offered the $5,000 TAICCA Award to Ewa, the only animation movie among the many 20 tasks chosen (see full listing of QPM award winners beneath).
The second version of QPM ran November 13-14, alongside the QCinema Worldwide Movie Pageant (November 8-17), which is now in its twelfth yr.
Within the competition’s awards ceremony, held earlier within the week, Trương Minh Quý’s Viet And Nam gained the highest prize in the primary competitors, Asian Subsequent Wave, whereas one other Vietnamese filmmaker, Dương Diệu Linh, gained the Grand Jury Prize for her debut function, Don’t Cry Butterfly. Mistress Dispeller gained greatest director for Elizabeth Lo, whereas greatest screenplay went to Neo Sora’s Happyend and the Creative Achievement Award for Manufacturing Design was given to Marcus Cheng and Hsu Kuei-Ting for Pierce.
John Lloyd Cruz gained greatest actor for Bor Ocampo’s Moneyslapper, which had its world premiere on the competition, and Indonesia’s Shenina Cinnamonfor gained greatest actress for Story Of The Land.
The competition launched two new competitors sections this yr – Poisonous, by Lithuanian director SauléBliuvaité, gained the New Horizons prize for Finest First Movie, whereas Cu Li By no means Cries by Vietnam’s Pham Ngoc Lân gained the New Horizons NETPAC Award for Finest Asian First Movie.
Within the RainbowQC competitors, greatest movie went to Child, from Brazil’s Marcelo Caetano, and Sebastian, from UK-Finnish director Mikko Mäkelä, whereas a particular point out went to Japan’s Hiroshi Okuyama for My Sunshine.
QCinema Critics Lab contributors awarded the QCinema Critics Lab Younger Critics Prize to Right here We Are by Chanasorn Chaikitiporn.
QPM 2024 FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
QPM PHILIPPINES CO-PRODUCTION GRANT [PHP2M]:
Daughters Of The Sea (Anak Alon)
Heaven Assist Us (Bato Bato Sa Langit Ang Tamaan Magagalit)
Mom Possibly (Inahing Baka)
QPM SOUTHEAST ASIAN CO-PRODUCTION PRIZE [PHP1M & PHP750K]:
The Beer Woman In Yangon (Myanmar, Indonesia)
Different Individuals’s Desires (Singapore)
The Passport (Malaysia)
MOCHA CHAI AWARD [Valued up to $50,000]:
Angel De Dios (Philippines)
CMB DISCOVERY AWARD [PHP1M]:
Secret Cries (Philippines)
Please Bear With Me (Philippines)
Golden (Philippines)
Angel De Dios (Philippines)
Molder (Philippines)
CMB DISCOVERY AWARD [PHP500K each]:
My Neighbor The Gangster (Philippines)
The Returning (Philippines)
Heaven Assist Us (Philippines)
Baradero (A Ship of Fools) (Philippines)
Ewa (Philippines)
Daughters Of The Sea (Philippines)
Hum (Philippines)
Mom Possibly (Philippines)
KONGCHAK STUDIO AWARD [Valued up to 10,000]:
Molder (Philippines)
CENTRAL DIGITAL LAB AWARD [Valued up to $10,000]:
The Returning (Philippines)
My Neighbor The Gangster (Philippines)
BAREBONES AWARD [Valued up to $14,000]:
Golden (Philippines)
Hum (Philippines)
Future Laobans (Myanmar)
I’ll Smile in September (Singapore, India)
T6XBB AWARD [Valued up to $14,000]:
The Beer Woman in Yangon (Myanmar, Indonesia)
TAICCA AWARD [$5,000]:
Ewa (Philippines)
NATHAN STUDIOS DEVELOPMENT GRANT [PHP 250,000]:
Lihim na Luha (Secret Cries)
