10 films make it to Cinema One Originals fest

Cinema One has selected the 10 films for the upcoming Cinema One Originals Festival.

The 10 films chosen were those by directors Jay Abello, Nash Ang, Kanakan Balintagos, Sigrid Andrea Bernardo, Eduardo Dayao, Alec Figuracion, Antoinette Jadaone, Malay Javier, Paolo O’Hara and Remton Siega Zuasola.

The ABS-CBN-owned cable channel has allocated P2 million for the production of the films.

To date, the annual Cinema One Originals independent film fest has produced international award-winning films like Jerrold Tarog’s “Confessional” (2007), Sherad Anthony Sanchez’s “Imburnal” (2008) and Jadaone’s “Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay” (2011), as well as “Shift” (2013), “The Dream of Eleuteria” (2010) and “Ang Paglalakbay sa Gabing Madilim” (2012), among others.

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