The Second Cinekasimanwa Film Festival sets date, call for entries

It will be December soon, and the second Cinekasimanwa: Western Visayas Film Festival is at hand. This week, their official poster that announces the festival's dates and the call for entries, was posted. Last year, Iloilo and Panay had witnessed a cultural milestone as the first Cinekasimanwa: The Panay Islands Film Festival was launched, and it had opened the floodgates for Iloilo and Panay's film artists take center stage and be acknowledged. The event was a success, and now on its second year, Cinekasimanwa 2 promises to be bigger and better.
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The Cinekasimanwa is a joint effort of the Negros Museum, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, FDCP Iloilo Cinematheque, the Department of Tourism in Western Visayas and the soon to be launched Ilonggo Filmmakers Network.

The festival will accept works of any genre or theme including documentaries, animation and experimental films. All our programs are curated. CineKasimanwa's current special sections are: (1) Full-length films; (2) Short Films by and for children; (3) Moo-Moo-an Sa Tunganggab-i (Horror Shorts); (4) Mga Sintas Nga May Sagisag Kultura (Western Visayas Icons in Curated Short Films); (5) Films by and/or starring Western Visayas Actors; (6) Expanded Cinema & New Media. All entries must be submitted on or before October 25, 2014.A student short film competition is yet to be announced.

For more information and to get the Entry Form, you can visit the festival's facebook page, Click Here
Or you can simply go to this Link.

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