Davao Region's ELCAC documentary workshop part of Sine Sandaan

From the Philippine Information Agency (Sep 25, 2020): Davao Region's ELCAC documentary workshop part of Sine Sandaan (By Rudolph Ian Alama)

DAVAO CITY, Sept. 11 (PIA)- A video documentary workshop to be participated by the various information officers of the Regional Task Force Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) will be part of the “Sine Sandaan: The Next 100- Celebration of the Closing of Philippine Cinema Centennial.”

The documentary workshop will be held on September 16-18 in Davao City and Nabunturan, Davao de Oro. Various resource persons from the film industry will train the participants on story development, scriptwriting, camera operations, cinematography and editing.

The documentary workshop is organized by the RTF-ELCAC, Philippine Information Agency-XI and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP).

The goal of the event is to capacitate the participants with skills on producing documentaries which will help them in making documentaries focusing on reintegration. Among the subjects of the planned documentaries are the lives of former rebels who have surrendered and are living peacefully in the mainstream society.

Frances Mae Macapagat, Regional Director of PIA-XI hopes the workshop will help the participants mostly information officers of local government units, national government agencies, the police and the military in spreading the success stories of reintegration.

“Our information officers are the country’s storytellers. In keeping up with the demands of our audience, we also make sure that we have clear messages and stories and that these are packaged in the most effective platform. The PIA has partnered with government offices such as the FDCP to provide us with technical skills that will enable our information officers to produce quality and world class documentaries,” Macapagat said.



Meanwhile Sine Sandaan, is the year-long celebration of the Centennial of Philippine Cinema that kicked off in September 2019. As the celebration nears its end this September 2020, FDCP has ramped up its programs and activities this month dubbed as SINE SANDAAN: THE NEXT 100.

“September marks the official closing of the 100 years of Philippine cinema. Despite the pandemic, the FDCP wanted to ensure that our efforts will meaningfully honor this once-in-lifetime event through various events, activities and programs all year round. And as we close Sandaan, we open our "NEXT 100" by launching several initiatives as we look forward to a better, more sustainable and progressive hundred years, ” Liza Diño Seguerra FDCP chairperson said. (PIA/RG Alama)

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