FDCP Announces List of Film Ambassadors

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Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) will celebrate the triumphs of the Filipino filmmakers by hosting the FDCP Film Ambassadors’ Night on February 9, 2018 at Sampaguita Gardens, Quezon City.

This is to give recognition to the Filipino filmmakers who brought honor to the country by winning in various international film festivals last 2017.

Aside from the citations, FDCP will also name the A-Lister winners from the top international film festivals, as well as the Camera Obscura awardees, the highest Artistic Excellence Award given by the Agency for outstanding members of the film industry. Previous recipients of the Award include Directors Brillante Mendoza and Lav Diaz, and actors Jaclyn Jose, Allen Dizon, and Teri Malvar.

This event will also serve as a venue for fellowship and an opportunity for the filmmakers and industry movers to meet again and build a creative ground for future projects and collaboration. 

The Film Ambassadors’ Night will be hosted by Monster Radio RX 93.1 DJ and film enthusiast, Chico Garcia.

The following are the names of the Film Ambassadors who will be recognized that night:

FILM DOCUMENTARY

              1.       SUNDAY BEAUTY QUEEN directed by Baby Ruth Villarama

2.       TWO WAY JESUS, directed by Jet Leyco

TV DOCUMENTARY

1.       WARMER, documentary by Atom Araullo

2.       FRONT ROW: BATA SA BINTANA, documentary produced by JC Rubio of GMA Network, Inc. 

3.       REEL TIME: MALING AKALA, documentary produced by Jayson Bernard Santos of GMA Network, Inc. 

4.       REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: PASAN-PASANG PANGARAP, documentary produced by Ian Simbulan of GMA Network, Inc.

FILM SHORTS

1.       IMAGO, directed by Raymund Ribay Gutierrez

2.       FATIMA MARIE TORRES AND THE INVASION OF SPACE SHUTTLE PINAS 25, written, edited and directed by Carlo Francisco Manatad

3.       JODILERKS DELA CRUZ, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, directed by Carlo Francisco Manatad

4.       DO I HAVE BOOBS NOW? directed by Joella Cabalu and Milena Salazar,

5.       CONTESTANT #4, directed by Jared Joven and Kaj Palanca

6.       DILIMAN, written and directed by TJ Collanto

7.       SUPOT,  Directed by Phil Giordano

8.       MARIA, directed by JP Habac,

DIRECTORS

1.       LAV DIAZ 

2.       LOUIE IGNACIO  

3.       MIKHAIL RED

4.       RAYMUND RIBAY GUTIERREZ

5.       SHERON DAYOC 

6.       SARI DALENA and KIRI DALENA

7.       FRITZ SILORIO 

8.       BRILLANTE MENDOZA

FULL LENGTH

1.       ANG ARAW SA LIKOD MO  directed by Dominic Carlo P. Nuesa

2.       AREA directed by Louie Ignacio

3.       LAUT directed by Louie Ignacio

4.       SINGING IN GRAVEYARDS directed by Bradley Liew

5.       BABOY HALAS directed by Bagane Fiola

6.       IGNACIO DE LOYOLA directed by Paolo Dy

7.       Tale of the Lost Boys directed by Joselito Altarejos

8.       Women of the Weeping River directed by Sheron R. Dayoc

9.       Patay Na Si Hesus directed by Victor Kaiba Villanueva

10.   2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten directed by Petersen Vargas

11.   1st Sem written and directed by Allan Michael Ibañez and Dexter Paglinawan Hemedez,

12.   Ang Babaeng Humayo (The Woman Who Left) directed by Lav Diaz

13.   Birdshot directed by Mikhail Red

14.   Dagsin (Gravity) directed by Atom Magadia

15.   IMBISIBOL directed by Lawrence Fajardo

16.   PAGLIPAY directed by Zig Dulay

17.   HURAMENTADO (Oath to Die), directed by Noriel Jarito

18.   PITONG KABANG PALAY, written and directed by Maricel Cabrera-Cariaga,

19.   PAMILYA ORDINARYO, written and directed by Eduardo Roy Jr.,

20.   PIPO, written and directed by Richard Legaspi

21.   BAKA BUKAS, written and directed by Samantha Lee

22.   ACROSS THE CRESCENT MOON, written and directed by Baby Nebrida

23.   SIKRETO SA DILIM, directed by Mike Magat and produced by Ramon Roxas, 

ACTORS – FILM

1.       GABBY CONCEPCION (TV), “Ika-6 Na Utos”

2.       MARY JOY APOSTOL, “Birdshot”

3.       LOTLOT DE LEON, “1st Sem”

4.       ANGEL LOCSIN, “Everything About Her”

5.       AI AI DELAS ALAS, “Area”

6.       ANA CAPRI, “Laut”

7.       HASMIN KILLIP, “Pamilya Ordinaryo”

8.       RONWALDO MARTIN, “Pamilya Ordinaryo” 

9.       IZA CALZADO, “Bliss”

10.   CHARO SANTOS-CONCIO, “Ang Babaeng Humayo (The Woman Who Left)”

11.   ANNA LUNA, “Maestra”

12.   LAILA ULAO, “Women of the Weeping River”

13.   ARNOLD REYES, “Birdshot”

14.   TOMMY ABUEL, “Dagsin” 

15.   RICKY DAVAO, “Dayang Asu”

16.  MATTEO GUIDICELLI, DINA BONNEVIE, SANDY ANDOLONG AND JOEM BASCON, “Across The Crescent Moon”

17.   CARLOS MORALES, “Rolyo”

18.   LEON MIGUEL, “Galit Na Aso”

19.   CHRISTOPHER DE LEON

Jetstar Launches First Direct Service to Osaka from Clark

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From 27 March 2018, Jetstar Asia will operate three weekly services between Clark in Pampanga and Osaka located in the Kansai region.

Hot on the heels of the recently launched services between Clark and Singapore, Jetstar Asia today announces a new direct service from Clark International Airport to Kansai International Airport in Japan.

From 27 March 2018, Jetstar Asia will operate three weekly services between Clark in Pampanga province and Osaka located in the Kansai region.

Jetstar Asia CEO Mr Bara Pasupathi said that this direct service is an exciting development and the first connection from Northern Luzon to Japan. We are delighted to bring this service to all our customers in this region.

Apart from the greater convenience for our travellers, this service will increase Jetstar’s capacity up to three services a week to Kansai International Airport and Clark will now be the latest gateway in the region for both Singapore and Filipino travellers to fly to Osaka.

From Singapore, Jetstar Asia currently operates up to 12 services through Taipei to Osaka and up to 5 services through Manila to Osaka.

“Clark International Airport will be the second gateway in the region for Singapore and Japanese travelers to fly to the Philippines,” said Mr Pasupathi.

Collective from Taipei, Manila and now Clark, Jetstar Asia and Jetstar Japan will now operate up to 23 services to Osaka.

President and CEO of Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) Mr Alexander Cauguiran said: “This is another good news this new year! Our business travellers or family tourists from
Northern and Central Luzon, and those who wish to visit our popular local destinations may now fly Jetstar Asia to and from Japan via Clark and at the same time enjoy low fares."

"Jetstar Asia is one of our dependable partners in the development of Clark airport. The newest Clark-Osaka route is indeed a fresh development as it will be a welcome addition to the growing number of passengers and to Clark's 166 international weekly flights."

To celebrate the new flights, Jetstar Asia will introduce a special 24-hour sale for its flights from Clark to Osaka from today at 9am to 8.59am. Fares are available for purchase from PHP1,598 at Jetstar.com.

From 27 January at 9am to 30 January at 9am, sale fares will be available for purchase from PHP2,198 at Jetstar.com

One-way Economy Starter Fares+ from the Philippines starts from PHP4,698.

The new service will be operated by Jetstar Asia’s 180-seat Airbus A320.

From Manila, customers can also connect up to 17 international services on sister airline, Jetstar Japan to Narita, Osaka and Nagoya in Japan.

Online Influencers Should Never Be Under-Estimated

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The power and reach of online influencers should never be under-estimated.

Some traditional media are confused with how "online influencers" (including bloggers) actually work.

Like a damsel in distress, they are still locked up in their towers waiting to be rescued by their princes, when they could have used their long hair to escape through the window, and explore the real world outside.

They keep forgetting that online influencers and trad media are meant to be entirely different. The two should be several worlds apart. But since there are now trad media that have already become online influencers, vice versa, or both, some trad media could not accept the trend, sees only chaos, and starts degrading online influencers to make themselves feel they are still the better choice.

Influencers don't usually receive a fixed monthly income like trad media connected as regular employees with trad media outfits (print, TV or radio, or even online publications). Thus, asking for ex-deals or payment for the service of an influencer is understandable.  Similarly to how mainstream media have ad or commercial spots available for a certain (expensive) amount, influencers (aside from their online banner ads), mostly depend on blog or vlog features, write-ups, shout-outs, etc., in social media as their form of featuring brands. They are like celebrities endorsing products or services, of which we all know get paid (high) to endorse as well.

When media outfits allow brands to advertise on their spots, does it also mean they endorse these brands? Nope! But they would also highly put out a good word about the brand to keep them as advertisers. To keep the money coming in, I bet they are willing to go easy because if their media outfits lose their advertisers, there won't be enough budget for them to buy their own expensive gadgets or "review" units.

When online influencers write, blog or vlog, favorably about brands who gave them complimentary or free products or services, does it always follow that these influencers were biased to the brands?

Similarly, when online influencers purchase products or services with their own money, does it always follow that they could easily put out negative reviews about the brands?

Therefore, it does not matter if online influencers got something for free or for a price. Because when they write positively, or negatively, and their readers eventually disagree after personally trying the brands out themselves, they may lose credibility.