Bionic Max Qualifies for Production Incentives During 2nd Cycle of FilmPhilippines’ FLIP

Wazzup Pilipinas!

The animated TV series Bionic Max has qualified for financial incentives under the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and its FilmPhilippines Office’s (FPO) Film Location Incentive Program (FLIP).



France–based Gaumont has secured the services of Filipino production company Top Draw Animation for Bionic Max, an animated children’s series about the misadventures of a bionic guinea pig named Max and his goldfish friend JC. Through FLIP, Top Draw Animation is now eligible for a 20% cash rebate of up to PHP 10 Million (approx. US$ 196,000).



Top Draw Animation, founded in 1999, has previously worked for other well-known international productions, including My Little Pony: the Movie (2018), The Hollow (2018), and Penn Zero: Part Time Hero Season 2 (2017).



FLIP is FDCP’s financial incentives program that provides cash rebates to Filipino line production companies working on international projects. The program seeks to support such projects by providing financial flexibility for Filipino production companies hired by international productions. It launched its first cycle in January this year.



Projects across a range of audiovisual media are eligible for FLIP. A wide variety of audiovisual productions, from animated series’ such as Bionic Max to live-action films and shows, documentary projects, and more may receive cash rebates through the program. To be eligible, international productions must hire Filipino line production companies and have a minimum qualified production spending of PHP 8 million. Like Bionic Max, eligible productions may receive up to PHP 10 Million in cash rebates.



Bionic Max qualified for FLIP during the program’s second cycle of applications which was held from May 1st to July 31st. It is now the third project to receive financial incentives under FLIP. During its first cycle, FDCP awarded incentives to the Filipino line producers of the shows Almost Paradise and Survivor Russia.



In addition to FLIP, FDCP also implements the International Co-Production Fund (ICOF) this year. ICOF is a selective fund for feature-length films of any genre that are internationally co-produced with Filipino production companies. It provides up to PHP 10 Million in cash incentives and requires a minimum projected spending of PHP 5 Million.



During its first cycle, ICOF awarded the projects Nocebo (directed by Lorcan Finnegan and co-produced by Philippines-based Epicmedia and UK-based Wild Swim Films) and Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon (When the Waves are Gone) (directed by Lav Diaz and co-produced by Epicmedia alongside Danish production company Snowglobe and French production company Films Boutique) with funding.



Both FLIP and ICOF were launched by FDCP’s FilmPhilippines Office to encourage more international productions to hire or co-produce their projects with Philippine production companies.



Productions wishing to avail of either FLIP or ICOF incentives may apply now. The third cycle for applications for both financial incentive programs opened on September 1st and will continue through November 27.



For more information, visit www.filmphilippines.com.

#JailVitoGumban is trending in the Philippines

Wazzup Pilipinas!

To think that this kind of news suddenly got unearthed, it sounded surreal and so strange like its an unusual thing to even happen.

Despite the rush of wanting him to rot in jail, please do not let your emotions cloud your judgement. He still must face investigation and fair trial. He must be given that, or we will just be like him, violators of the law we ought to uphold and protect. 

Calling out all learning institutions to please do better in educating your students about sex especially about consent.

I hope the university treats this case with the same or greater importance as martial law rallies, corruption, and violations that wreck the school name.

This case may question the effectivity of the schools teachings and it's application to real life.

I believe this is a must kasi hindi lang si Vito ang ganitong tao sa mundo, there are a whole lot more.

I know the trauma that almost all of the victims have and still experiencing. No human deserves to be used for sexual pleasure and harassed. 

To the victims of this Vito Gumban, the commission of the consummated rape is difficult to prove. However, if you’ll stand as a witness collectively, I don’t think he can get away with this.

This goes to all boys, girls, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer: if you feel that you're being used, harrassed, threatened, raise your voices, let your voice be heard, you deserve to be treated like kings and queens and not to be threatened by anyone. Please don't be scared to tell your stories, marami kayong kakampi.

No one ever deserves to be abused or harassed and Sexual assault is NEVER the survivor’s fault. No one asks to be sexually assaulted by what they wear, say or do. Only the perpetrator is to blame! RAPE is RAPE.

You can’t just “forget it” or just move on. Recovery is a fucking long term process and each individual moves at their own pace, like it takes a lot of courage for a survivor to share their experience.

If you don't know Vito Gumban's issues of rape and harassment, he is a student from Ateneo de Naga University. Eventhough you're not an Atenean, show support to the victims and for him to be accountable for what he did.

To those motherfvcker manipulative and manyakis "sadbois" out there, mae-expose din kayo. 

Rape can't be done alone, he had support or backers (other rapists or just neutral peeps) who knows but opted to be content with just being silent. Apathetic motherfuckers.

Sexual harassment and rape isn't an issue that should be ignored. The trauma is something so heavy, something a victim would carry for the rest of their lives.

This mf has also been spreading n*des of girls he have been with.

This whole movement or whatever this is is NOT exclusive to women. This is to ALL genders, sexes, or pretty much ANYBODY. Misandry isn't okay as much as misogyny isn't. Still fighting.

Hope all of your boners are worth the time you spend in jail, not to mention the way inmates will rape you when they learn about your charges.

Women are NOT sex objects you can just manipulate to feed your disgusting whims.  

I hope you learn that when you’re out of jail, you fucking rapist.

Sending hugs to all women involved. I hope you get the justice you deserve. I genuinely hope you have a good day today, thank you for speaking up.

Graduate Batch 2020:

Your diploma does not equate your worth as a person, trained nurses killed babies in the concentration camps during WW2, and now an educated fellow who studied ethics from parents and school raped/s people and enjoyed/s it.

These rape cases made me believe in heaven and hell again, cus I know Satan be getting a new devil and God's gonna tell a random guy to build a boat. 

Noah gets the ark.

#JailVitoGumban

Mikey Arroyo to Comelec: Consider postponing Halalan 2022, voters scared of #COVID19

Wazzup Pilipinas!

Pampanga Rep. Mikey Arroyo asks Comelec to consider postponing Halalan 2022 because voters are scared of the #COVID19 Pandemic. Chairman Abas throws the matter to Congress and the President, says it's not Comelec's call.

Kami pa gagawin ninyong tanga? Oo, nakakatakot yung virus, pero mas nakakatakot na kayo-kayo pa rin nasa posisyon lagpas 2022. 

You probably just wanna declare Martial law. Hindi ninyo na nga priority yang paghandle sa virus, gagamitin ninyo pang excuse. Huwag kami. Don't us!a

Mas takot ako sa pagwawalang-bahala ng mga nasa pwesto sa gobyerno. Kung maaari nga na paki advance ang election mas pabor pa po ako. Baka kasi may magbago, baka kasi maiba naman mga nakaupo. Pagod na ako sa purong pangako na napapako.

Naku tigilan mo kami, Mikey! Mas natatakot kaming lumala ang sitwasyon ng Pilipinas dahil sa gobyernong ito! Handang-handa na kaming palitan ang mga di karapat-dapat na na nasa pwesto ngayon!

At sinong tinanong mo na nagsabi na takot ang mga Pilipinong bumuto dahil sa COVID? 

Excuse me, But I don't remember telling anyone that I'm afraid to vote off their asses for their incompetence in the office!

We ain't settling for this government for more years! Dapat nga noong 2016 pa lang ay pinalitan na the moment the evil mouth of the President and his men started desecrating the Philippines and the Filipino people.

Generalizing your citizens as "scared" due to pandemic but the reality is that you are "scared" of what would be the results of the elections. You are not even "scared" to open the tourism and the whole percentage of the economy. 

Kayang i-open ang economy pero ang voting precints di pwede? Parang may mali. Tsaka 2022 pa yun, di pa rin ayos ang covid till then?

Nung bang ini-open yung Manila Bay synthetic sands beach sy natakot yung mga tao? Natakot ba kayo ng mawala yung "social distancing"? Who is scared of this scamdemic!?

You guys shortened the distance for public commuters, but scared to do #Halalan2022.?

Gigil na gigil na nga kami bomoto sa next election! 

Sa mga kabataan na hindi pa registered, let's register now para hindi magtagumpay ang mga ganid na taong kapit-tuko sa posisyon sa gobyerno. 

Alam na gawin na namang rason ang covid para ma-move ang election!  Hay, Pilipinas! Kaya pa ba?

Wala po ba tayong pwedeng magawa to counter this proposal na baka mangyari? We all know that majority of the congress follows the president blindly. Nakatatakot po kung mangyayari nga ang pagpostpone.

Isa rin ba itong pag-amin na hindi talaga magawa ng pamahalaan ang pagpigil sa virus at tatagal pa tayo ng lagpas sa 2022 election? 

Pandemic or no pandemic, we need to change our leaders come 2022, This crisis exposes their incompetence in a stress out fashion!

It's no longer surprising that there are propositions being made to defer or even nix #Halalan2022.

Mula sa simula, sinadya na ng gobyerno na gamitin ang pandemya to prolong their stay in power. Kaya walang long-term plan o sustainable solution.

That's how fascist regimes work.

They're afraid that the people would vote them out in 2022 due to their failed #COVID19PH response that's they're seeking to postpone #Halalan2022.

But history taught us that whether there would be an election or not, the people's collective movement could hold them accountable.