FDCP Film Industry Conference
THE FILM Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) will be holding its annual Film Industry Conference online, with eight public sessions and six masterclasses to be held from Sept. 11 to 15. On Sept. 12, the conference will be having two free sessions: “Getting into Online Film Labs” featuring Aleksandra Swierk, a writer and script consultant, at 4 p.m.; and “ASEAN Talents on Spotlight” featuring a panel including director and producer Sheron Dayoc, producer Si En Tan, producer and programmer Weijie Lai, and director Nicole Woodfor, at 6 p.m. Two masterclasses will also be held on Sept. 12: “Writing During Quarantine” at 2 p.m. by Ayman El Amir, a script consultant and producer; and “Filmmakers’ Guide to Film Distribution” at 8 p.m. by Isabelle Glachant, a producer. The public sessions are free while the masterclasses have fees ranging from P800 to P1,000. Everything will be held over Zoom and require pre-registration. To register and for more information, visit http://fdcp.ph/fic
Korean Film Festival Online
THIS YEAR’S Korean Film Festival will be held online over the course of 21 days from Sept. 12 to Oct. 2 and will feature three celebrity spotlights where popular actors Hyun Bin, Son Ye Jin, and Park Seo Jun, will have two films each screened for a week. Hyun Bin’s The Swindlers (2017) and Confidential Assignment (2017) will be streaming from Sept. 12 to 18 to be followed by Son Ye Jin’s Be With You (2018) and Last Princess (2016) from Sept. 19 to 25. The film festival will end with Park Seo Jun’s Midnight Runners (2017) and The Beauty Inside (2015) which will screen from Sept. 26 to Oct. 2. The screenings will be exclusively available on the Korean Cultural Center’s official website at http://phil.korean-culture.org/.
Ballet Philippines Centrestage
BALLET Philippines’ series Centrestage, which focuses on telling the stories of their “dancers who live and breathe the art of dance and spend all their waking hours striving to perfect it,” will be featuring Ian Ocampo, core dancer of the troupe, and will be all about transcending adversity. The full video will be available starting Sept. 12 on https://ballet.ph/centrestage/.
Tyang Karyel benefit exhibit
GALLERY Vinyl on Vinyl is holding a benefit exhibit for artist Tyang Karyel, whose father was confined after testing positive for COVID-19 and needs help paying her father’s hospital bills. The exhibit will run for the month of September and 100% of the proceeds will be given to Tyang Karyel and her family. Some of the artists who are taking part in the exhibit are Reen Barrera, Mio Aceremo, Rai Cruz, and Anton Belardo. The exhibit can be viewed digitally via https://www.vinylonvinylgallery.com/.
Grab Sale
GRAB Philippines will be holding a sale from Sept. 11 and into October featuring deals from brands such as P&G and Unilever via GrabMart, GrabFood, and GrabPay. From Sept. 11-25, get big discounts on pantry and food supplies, toiletries, medicine, specialty goods, and other items when using GrabMart. From Sept. 11 to 29, foodies around Metro Manila will be able to enjoy up to P159 off when they order from participating merchants through GrabFood’s Long Distance Feature. For the whole month of September – and for some promos until the end of October – get rewards and discounts when using GrabPay, including earning 1,000 GrabReward points when you complete a total cumulative spend of P2,500; getting up to P150 cashback when shopping online with GrabPay, getting P50 cashback when spending at least P300 on GrabPay’s online partners; getting a chance to win vouchers, 100,000 GrabRewards points, a Samsung S10, or a brand new iPad Pro by linking your BPI account to GrabPay and cash in at least P500; From Sept. 18 to Oct. 2, support the Philippine tourism industry and get ready for the time when it’s safe to travel again through Grab’s NAKAKALOKAL Deals. These are just some of the deals on offer. Visit https://grb.to/grabsale for more details.
PPO’s Orchestra Petting Zoo
THE Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s Instrument Petting Zoo continues with its live online program as it features PPO associate conductor Herminigildo G. Ranera on Sept. 13, 4 p.m., via the PPO Facebook page. Ranera will talk about Basic Conducting in the instrument petting zoo session. A project of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the PPO, the instrument petting zoo aims to promote appreciation for musical instruments of the orchestra and its music among children and families. It is held every Sunday at 4 p.m., and runs for several months.
