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Cong. Greg mulls support for local film industry

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BACOLOD CITY – Lone District Cong. Greg G. Gasataya is mulling support for local film makers after two Negrense-made short films landed in the finals of the Metro Manila Film Festival.

Production with Fredu Bayon-on with some Negrense filmmakers.
Production with Fredu Bayon-on with some Negrense filmmakers.

“There is relative support and exposure at the provincial level but there is a need for more support at the city level,” Gasataya told DNX after meeting Fredu Bayon-on and some of his production crew members Rodney Jarder Jr. and Alessandra Diaz who met Gasataya.

Bayon-on, a Communication student of the University of St. La Salle, directed Tabako, one of the MMFF finalists.

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The solon said one of the handicaps local independent film directors face is the lack of professional-grade equipment and funds.

“I learned this by talking to our young filmmakers,” he said.

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Julius D. Mariveles
Julius D. Mariveles
An amateur cook who has a mean version of humba, the author has recently tried to make mole negra, the Mexican sauce he learned by watching shows of master chef Rick Bayless. A journalist since 19, he has worked in the newsrooms of radio, local papers, and Manila-based news organizations. A stroke survivor, he now serves as executive editor of DNX.
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