Philippines picks "Ploning" for Oscar entry

Written by Patrick Frater
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
Story Categories: Festivals, Film, Philippines, "Ploning," a debut feature helmed by Dante Nico Garcia, has been selected as The Philippines candidate for the foreign-language Oscar it was announced Tuesday. Pic was selected by a special committee of the Film Academy of the Philippines. Film is the idyllic 1982-set story of island life and the secret love of a beautiful woman and a fisherman from her past. Starring Judy "Juday" Ann Santos, it was produced by new shingle Panoramanila. "Ploning" was previously selected for the Paris Cinema fest in July and is currently on limited commercial release in Canada. In winning selection "Ploning" beat out other more anticipated pics including "Caregiver," "Tribu," and "Endo." Selection committee was headed by Eddie Romero and also included Jose Carreon, secretary of the Directors Guild of the Philippines; William Mayo, president of the Philippine Motion Picture Directors Association; Johnny Delgado, chairman of the Actors' Workshop Foundation; Pablo S. Gomez, president of the Screenwriters' Guild of the Philippines; and Manny Morfe, president of the Productions Designers Guild of the Philippines. © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Bookmark with.. Comments (4) rykz: go go team go! go ploning 1 September 22, 2008 rykz: ... Philippines picks "Ploning" for Oscar entry Print E-mail Written by Patrick Frater Wednesday, 03 September 2008 Story Categories: Festivals, Film, Philippines, "Ploning," a debut feature helmed by Dante Nico Garcia, has been selected as The Philippines candidate for the foreign-language Oscar it was announced Tuesday. Pic was selected by a special committee of the Film Academy of the Philippines. Film is the idyllic 1982-set story of island life and the secret love of a beautiful woman and a fisherman from her past. Starring Judy "Juday" Ann Santos, it was produced by new shingle Panoramanila. "Ploning" was previously selected for the Paris Cinema fest in July and is currently on limited commercial release in Canada. In winning selection "Ploning" beat out other more anticipated pics including "Caregiver," "Tribu," and "Endo." Selection committee was headed by Eddie Romero and also included Jose Carreon, secretary of the Directors Guild of the Philippines; William Mayo, president of the Philippine Motion Picture Directors Association; Johnny Delgado, chairman of the Actors' Workshop Foundation; Pablo S. Gomez, president of the Screenwriters' Guild of the Philippines; and Manny 2 September 22, 2008 Ruzztye: ... I have watched Ploning, and I really don't think this should have been our entry to the Oscar Awards 2009. Yes, it depicts rural Filipinos, but the whole movie itself will not catch the juror's eyes to be considered in the final 5 nominees. One More Chance was a better movie this year among commercially released movies. Panaghoy sa Suba was a better movie than Ploning. BUT since Ploning is our entry, I am supporting Ploning all the way!!! I hope we make it through to the final nominees!!! Go Ploning! 3 October 05, 2008 ja: why ploning? http://yahoo I'm a Cuyunon like Ploning and i think that the FAP picked the best movie for this year, I'ts deep and full of mysteries, nice cinematography and i appreciate the whole story. 4 October 16, 2008 Write comment There is a problem with the comment system, or you do not have javascript enabled. Name Website Title Comment smaller \| bigger Write the displayed characters
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