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| Josel Fajardo wins the Viddsee Juree top prize for ''Caterwaul" |
The eye-opening drama "Caterwaul" by Josel Fajardo was declared the Gold winner while Christian Lat's thriller drama "Redlights" was given the Silver award and Glen Barit's "Maybe Aliens" received Special Mention.
The three winning entries were chosen from the top 10 final films selected by a panel of international judges: Loïc Valceschini, festival programmer of Neuchâtel Int' Fantastic Film Fest & Locarno's Semaine de la Critique; Marcus Manh, Vietnamese film producer & founder of YxineFF; and Antoinette Jadaone, Filipino film director.
As the grand winner, Fajardo won a Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K
Digital Cinema Camera EF worth US$4,995 and a five-day film immersion course in
Los Angeles sponsored by the Motion Picture Association. Lat received a
Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel worth US$995.
Viddsee Juree
Awards for the Philippines is an initiative by the entertainment platform
Viddsee to celebrate and support filmmakers and film communities in Asia. With
a growing Filipino audience and an expanding network of creative content
producers from the Philippines, this initiative aims to bridge the gap between
digital filmmaking and distribution by working closely with local film
communities.
Founded in 2013,
Viddsee is an online entertainment and technology platform that drives
distribution and marketing of short movies. Its unique stories have generated
over 1 billion views through Viddsee’s mobile applications and platforms with
its proprietary marketing insight of targeted communities and content. With the
vision of building an ecosystem for creators and audience, Viddsee empowers
storytellers to tell their very own local stories that resonate with a global
audience. Visit
www.viddsee.com for more information.