Over 130 homegrown films find home in Iloilo's regional film festival

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The regional cinema is alive in Iloilo.

THE CHANTERS. CineKasimanwa also served as a homecoming of sorts for award-winning film 'The Chanters' directed by James Robin Mayo.

An integral part of the annual CineKasimanwa is the Western Visayas Film Grants Program spearheaded by the Department of Tourism -Western Visayas, with the support of DOT-6 Regional Director Helen Catalbas, who co-founded the festival with Bañares. With the grant, the DOT subsidized the production of 7 films in 2019 – all recounting compelling local stories and featuring popular Western Visayan locales and tourist destinations.

 

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