Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula 2019 issues call for entries

The CCP Film, Broadcast and New Media Division now accepts entries for the 31st Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video. Deadline for submission is on or before March 15, not later than 6 p.m. at the 4/F CCP Main Building.

Entries must include a duly accomplished entry form, which can be downloaded at www.culturalcenter.gov.ph or www.cinemalaya.org; one digital data file of the entry in full resolution (saved on USB or burned on a DVD as data with file properly labelled or identified); and one DVD or USB containing the synopsis, genre, running time, rating, production credits, two black & white photos from the film entry in jpeg format, and film entry poster (if available) in jpeg format.

Interested participants can submit a maximum of three entries in each category, but an entry can only be submitted in one category. Categories include Short Feature/Narrative, Experimental, Documentary and Animation.

The selected entries will be screened during the Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video Festival on Aug. 3-5 as part of the 15th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, which is slated from Aug. 2 to 11 at the CCP theaters and other venues.

Awards Night is on Aug. 5, 2019 at the CCP Tanghalang Manuel Conde (Dream Theater). Winning entries in each category will receive P25,000 (1st Prize), P15,000 (2nd Prize) and P10,000 (3rd Prize). An Honorable Mention awardee will also get P5,000. This year, Special Awards include: Best Regional Entry and Best Entry On/For/By Children. Now on its 31st year of citing the country’s most outstanding film and video artists, the Gawad Alternatibo is the longest-running independent film and video competition in Asia. For entry forms and complete guidelines, visit www.cinemalaya.org, www.

culturalcenter.gov.ph or call the CCP Film Office at 832-1125, local 1705 & 1712.