In its continuous efforts to enrich and champion film education in the country, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) will hold the first-ever Film Education Convention (FilmEC) on September 17-18 at De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde in Manila.

The FilmEC is a two-day convention, bringing together film creatives from the academe and the industry.

This activity-filled event features screenings of exemplary student short films, panel discussions, plenary talks, film book sales and networking opportunities for film students and educators.

“The FDCP has put together the Film Education Convention to gather both teachers and students of film to converge, get to know one another and engage in conversations that will break barriers of language or institutional representation,” FDCP Chairman and CEO Jose Javier Reyes said.

To further support the event, the Academic Film Society (AFS) created a committee comprising nine members from various AFS-registered schools, universities and colleges that will assist in the ideation and promotion of the convention.

The FDCP will also host a series of pocket events leading up to the convention.

It includes student film screenings, talkback sessions, and film workshops in universities and in Cinematheque Centres nationwide.

AUTHOR PROFILE

Ian F. Fariñas