The Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC) has finally revealed the Top 15 entries that made it to the final round of the first-ever MBC Short Film Festival.
Of the almost 200 entries, only 15 short films from three categories: Short Feature, Documentary, and Animation emerged as finalists during the MSFF Big Reveal show last July 30.
Dominating this year's submission of entries, breaching over a hundred mark, the films that scored the highest in the Short Feature category were Judy Free by Che Tagyamon; The Slums by Jan Andrei Cobey; Tarang by Arvin Belarmino; Excuse Me Miss Miss Miss by Sonny Calvento, and Ang Gasgas Na Plaka ni Lolo Bert by Janina Gacosta.
This year's jurors for the Short Feature category were Sari Dalena, Auraeus Solito, and Treb Monteras.
Meanwhile, among the 49 documentaries submitted, those entries that received the highest scores were Mga Batang Anipa by Maria Fyl Gultian and Alundra Villanueva; Ang Meron Sa Wala by Arby and Christine Larano; Diva Divine? by Francis Tavas; Titser Gennie by Elijah Prades; and the Tausug rap Maglabay Ra in Sakit by Mijan Jumalon.
The selection panel who chose the best of the best for the Documentary category were Ditsi Carolino, Seymour Sanchez, and Collis Davis.
For the Animation category, Ana by Mary Angelica Panganiban; Stay by Irenea Catalina Valencia; Last Piece by Andrea Mae Kristine Bonagua, Gaspar dela Cruz III, Jenny Mateo, and Anthony P. Santiago; Home by Bryan Kent Abias; and Distance by Dexter Paul de Jesus.
The selection jurors for the said category were Benedict Carandang, Teddy Co, and Adrian Arcega.
The 15 films, which are automatically guaranteed PHP 15,000 each, go back to square one, with a different but equally elite panel of jurors choosing the three category winners who will receive PHP 75,000 each and will then compete for the Grand Prix, with a total take-home prize of P165,000.
Trailers of these films are now up on dzrh.com.ph/msff
The full films will be posted from August 16 onwards when viewers can also begin casting their votes daily until August 25 for their choice of Fan Favorite.
Winners will be announced in a special program on August 28, to be streamed at 7 pm on all social media platforms of MBC stations nationwide – DZRH, Love Radio, Yes The Best, Easy Rock, Aksyon Radyo, Radyo Natin, and DZRH News Television.
