TO establish Pangasinan as a preeminent creative hub of the country, the provincial government will hold the first-ever film festival, ‘PangaSINE Film Festival 2024’, in Pangasinan as one of the highlights of Pista’y Dayat (Sea Festival) this year.

To accomplish this vision, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) authorized Gov. Ramon Guico III to enter into an agreement with Narciso N. Santos, Jr., for the conduct of the activity.

SP Board Member Marinor de Guzman, author of the resolution, said the film festival will feature film-making workshops to encourage creativity through filmmaking, discover and nurture Pangasinenses to have the talent and skill in filmmaking, and produce meaningful and quality films that are exclusively made in Pangasinan.

“For this year’s celebration of the Pista’y Dayat, Mr. Narciso N. Santos, Jr., shall be the strategic partner of the Provincial Government of Pangasinan in the presentation of PangaSINE 2024: Official Film Festival of the Province of Pangasinan, with its festival theme: “Pangasinan Through the Lens of the Pangasinense,” the resolution partly stated.

According to Pangasinan Information and Media Relations Officer Dhobie de Guzman, the event hopes to “source, curate, and exhibit 10 outstanding short films by homegrown filmmakers; conduct short courses (for students or individuals) in story writing, screen/scriptwriting, producing, directing, cinematography/principal photography, sound editing and design, film/video editing, and film appreciation.”

There will be four essential topics for the festival: 1) Narratives from the past that greatly influenced the present-day Pangasinense; 2) Vibrant and ever-changing culture of Pangasinan today; 3) Storytelling techniques that fuse the traditional and modern; 4) Hopes, dreams, triumphs, and challenges of the modern Pangasinense, particularly of the youth. (PIMRO/RRB)

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