Young Fil-Am’s 3-minute film makes it to HBO docu series
A young US-based Filipino filmmaker has earned a spot in the Top 200 of an HBO reality television series, with an "inspirational" short film currently making waves online.
Joshua Ortiz, who runs a small production outfit with his siblings, wrote and directed "Listen," a nearly three-minute film on the importance of perseverance and hard work despite talent and failure.
As of posting time, "Listen" has been viewed more than 37,600 times on YouTube.
The short film was the 25-year-old's entry to "Project Greenlight," a documentary series on HBO that will follow the winner of a digital film competition to the making of his prize — a feature film.
The show, with Hollywood actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as executive producers, "takes a revealing, uncensored look at the challenges facing a first-time director." It will follow the winner through the various stages of film production.
Bella Rose Maltzman, one of the actors in Ortiz's short film, broke Ortiz's inclusion in the Top 200 of the competition in a Facebook post on Wednesday (Manila time):
In an interview with Sun Star, Ortiz, who was born and raised in the US to Filipino parents, said he initially wrote the short film for him and his two siblings, Monica and Joel, who are also part of the cast as the golfer and the figure skater, respectively. — Rose-An Jessica Dioquino/KBK, GMA News
Joshua Ortiz, who runs a small production outfit with his siblings, wrote and directed "Listen," a nearly three-minute film on the importance of perseverance and hard work despite talent and failure.
As of posting time, "Listen" has been viewed more than 37,600 times on YouTube.
The short film was the 25-year-old's entry to "Project Greenlight," a documentary series on HBO that will follow the winner of a digital film competition to the making of his prize — a feature film.
The show, with Hollywood actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as executive producers, "takes a revealing, uncensored look at the challenges facing a first-time director." It will follow the winner through the various stages of film production.
Bella Rose Maltzman, one of the actors in Ortiz's short film, broke Ortiz's inclusion in the Top 200 of the competition in a Facebook post on Wednesday (Manila time):
In an interview with Sun Star, Ortiz, who was born and raised in the US to Filipino parents, said he initially wrote the short film for him and his two siblings, Monica and Joel, who are also part of the cast as the golfer and the figure skater, respectively. — Rose-An Jessica Dioquino/KBK, GMA News
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