Pinoy honored in Australia for short film about poor children
A Filipino scholar in South Korea had won an award in the first Mirvac Film Competition in Australia for his two-minute film about poor Filipino children.
Nash Ang, a scholar of Korea's Ministry of Culture, won the adult's under 5 minutes category of the Western Australian competition for his “My Reason for Existence,” a film about children living in a dumpsite in the Philippines.
Interviewed via email, Ang told GMA News Online that his decision to feature urban poor Filipino children was inspired by Jose Rizal and his belief in the youth.
"Like what Jose Rizal and my film is saying... I want to say that we need to educate the youth because we need them in order for our nation to progress," he said.
The filmmaker is furthering his education at the Korea National University of the Arts after a four-year stint at Polytechnic University of the Philippines for a degree in broadcasting.
“I was encouraged to continue my studies in Seoul when I met one of the the staff of the university [in] 2010 in the DMZ Film Festival, where my first full-lenghth docu 'Water Ghetto' was one of the official selection,” he said.
The theme of the competition was "My Place, My Story." Out of 400 submissions from all over the world, there were only three selected finalists per category screened at the Mirvac WA Short Film Festival 2015.
The winners were announced last January 15 at Meadow Springs Open Air Cinema, Mirvac Australia.
Mirvac was not Ang's first win in an international film competition.
In 2010, Ang won the SEADocs Southeast Asian Student Documentary Awards and the ASEAN Korea multimedia competition. The following year, he won the Ani ng Dangal.
An actor on the side, Ang will premiere his next full-length documentary film "Paraiso" at the Singkwentro International Film Festival on February 21 in Manila. —KBK, GMA News
Nash Ang, a scholar of Korea's Ministry of Culture, won the adult's under 5 minutes category of the Western Australian competition for his “My Reason for Existence,” a film about children living in a dumpsite in the Philippines.
Interviewed via email, Ang told GMA News Online that his decision to feature urban poor Filipino children was inspired by Jose Rizal and his belief in the youth.
"Like what Jose Rizal and my film is saying... I want to say that we need to educate the youth because we need them in order for our nation to progress," he said.
The filmmaker is furthering his education at the Korea National University of the Arts after a four-year stint at Polytechnic University of the Philippines for a degree in broadcasting.
“I was encouraged to continue my studies in Seoul when I met one of the the staff of the university [in] 2010 in the DMZ Film Festival, where my first full-lenghth docu 'Water Ghetto' was one of the official selection,” he said.
The theme of the competition was "My Place, My Story." Out of 400 submissions from all over the world, there were only three selected finalists per category screened at the Mirvac WA Short Film Festival 2015.
The winners were announced last January 15 at Meadow Springs Open Air Cinema, Mirvac Australia.
Mirvac was not Ang's first win in an international film competition.
In 2010, Ang won the SEADocs Southeast Asian Student Documentary Awards and the ASEAN Korea multimedia competition. The following year, he won the Ani ng Dangal.
An actor on the side, Ang will premiere his next full-length documentary film "Paraiso" at the Singkwentro International Film Festival on February 21 in Manila. —KBK, GMA News
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