Ploning- Philippines Bid to the Oscars Best Foreign Language derby
PLONING
in the University of the Philippines Film Institute on
26th of November, 2008 (Wednesday) 5pm and 7:30pm
Tickets are priced 100 pesos (non-UP students) and 80 pesos (UP students) for both screenings
*There will be an open session with the cast during after every screening*
You may contact me at brian_bong88@yahoo.com or at 09178619022 for tickets.
LET US PROMOTE AND HELP OUR BID TO THE OSCARS!!! 
From Ploning Makes Bid for Oscar
“Super overwhelmed,” was director Dante Garcia’s reaction upon learning that his debut feature “Ploning” was selected by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) as the country’s entry to the Oscars Best Foreign Language derby.
From this point, it has to compete with 50 to 60 other films from around the world for only five slots in said category.
Garcia, a production designer by profession, was also scriptwriter for “Ploning.”
“Maybe I did something right,” he told Inquirer Entertainment on Monday. “Maybe it wasn’t just a lucky turn.”
Judy Ann Santos, the film’s producer and lead star, was just as ecstatic, Garcia said.
Tears of joy
“We celebrated on Sunday,” he said. “But before that, when I told Judai on the phone, we both ended up crying,” Garcia recounted. “It’s special to her because it’s also her debut as producer. Also, the Oscar announcement came after a controversy [regarding the Supreme Court’s rejection of Santos’ appeal concerning a tax evasion case.]”
Garcia is also elated because “Ploning” vied with five other noteworthy Filipino movies for the slot: Jim Libiran’s “Tribu,” Dante Mendoza’s “Serbis,” Auraeus Solito’s “Pisay,” Jade Castro’s “Endo” and Chito Roño’s “Caregiver.”
“Just to be mentioned in the same breath as those films is honor enough,” Garcia said.
Let’s all watch “Ploning” 26th of November, 2008 (Wednesday) 5pm and 7:30pm at the University of the Philippines Film Institute , UP Campus, Diliman , Quezon City.
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