Blvck Entertainment recently recognized winners of its first-ever scriptwriting contest.
Note that from around 150 entries only 10 made it to the finals.
These are:
Joseph Abello’s “Chester’s Eight Birthday Party”
Gian Arre’s “Habang Tulog Ang Mundo”
James Ambito’s “Memories of the Forgotten”
Mario Banzon’s “Tres Marias”
Ronald Batallones’s “Mento”
Nash Casiño’s “Drifters of Britannia”
Dustin Celestino’s “Supremo”
Paul Singh Cudail’s “Huling Korona”
Kristofer Ted Navarro’s “Grrrbage”
Abet Pagdagdagan Raz’s “Little Miss Hope”
Ultimately, the panel of judges, composed of luminaries from the entertainment industry, including Erick Castro, Mon Confiado, Zig Dulay, John Carlo Pacala, Roman Perez, Jr., Ronald Rios and Raffy Tejada, picked “Tres Marias” as big winner, bestowing its creator 100, 000 pesos as grant.
Second place went to “Chester’s Eighth Birthday Party (50,000 pesos), while “Supremo” bagged Third (30,000 pesos).
The rest earned 10,000 pesos each.
According to Blvck Entertainment’s Louie and Grace Cristobal, the contest was meant to inspire the country’s scriptwriters, fanning the flames of their creativity.
Said Grace, “It was a suggestion pitched by Direk Roman. We agreed to do it realizing the need to acknowledge both aspiring and professional scriptwriters’ contribution to the industry. Without them we wouldn’t have the beautiful stories we enjoy as films. With this contest, we are encouraging them to keep pursuing their passion.”
“The contest also aims to cultivate stories that reflect the evolving Filipino culture ,” added Louie. “And Blvck Entertainment is proud to be part of such a lofty endeavor.”
Blvck Entertainment is planning to develop “Tres Marias” into a full-length feature film.
The contest was sponsored by Alkaviva Waters Philippines, GLC Infinite Waters International, Grace Electronics Philippines, Blue Green Dragon Marketing, LG Realty Development and Blvck Creatives Studio.
