Paris, France + Hamburg, Germany + Washington D.C, USA + Manila, Philippines = Ancient Egypt.
The Sun Behind You
May 29, 2017 at 09:01 amLast night I had the chance to see Ang Araw sa Likod Mo. Directed by friend Dominic Nuesa, this is a feature film about the heroism, redemption, and sacrifice both sides of the conflict in Mindanao. You can check out the official trailer here:
2017 04 18 The Sun Behind You Official Trailer
As I watched Mabalasik 2 make their way through the forests of Mindanao in hot pursuit of an ISIS terrorist cell and their leader, I thought that Dominic could not have made a more timely film for audiences here in the Philippines and around the world to understand the long raging conflict in Mindanao.
Am very proud of what Dominic achieved here in his debut film, together with his actors and production staff. I would like to also extend a shout to the feature film editor and my friend Javier Abola and his team at Overmind for their post production work on The Sun Behind you. <3
Crossing Borders to Germany
November 6, 2016 at 09:35 amLast weekend the Crossing Borders : Documentary Campus e.V. workshop students (including myself) received a rare chance to present our documentary proposals to a panel of broadcast decision makers from all over the world. While this does wrap up the 2016 edition of the Crossing Borders workshop it has provided many of us new beginnings with key decision makers for our WIP documentaries.
We could not have gotten here without the insight and encouragement of the Crossing Borders trainers. I would like to Steven Seidenberg, Head of International Co-production at LIC China, Lucinda Broadbent, director at @media co-op, Georg Tschurtschenthaler, Creative Producer at gebrueder beetz filmproduktion, Pauwels Jean Paul, Director of the EDN – European Documentary Network, Gitte Hansen, Deputy Director for First Hand Films, Phil Jandaly, Story Consultant / Story Editor at WAKE UP Filmska i video produkcija, Ruby L J Chen, Chief Operating Officer at CNEX Taiwan and acclaimed filmmaker Qi Zhao for their advice and support for our documentaries. I believe we all benefited from their understanding of the film and documentary craft and their years of experience.
Cheers Crossing Borders 2016 Trainer Team! <3 🙂
I would also like to thank extend a special thanks to the Crossing Borders : Documentary Campus e.V queens Dorothea Schiebel and Cecilie Bolvinkel their work putting all this together, the workshop students, trainers and decision makers. It was an immense task and they both worked very hard to ensure that it was a quality experience for everyone. Thanks Doro and Cecilie! ^_^
If you’re a documentary filmmaker living and working here in Asia and you’re looking to level up your game and your professional network, I would strongly encourage you to apply to the 2017 edition of Crossing Borders. They don’t charge you a thing for applying or participating – and if you’re admitted to the workshop there is simply no way you can lose. You can learn more about it here:
Where <3 Belongs
October 29, 2016 at 04:04 amThis morning, as I get ready to present Nowzad: Warzone Animal Rescue publicly for the first time to a panel of broadcast decision makers from around the world, my thoughts are very much with the unsung and unseen Afghan team back in Kabul that made this possible for all of us.
I am indebted to Ro Ya Heydari for her creativity and imagination directing the pilot production and to my cinematographer Edris Salehi for working tirelessly to capture beautiful and dramatic images for our pilot and sizzle trailer and Masood Mostamandi for making available to us the full resources of his production company, Vision.
I have nothing but <3 for Roya, Edris, Masood and the rest of the amazing team back in Kabul, I hope to honour them today at the Crossing Borders pitch session. Thanks again for the great work Team Nowzad. 🙂
It’s all about Brand Consultant and Illustrator Stephanie Medeiros! ^_^
October 27, 2016 at 07:10 amIn the run up to the Documentary Campus Crossing Borders pitch session this weekend here in Leipzig, I am incredibly thankful for Stephanie Medeiros‘s excellent design work on both the Nowzad: Warzone Animal Rescue pitch deck and on my first ever set of personalised business cards!
Thank you Steph-star! <3
For anyone else in need of a superb, hardworking brand consultant and illustrator you can connect with Stephanie here: stephanie@24k7.co
I cannot recommend her enough and am looking forward to working with her again soon! ^_^
Meeting HISTORY Man!
October 26, 2016 at 10:07 amIt was a pleasure meeting Jacque Ruby, the mastermind of HISTORY Con. His passion to bring large scale, groundbreaking infotainment events and content to Manila is as real as it gets!
Special thanks to Chris Humphrey for taking the time to put us together!
Nowzad: Warzone Animal Rescue goes to the Leipzig!
October 24, 2016 at 06:07 amThis week in Leipzig, Germany I am honored to have the opportunity to bring my program Nowzad: Warzone Animal Rescue to the second part of the Crossing Borders documentary workshop!
You can check out links to my program and the Crossing Borders workshop here:
Nowzad: Warzone Animal Rescue – Official Trailer 1
Official Website – Crossing Borders
As part of the Documentary Campus Masterschool, myself and my peers from the 2016 edition of the workshop will have a chance to present our work to a panel of commissioning editors from around the world.
This panel will include senior executives from Scripps Networks UK & EMEA, Channel 4, ZDF/ARTE, PBS, Al Jazeera English, Discovery International and my colleague Chris Humphrey for A+E Networks Asia.
I am looking forward to reconnecting with the Crossing Borders organisers Cecilie Bolvinkel, Dorothea Schiebel and Pauwels Jean Paul, mentor Steven Seidenberg and am looking forward to meeting the new instructors that will be joining us for the workshop. Here we go. ^_^
