Blvck Entertainment has announced the winners of its Scriptwriting Contest, celebrating outstanding Filipino writers.
Mario M. Banzon took first place with his entry, ‘Tres Marias,’ followed by Joseph Abello in second place for ‘Chester’s Eight Birthday Party,’ and Dustin Celestino in third place for ‘Supremo.’
As part of the prize, Blvck Entertainment will produce Banzon’s ‘Tres Marias’ under its film production arm, Blvck Films. The first-place winner received P100,000, while the second and third place winners were awarded P50,000 and P30,000, respectively. The remaining seven finalists each received P10,000 as consolation prizes.
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The Top 10 finalists include: Gian Arre for ‘Habang Tulog Ang Mundo,’ James Ambito for ‘Memories of the Forgotten,’ Ronald Batallones for ‘Mento,’ Nash Casiño for ‘Drifters of Britannia,’ Paul Singh Cudail for ‘Huling Korona,’ Kristofer Ted Navarro for ‘Grrrbage,’ and Abet Pagdagdagan Raz for ‘Little Miss Hope.’
The panel of judges comprised Erick Castro, Mon Confiado, Zig Dulay, John Carlo Pacala, Roman Perez, Jr., Ronald Rios, and Raffy Tejada.
Blvck Entertainment, owned by Engineer Louie and Grace Cristobal, received 150 script submissions for the contest. The initiative is part of their advocacy to support the revival of the Philippine film industry.
Entertainment media have praised the Cristobals for their dedication to scriptwriters. The company plans to produce films this year and in the coming years, which led them to organize the scriptwriting contest.
“We plan to produce the top 10 scripts as films,” said Engr. Louie, President and CEO of Blvck Entertainment. “Our goal is to encourage young scriptwriters to pursue their filmmaking dreams and to reflect Filipino culture through their stories.”
With the assistance of Director Roman Perez, Jr., who was appointed as Project Creative Director, the Scriptwriting Contest aimed to inspire aspiring and professional writers to create stories for mainstream Philippine cinema or digital streaming platforms.
