The Philippines is home to award-winning filmmakers and artists. In the most recent Cannes Film Festival, a Filipina actress won the award for Best Actress in a film that portrayed living in poverty in the Philippines.

Filmmaking is a valuable part of our artistic landscape and is one way that we can showcase Filipino talent to audiences at home and around the world.

To enable and reward Filipino filmmakers, this bill seeks to provide incentives for the screening of award-winning films, and to award grants for talented Filipino filmmakers and artists who have won.

This bill seeks to provide incentives for the screening of award-winning films, and benefits through grants for the further creation of Filipino films under the creative control of award-winning filmmakers and artists.

The following are the salient features of the measure:

(a) Grant for Film producer of Best Film;
(b) Grant to award-winning cast and crew members; and
(c) Automatic “A” rating from the Cinema Evaluation Board.

In view of the foregoing, the passage of the bill is earnestly sought.