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FINAL JURY

TEDDY CO

Teddy Co has been a cultural worker in Philippine
cinema the past 30 years. As film archivist, he
has recovered and gotten restored important films
by National Artists, including the first animated
Filipino full-length film TADHANA (by Nonoy
Marcelo), having dubbed it in betamax when
it had its first and only screening on Philippine
television in 1978. As curator, he has organized
centennial retrospectives for important Filipino
filmmakers. He has been on the selection
committees of local independent film festivals,
including Cinemalaya, Cinema One Originals, and QCinema.
Since 2004, he has been a member of the Cinema Committee
of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
In 2008, he co-founded Cinema Rehiyon, the largest annual
gathering of film and filmmakers from the different provinces
of the country. He is currently the Chairman of the Cinema
Committee of the NCCA, and it’s Commissioner for the Arts.

MARIA VICTORIA ILAGAN
Prior to pursuing a career as an independent filmmaker, Avic
spent eighteen years as a theater artist of PETA doing production
design, marketing and promotion, cultural research, facilitating
workshops and eventually doing lead and support roles. Her
films “Ang Babae Kapag Nag-iisa sa Maynila (A Woman Alone
in Manila), “Dancing In The Light,” and “Sowing Seeds” have
been screened internationally. She has won several awards for
her documentaries and short feature films at the Gawad CCP
Para Sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video in 1995, 1996 & 1997.
She works in various projects (video, events and workshops)
with migrant groups in Manila, Hong Kong and Japan. She has
directed a number of drama teleplays and television shows aired
on national television. The last one of which is 3R (Respect,
Relax & Respond), a tele magazine show for women. She is the
Managing Partner/Director of black soup café + art space. She
is currently active as a facilitator in the advocacy of promoting
positive discipline under PETA’s Arts Zone Project (Advocate
Rights to Safety Zone).

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