Eight Filipino high school students are set to fly to Japan to represent the Philippines in the 2016 Asian International Children’s Film Festival.
A pre-departure orientation was held by the Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) in cooperation with the National Youth Commission (NYC) last November 21, 2016 to prepare the students for the international leg of the competition that will take place in Hokkaido, Japan.
The event was opened by words of congratulations and encouragement to the participants by JICC Director Ken Nakamura, followed by a series of lectures on Japanese culture and youth exchange courtesy of JICC and NYC. The program was wrapped up by a team-building activity facilitated by Ms. Mignonette Reposar of the NYC and JENESYS2016 Supervisor Ms. Ann Nicoldette Dinaga to orient the students on the series of activities that will take place during the film festival.
Now on its 10th year, the Asian International Children’s Film Festival was initiated to promote creativity, friendship, and goodwill among youths from various parts of Asia through film and videos. It is organized under the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths 2016 (JENESYS2016) Programme, which aims to strengthen international relations among the youths of Asia by facilitating various cultural and academic exchanges.
Film entries focusing this year’s theme “Something I Dislike” were submitted from all over the country and underwent a preliminary selection conducted by JICC and NYC. Top three films were chosen as the Philippine entries for the international level of the competition:
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Meg Margaret Cayone
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Broken
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Abigail Kirsten Lee (Makati Hope Christian School) |
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The delegates will be joined by over 100 students from other ASEAN countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam), East Timor, China, Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Chinese Taiwan, and Japan. The awarding ceremony for the festival will take place in Kitami City in Hokkaido on November 26, 2016. Aside from the film festival, delegates will also experience Japan’s culture and tradition through site visits (Kitami City, Hakka Museum), sports activities (Curling) and interaction with the local youth.
