
Negrense short film shortlisted in Singapore film fest
A short film directed by a Negrense has gained international recognition after it was shortlisted in this year’s Southeast Asian Short Film Competition of the prestigious Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF).Budding Negrense director Mark Garcia, a former journalist, announced Tuesday, October 26, that his film "Mga Bag-ong Nawong (sang Damgo kag Katingalahan)" is one of the 23 short films that will compete in the festival, which is considered as the largest and longest-running film event in Southeast Asia since 1987.Garcia’s film was among the three Filipino shorts that were shortlisted in the festival.Others were Shireen Seno’s "To Pick a Flower" and Lav Diaz’s "Himala: A Dialectic of Our Times."Garcia said he is honored to be included in the competition, and tha...









