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Liza Diño calls out critics hoping Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino will fail

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/entertainment/07/11/liza-dino-2017.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Liza Diño is growing tired of convincing people to support their new film festival this August. <cite>Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino Facebook page</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) head Liza Diño has had enough. She&#x27;s tired of defending her pet project, Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP), a new film festival slated next month that mandates cinemas nationwide to showcase local films for a week. </p><p>Diño took to Facebook on Tuesday to address those accusing her and the FDCP for harboring a &quot;hidden agenda&quot; with PPP that will ultimately push independent films out of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) held every December. </p><p>The conspiracy, according to Diño, alleges that by creating a separate film festival that will cater mainly to indie features, the FDCP is giving the go-signal for organizers of the MMFF to fill their lineup with entries from big studios. </p><p>It furthers that indie movies will then be unfairly locked out of the Christmas season, which is traditionally the strongest period for the local box-office. </p><p>In her lengthy post, Diño, who is also a member of the MMFF executive committee, denied the malicious accusations, saying: &quot;Ang magandang intensyon ng PPP, sinisira ng mga malisyosong walang iniisip kung &#x27;di ang sarili in the guise of protecting independent cinema.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Imbis na makita ang kagandahan ng mas maraming plataporma para sa ating mga sariling pelikula, sinasabing kinakalaban ang MMFF at lalong hinihiwalay ang indie sa mainstream. Worse, it&#x27;s coming from people na galing mismo sa industriya natin.&quot; </p><p>She then called out those wishing for the PPP to fail, explaining that a new festival that will put the spotlight on Filipino-made films should be celebrated rather than criticized, if one considers the difficulties in competing with Hollywood flicks, which cinema owners usually favor. </p><p>&quot;FDCP hopes to resolve that issue by clustering our films together para ma-encourage ang audience na manood. Actually, if this becomes successful, the bigger vision is to have these platforms three times a year -- April, August at December,&quot; she revealed. </p><p>Diño concluded by clarifying that the FDCP will not be earning from the said festival. &quot;We are doing this because we believe in the project and the success of this nationwide platform can be a game changer for Philippine cinema.&quot;</p><p>&quot;It will prove that there really is an audience for quality genre films. The Filipino audience deserves this.&quot; </p><p>The PPP will run from August 16 to 22. The 12 films that will be shown are &quot;100 Tula Para Kay Stella&quot; (Viva), &quot;Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B&quot; (The IdeaFirst Company), &quot;AWOLl&quot; (Skylight), &#x27;Patay na si Hesus&quot; (T-Rex Entertainment Production), &quot;Pauwi Na&quot; (Universal Harvest Inc.), &quot;Salvage&quot; (CPI/Cinema One), &quot;Bar Boys&quot; (Tropic Frills Inc.), &quot;Birdshot&quot; (TBA Studios), &quot;Hamog&quot; (CPI/Cinema One), Paglipay (Tofarm), &quot;Star na si Van Damme Stallone&quot; (Unitel x Straight Shooters), and &quot;Triptiko&quot; (Michelna Brothers Production).</p><p>You can check out the trailers <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/30/17/pista-ng-pelikulang-pilipino-full-list-of-films">here</a>. </p><p>Below is Diño&#x27;s full statement: </p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/lizadino/posts/10155045098959335?pnref=story" data-width="auto"> </div>

<p>Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) head Liza Dino has had enough. </p>

Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) head Liza Dino has had enough.