Binisaya (2017 Festival)
Co-presenters: CIPO; Province of Cebu; Cebu Tourism
Major Sponsors: FDCP; CMB Film Services; Cinemaone Originals; Cinemata; ASpace; Draft Academy School of Design; Arts Council of Cebu; University of San Carlos; Marco Polo Plaza Cebu
Minor Sponsors: Above the Line Productions; 8Thumbs Productions; Active Vista; DAKILA; Bomba Press; Casa Gorordo Museum; Circa 1900; Coalition for Better Education; Contagious Inc.; Create Cebu; Comm UP; Titay’s; Steel Art Billboards;
Media Sponsors: Sutukil Sauce; Bai TV; Asian Film Festivals; Sunstar; Cebu Daily News; Zee Lifestyle
Celebrating 10 years of Cebuano Cinema, BINISAYA screened over 25 feature films in SM Cebu, Ayala, Robinsons, the University of San Carlos, University of the Philippines, Southwestern University, Cebu Normal University, University of Cebu, University of San Jose Recoletos, and barangays and commercial centers all over the city of Cebu. BINISAYA also organized a film lab with up and coming filmmakers that produced the film, “Martes Martes” as well as film business forums connecting local filmmakers and local investors as well as a dialogue between the film community and FDCP chairperson Liza Diño in an effort to develop the industry of Cebuano Cinema.
