What the FDCP-DOLE Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1 Means for the Film and Audiovisual Industry

What the FDCP-DOLE Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1 Means for the Film and Audiovisual Industry

February 7, 2020 was a historic day for the film and audiovisual industry in the Philippines because finally, a government issuance governing the working conditions and occupational safety and health of workers in the audiovisual production was finalized.

 

Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 1, Series of 2020 between the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) was signed by no other than Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and FDCP Chairperson and CEO Liza Diño-Seguerra.

 

Bayanihan 2 Law to Provide Cash Aid to Film and AV Workers Displaced by COVID-19

Bayanihan 2 Law to Provide Cash Aid to Film and AV Workers Displaced by COVID-19

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, SEPTEMBER __, 2020 — With the signing into law of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 by President Rodrigo Duterte, film and audiovisual workers displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic stand to receive financial assistance from the country's fiscal stimulus package.

 

FDCP Concludes a Successful Fourth Edition of Film Industry Conference Online

FDCP Concludes a Successful Fourth Edition of Film Industry Conference Online

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 — During the first public session that kicked-off FDCP’s 2020 edition of the Film Industry Conference, speaker Aleksandra Swierk opened her talk by discussing film labs as essentially being a platform for “exchange.” Swierk emphasized the way that such labs fundamentally serve as a medium for exchanging ideas, opinions, stories, and talent.