Finalists, Short Film Category at the 3rd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards

Listed below are the finalists of the newly- added Short Film Category of the 3rd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards. Fully Booked and Neil Gaiman will be handing out the awards on March 17, 2010, 7PM at the Rockwell Tent in Makati City. Entrance is free of charge.

The sponsors of today’s short film category screening are TGIFriday’s and Bo’s Coffee.


1. Lost and Found by Jethro Trogo and Gharawi Usman
A young woman looks for her missing wallet in a mysterious lost and found kiosk where she also finds things she thought she’d never see again.

2. Squatters in Mars by Rommel Sales
By sending the Filipino land squatters to the planet Mars the Filipinos would not only be seen as heroes of the world, they would become saviors of mankind.

3. Anak ng Tikbalang by Desiree Ann Samson
A romantic comedy where Pinoy family values and Philippine Lower Mythology combine!

4. Blogog by Rommel Tolentino
A well-rounded fable with a bounce of whimsy.

5. Black Worms by Khavn dela Cruz
After everything. Nothing.

6. Panibugho (Jealousy) by Alvin Yapan
The film is a meditation on the nature of creative production, as a form of covetous voyeurism, in a third world setting.

7. Takot Ako by Jules Dan Katanyag
Takot Ako is the story of a girl who finds out too late the true meaning of ghost hunting.

8. Kumot ng Panaginip by Jedd Chris Dumaguina
Would you want to wake up from a perfect dream?

9. Embrace by Ronnie Sapinoso
The search for love and meaning.

10. Kulob by Camille Jensen Hirro and Liezl Ortacio