Shameless Plugs: ABC-5′s “Dokyu” Now a Student Competition

(from a write-up by Jocelyn Dimaculangan)

After a brief hiatus, ABC-5 News & Public Affairs launches a brand new season of its landmark program Dokyu this May. This TV program has been highly acclaimed for providing start-up incentives as well as an exhibition platform for independent documentary filmmakers, both professionals and amateurs/students.

For its brand new season, there will be a lot of changes starting with the concept of the show. Dokyu will now be a competition program, with different levels or categories. For the first season, the competition will be in the student category, and will be similar to the Gawad Cultural Center of the Philippines, Urian and Catholic Mass Media Awards. The winning documentary will receive a tax-free cash prize of P50,000 and a trophy.

ABC-5 has sent an open invitation to all colleges and universities in the Philippines to send entries to Dokyu‘s search for the Best Student Documentary. Entry forms can be downloaded from the ABC-5 website and the Dokyu egroup. An accomplished form together with two copies (DVD, VCD, DV) of the documentary shall be submitted to the Dokyu office, ABC News & Public Affairs, ABC Studios, 762 Quirino Highway, Novaliches, Quezon City.

Entries for the first season will be accepted until May 31. A minimum of 20 and a maximum of 22 entries will be chosen to compete for Best Student Documentary Season 1.

A panel of critics composed of respected broadcast journalists and professors from the academe will preview all Dokyu finalists and judge them based on the following criteria: 50% of the score for best student documentary and 50% will come from text votes.

All shortlisted entries will air on TV, two back to back per episode, starting May 18. The first season winner will be announced by the third week of August. Each year, there will be at least three best student Dokyu winners who will also have a chance to be sponsored and entered in international competitions.

The student Dokyu season will be hosted by outstanding youth achiever Patricia Evangelista. A documentary filmmaker herself, Patricia is a op-ed columnist in a major broadsheet and host of the TV program Y-Speak.

For inquiries, please contact Seymour Barros Sanchez at 09229936814.

(Photo credit: Philippine Entertainment Portal)