7TH SOROK SHORT FILM FESTIVAL KICKS OFF WITH BENEFIT FILM SHOWING
THE 7th Sorok Short Film Festival (SSFF) kicks off this year’s event with a benefit film showing aimed at raising funds for more than 300 Mangyan students in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro.
The SSFF Rewind started last November 19. Another is scheduled on Nov. 26, 2022 and will be shown at the IVC Teatro in Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila. It features film entries from previous SSFFs including “Pagsulong,” “The Power of Giving,” “Kwentong Pamilya” and “Out of the Box.”
Proceeds from the SSFF Rewind will be allotted for the nourishment of 209 Mangyan students from the Inawa Panaynep Elementary School and 137 from Libagon Minority School, both in Sablayan.
Film screening for the new entries of SSFF will be shown on December 1 to 3.
This year’s SSFF Film Festival features the theme on “Singlehood: A Parent. A Child. A Journey.” Singlehood features short films dedicated to single parents, whether they are widow/widower, adoptive, or surrogate parents.
The 7th SSFF Awards Night is on Dec. 7, 2022 at the Metropolitan Theater.
The SSFF has produced multiple award-winning movies from amateur and professional filmmakers over the past years.
It was organized to raise social awareness and served as a mode for students, amateurs, and professional filmmakers, actors and scriptwriters to exhibit their gifts, with its theme “Kapwang Gawa — the act of reaching out to other people.”
SSFF is a brainchild of Sorok Uni Foundation, a humanitarian organization founded by veteran Korean ship captain and president of Uniship Group of Companies Jae Jung Jang, that started off serving the needs of persons affected with leprosy (PALs) and later extended its service to social and economic inclusion of other forgotten neighbors — the homeless urban and rural poor, and displaced Filipino families due to calamities.