Pioneer Insurance coverage showcased the creativity of the youthful technology on the Actual to Reel: Gen Z Quick Movie Competitors Grand Finals held at Greenbelt Cinema 3, impressing a star-studded panel of judges and Gen Z audiences, on-line and in cinemas.
Pioneer Group Head Lorenzo Chan Jr. (leftmost) and Hearth and Ice Leisure CEO Liza Diño (rightmost) award the Grand Prize Winners of Pioneer’s Actual to Reel: Gen Z Quick Movie Competitors— (from L-R) Glenn Faller, Jerry Surpia, and Jaff Jaro from Leyte Regular College.
“Ang Panawagan ni Googly,” submitted by Jerry Surpia from Leyte Regular College, emerged as the highest entry amongst over 120 submissions from Gen Z college students representing prime universities and public faculties nationwide.
The profitable movie, starring a used plastic milk tea container named “Googly”, addresses the urgent subject of local weather change in a novel method, highlighting air pollution brought on by the nation’s waste downside.
Pioneer Group Head Lorenzo Chan Jr., who served as one of many judges within the competitors, shared his insights on the outcomes, commending the imaginative and prescient of Gen Zs.
“It turned clear at present that two of the highest issues younger folks have concerning the future are, first, local weather change—starting from world warming to different associated points—and second, politics, together with graft and corruption,” Chan mentioned.
“These points are clearly prime of thoughts for them. What’s much more spectacular is how they’ve tackled these subjects in such inventive methods, utilizing drama, comedy, and different genres. I’m optimistic that these movies will encourage the next-gen and viewers of all ages to work in the direction of a greater future,” he added.
In the meantime, award-winning actress and CEO of Hearth and Ice Leisure, Liza Diño, who led the formidable panel, was significantly impressed at how outspoken the youthful technology are relating to their stance on social points.
“The competitors revealed what these youngsters care about. They’re very conscious of social points and wish to make a distinction ” Diño shared.
Hearth and Ice CEO and President Liza Diño poses with the Actual to Reel viewers on the jampacked Greenbelt Cinema 3. In photograph are the esteemed judges, together with director and Carlos Palanca awardee Chris Martinez, Unitel Straight Shooters Media Inc. President and CEO Madonna Tarrayo, and Octopus & Whale Founder and CEO Joey Tiempo.
Except for Chan and Diño, the panel of judges additionally included the multi-awarded director Chris Martinez, famend for his distinctive work on numerous iconic Filipino motion pictures like “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” and the “Kimmy Dora” sequence; Madonna Tarrayo, President and CEO of Unitel Straight Shooters Media Inc. and extremely revered determine in movie and tv manufacturing; and Joey Tiempo, founding father of the sport and expertise design company Octopus & Whale and award-winning Artistic who has judged and earned recognition from worldwide inventive competitions.
The second-place award was given to “Calor” by Troy Bryan Fontanar from Visayas State College, that includes “Quip,” a robotic dwelling underground in a climate-ravaged future embarking on a journey to witness the Earth’s remaining greenery.
In the meantime, “Trapo” by Danreb Dela Cruz, Myro Andrada, and John Rhey Flores from Doña Montserrat Lopez Memorial Excessive Faculty was named third placer for its sharp critique on conventional politics within the Philippines.
The brief movie “Siya Na Walang Pangalan” was additionally awarded because the On-line Favourite after garnering essentially the most variety of likes on Pioneer Insurance coverage’s Fb web page.
The movie captures psychological well being by way of the lens of Leah Oliquino, Clare Puno, Jexel Keane Alejo, Gera Escobar, and Bien Bisenio from the College of the Philippines Baguio.
About Actual to Reel
A decade after launching its first youth marketing campaign, Pioneer Insurance coverage proudly launched Actual to Reel, a brief movie competitors that showcases the distinctive perspective of Gen Z on constructing a greater future and galvanizing motion on at present’s most urgent social points.
It’s the newest addition to Pioneer’s award-winning youth campaigns, following profitable initiatives just like the HeART for Tomorrow Cellular Images and Artwork Competitors (2019), Large Coronary heart Shirt Design Competitors (2018), Transfer On Lang Songwriting Competitors (2017), Tales of Hope Playwriting Competitors (2015), and Tales of Friendship Movie Competitors (2014).
Greater than only a competitors, Actual to Reel is a part of Pioneer’s longstanding advocacy to empower the youth to take management of their future and make each second rely.
The highest 10 entries are nonetheless out there on Pioneer’s Fb web page, the place viewers can watch them.
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