Creative Industries Day

Creative Industries Day is a pivotal event highlighting Quezon City's bid to become a UNESCO Creative City of Film. This initiative focuses on advancing the local film industry through innovative policies, international collaborations, and stakeholder support, featuring workshops, networking mixers, and roundtables.

Creative Industries Day 2024

The recent Creative Industries Day, held on November 15, 2024, during the QCinema International Film Festival, brought together key voices from across the creative and film sectors. Hosted at Sine Pop in Cubao, Quezon City, the event served as a space for connection, collaboration, and conversation among local and international stakeholders.

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Panel Sessions and Discussions:

Positioning Quezon City as a Philippine Creative City of Film

Moderator: Atty. Gio Gomez (DTI-Competitiveness and Innovation Group - CIG)

Panelists: Liza Diño (Quezon City Film Commission - QCFC), Reuel Ruiz (Local Economic Investment Promotions Office - LEIPO), Patti Lapus (Inter Guild Alliance - GA), Paolo Villaluna (Film Academy of the Philippines - FAP)

FAP Guild Summit

Speaker: Paolo Villaluna, Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP)

Attendees: Film worker guild representatives

Roundtable Discussion: Eddie Garcia Law on Occupational Safety and Health in the Audiovisual Sector

Moderator: Patti Lapus (Inter-Guild Alliance - IGA)

Panelists: Dr. Marco Antonio Valeros (DOLE-Bureau of Working Conditions - BWC), Atty. Ma. Felichie Ericka Valeriano (DOLE-Bureau of Working Conditions - BWC), Paolo Villaluna (Film Academy of the Philippines - FAP), Mark Meily (Directors’ Guild of the Philippines, Inc. - DGPI), Ben Padero (Production Designers Circle of the Philippines - PDCP), Dingdong Dantes (League of Filipino Actors - AKTOR), Brian Sulicipan (Mayday Multimedia), Jetri Bolintiam (Eyes on Set Network)

Busan City: A Creative City of Film

Moderator: Naman Ramachandran (Variety)

Panelists: Kang Sungkyu (Busan Film Commission - BFC), Anika Eunhye Kim (Busan Cinema Center - Dureraum), Danzen Katanyag (Digital Dreams, Inc.), Kristine De Leon (WAF Studios), Geo Lomuntad (Project 8 Projects), Carlo Catu (YATU Film Productions)

Talk: French Film Levy Fund

Moderator: Naman Ramachandran (Variety)

Panelists: Kang Sungkyu (Busan Film Commission - BFC), Anika Eunhye Kim (Busan Cinema Center - Dureraum), Danzen Katanyag (Digital Dreams, Inc.), Kristine De Leon (WAF Studios), Geo Lomuntad (Project 8 Projects), Carlo Catu (YATU Film Productions)

STAY TUNED

This 2025, Creative Industries Day highlights how people, policy, and practice come together to build a sustainable creative city—connecting creators, leaders, and changemakers across film, music, design, and more.