The first-ever Blvck Entertainment Scriptwriting Contest 2024 Awards Night, celebrating the creativity, talent, and dedication of screenwriters, was held on August 3, 2024, at the B Hotel Grand Ballroom in Quezon City.
The event was made possible by Blvck Entertainment and Blvck Films, as they continue their commitment to producing movies this year. Engineers Louie and Grace Cristobal conceived the idea of organizing a new scriptwriting contest. With the help of Roman Perez, Jr., who served as the commissioned Project Creative Director, the idea was brought to life and named the Blvck Entertainment Scriptwriting Contest.
Check out these snaps from the Blvck Entertainment Scriptwriting Contest 2024 Awards Night.
This competition intends to provide a new avenue to continually inspire all aspiring and professional writers to create more stories either for mainstream Philippine cinema or digital streaming content. Its goal is to encourage young screenwriters to pursue their dreams of becoming a filmmaker through the stories that they create. The contest also aims to cultivate stories that reflect the evolving Filipino culture. Winners of this contest will also have a chance to be produced into a film content by Blvck Films. Call for entries started last April and over 150 entries were received. Professional and non-professional scriptwriters submitted entries and after weeks of deliberation the panel of judges came down with 10 finalists.
The panel of judges were composed of entertainment industry practitioners: Erick Castro, Mon Confiado, Zig Dulay, John Carlo Pacala, Roman Perez, Jr., Ronald Rios and Raffy Tejada.
The 1st place winner received P100,000, the 2nd place winner took home P50,000, and the 3rd place winner was awarded P30,000. Additionally, P10,000 consolation prizes were given to other outstanding entries.
Here are the winners of the 1st Blvck Entertainment Scriptwriting Contest:
Armando Bing Lao Scriptwriting Memorial Award: Ronald Batallones – “Mento”
10th – 8th place (in no particular order):
- James Ambito – “Memories of the Forgotten”
- Kristofer Ted Navarro – “Grrrbage”
- Nash Casiño – “Drifters of Britannia”
7th to 6th place (in no particular order):
- Abet Pagdagdagan Raz – “Little Miss Hope”
- Gian Arre – “Habang Tulog Ang Mundo”
5th to 4th place (in no particular order):
- Paul Singh Cudail – “Huling Korona”
- Ronald Batallones – “Mento”
3rd place (P30,000 cash prize): Dustin Celestino – “Supremo”
2nd place (P50,000 cash prize): Joseph Abello – “Chester’s Eighth Birthday Party”
1st place (P100,000 cash prize): Mario Banzon – “Tres Marias”
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