Quezon City will roll out the red carpet anew as the fifth QCinema International Film Festival unfolds on October 19 at Vertis North. Spearheaded by Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte and QC Film Commission head and QCinema Festival Director Ed Lejano, this year’s edition looks very promising and is certainly moving in the right direction.
From its opening movie, “Loving Vincent,” the festival makes a statement that it is a showcase to be reckoned with. Not only is this title an animated drama, but it the world’s first fully painted film on the life of famed 19th Century post-Impressionist artist Vincent Van Gogh. Directed by Dorita Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, the animated film was created by a team of 115 painters, lending their artistic expertise in rendering the 65,000 frames of oil paintings beautifully photographed by Tristan Oliver.
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