Cebuano Student Filmmaker Wins First Place in Cinema One Competition

A student filmmaker from the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) in Cebu City on Sunday night won the Cinema One (C1) Minute student short film competition of Cinema One Originals.

Nino Justin Tecson, a Bachelor of Arts Communication student of USJ-R, is the director of the winning short film awarded at the Dolphy Theatre at ABS-CBN Studios in Quezon City.

“No Seguir”, the short film’s title, won first place in a pool of almost 200 entries of one minuter student short films that entered the competition.

The awarding ceremony was shown live in Cinema One where Tecson was joined by assistant director Brenna Ibale and USJ-R Department of Journalism and Communications Chairman Nestor Ramirez.

Ramirez expressed his joy for Tecson’s achievement.

“I’m glad that our efforts paid off. We are bringing the name of the school in this effort to bring filmmaking in the national level,” he said.

He said the achievement is a confirmation that what the school has been doing in honing its student is right.

“I know this will open up a lot of opportunities for our students. I hope this will encourage the students and the residents to venture into film,” Ramirez said.

The C1Minute student short film competition is part of this year’s Cinema One Originals Festival. (PNA)
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