The Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc. celebrated the talents and skills of professional and promising Filipino cartoonists and creators at the recently-concluded 16th Animahenasyon Philippine Animation Festival. READ:
Motivated to provide a venue for Filipino creatives to showcase ideas and meet established industry experts, the annual competition included a series of plenary sessions and classes, technical workshops, and exhibitions.
“As a person who still struggles with accepting the way I look, I wanted to inspire people to start opening up to each other about the way they feel about themselves,” Lariosa shared. “If we share the experience together, we can help each other feel less alone in dealing with our own pressures—creating safe spaces for people to process the irrational thoughts they may have about themselves.
Mitzi Lim earned the Jury’s Special Citation for Binhi, which circulates about the journey of a lumberjack, a forest spirit, and the implications of excessive logging. “I wanted to show the consequences of our choices,” she declared. “I think it is important to relay this message given the current environmental crisis our country is going through.”
The Collector by his schoolmates Gerry Garcia, Austine Leigh Abedejos, Elvin Matthew Nido, Creshane Zaslove Pausal, and Jong Won Teves bagged the First Place for the Audience Choice Award.
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