| Subject: Aids-Africa International GLBT Film Festival in Manila |
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Date Posted: 19:39:08 05/04/04 Tue
The 2004 Pride International Film Festival organizers will be
screening a wide variety of gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual
themed films and videos, which will be screened at various venues in
the Metropolitan city of Manila, Philippines. This event will honor
Madonna with the festival's "Judy" award and Sir Ian Mckellen with
the "Lifetime Achievement and Distinction" award. Both of these will
be presented to them at the Closing Night Gala of the festival. We
are thereby encouraging international filmmakers, producers, artists
and film sponsors to visit our country during the festival, and help
us through this worthy endeavor.
One of the missions of Pride International Film Festival (PIFF) is to
help advocate HIV/AIDS education on awareness, prevention and care
through GLBT film screenings and other events during the festival.
PIFF also has a local beneficiary, an HIV/AIDS organization, which
needs further help and desperate assistance, since there is no local
government assisting or funding them. Through this project we are
organizing, we are going to donate portion of the proceeds from the
festival to this local non-profit organization fighting for HIV/AIDS
prevention and control, and facilitating support responses for the
needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS in the Philippines.
Since this festival we are establishing is not funded by any local
government or any private institutes, we would like to direct this
letter to all film festival funders and HIV/AIDS advocators and
supporters to assist our festival through contributions or donations.
With this project, your organization will not only help promote our
mutual advocacy towards anti-stigma and anti-discrimination against
GLBT communities and HIV/AIDS infected people, but you will be a part
in assisting a local beneficiary in raising funds during the festival.
The festival organizers are also planning to build bridges amongst
local and foreign audiences, filmmakers and the entertainment
industry through the exhibition of quality GLBT-themed films and
videos. We hope to create a local venue for mainstream and
independent filmmakers to share their GLBT films and videos with the
Philippine community and industry leaders.
Please help us fulfill this advocacy through this international GLBT
film festival, and support an HIV/AIDS organization in the
Philippines by extending your assistance. We look forward to hearing
from you, and we thank you in advance for your unending support to
our festival.
You can contact the Festival Organizer, Mr. Severino Planas, direct
by sending email to us at piff@filmfestivals.net or
pridefilmfest@hotmail.com . You can also email us for further
information regarding the festival. Our website (currently being
updated) is http://piff.filmfestivals.net .
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