PLDT SMART FOUNDATION announces deadline for 2009 Cinemabuhay script submissions

[Manila, March 12, 2009] – The PLDT Smart Foundation (PSF) and Cinemabuhay today announced a deadline of April 15 for the submission of script entries to the 2009 competition.  The PSF foundation makes an annual award of one million pesos for a script by a new filmmaker. 

Previous awardees have included “Numbalikdiwa,” 2007 and “Cul de Sac,” 2008.  “Numbalikdiwa” was written and directed by Bobby Bonifacio.  “Cul de Sac” was written and directed by Juan Miguel Sevilla.  Its actors included Sam Milby, Jodi Santamaria and Chin-Chin Gutierrez.

PSF is one of the major philanthropic institutions in the Philippines and is supported by PLDT and Smart Communications, the leading fixed line, wireless and information and communications technology companies in the Philippines.  PSF aims to assist in the country’s overall development with particular emphasis on poverty alleviation, microfinance, disaster relief, sports, education, juvenile rehabilitation and the arts.

For more information, contact:  Flor Altarejos, 856-5178