Crowdfunding campaign launched for film set in Qatar and Philippines
RenderFarm Productions in collaboration with Qatar-based DT Talents & Events and Film Director Jan Xavier Pacle have one ultimate goal: To create quality films that would help contribute to the rising Qatari film industry, as well as to give the Philippine Independent film sector a boost. The main reason why the 26-year-old Pacle embarks on a new project intended for film festivals and international release.
Recently, the young Filipino filmmaker took to global crowdfunding website Indiegogo to fund his latest film ‘Remembering Ada’ - a story of a long lost love centred on a man and a woman from ‘different worlds’.
“It is a love story based on a small notebook with writings no one understands,” said Pacle. A fan of Egyptian hieroglyphics, Pacle has once created a secret alphabet when he was in grade school - this inspired him to make a movie about someone who discovered a journal written in a ‘mysterious language’.
Set across two countries, the film is expected to showcase over 56 locations in Qatar and in the Philippines. Hundreds of extras are needed. Actors to play the lead roles, and the crew will fly in from the Philippines. The team has been sourcing for additional shooting equipment, and scouts for a better and more experienced staff to work on post-production. Pacle admits this film would be his most expensive project to date.
Although almost 80 percent of the film is being funded by private local investors, “there are still lots of things crucial to the progress of the project that we need to purchase or rent,” said the film’s producer Sky Gonzales. “I would like to invite all readers to check our online campaign and pledge any amount. We just need a little more help to realise this project,” added Gonzales.
Jan Xavier Pacle has created several full-length and short films screened at festivals worldwide, including The Doha Tribeca Film Festival and the Festival de Cannes in France. His past works include: Finding Faith, I Love You Ma’am, Angel in June, After Seven, and A Shout From Within.
The Peninsula
