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Our New Website: http://www.advocacyvideos.comABOUT US: MARLENE C. FRANCIA Founding Director Director/Producer/Writer/Consultant (1997 to date) Advocacy Videos Metro Manila, Philippines Past Credits: Senior Lecturer UP College of Social Work and Community Development University of the Philippines Diliman Manila, Philippines Senior Lecturer UP College of Mass Communication University of the Philippines Diliman Manila, Philippines Non-Formal Education Specialist (International Consultant) Regional Technical Assistance: Media for the Disadvantaged Project, South and Southeast Asia Asian Development Bank Manila, Philippines Executive Director AsiaVisions Media Foundation (AVMF) Manila, Philippines Coordinator, Public Information Department National Secretariat Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) (Peasant Movement of the Philippines) Training Officer / Training Materials Development Coordinator Office of Continuing Education College of Social Work and Community Development UP Diliman SKILLS Video production (conceptualization, directing, writing, videography, editing, training) Creative and Technical Writing and Editing Filipino to English Translation Photography Workshop Facilitation Website Design and Development FIELDS OF INTEREST Society and Culture, Women, Indigenous Peoples, Labor, Peasantry, Environment and Biodiversity Conservation, Children, Communication and Media Studies, Information Technology. Food and Culture, Art and Culture, Anthropology, Marine Biodiversity Conservation MAJOR PRODUCTIONS 2007 "Green Energy: Harnessing Wind Power in Kenya" (working title, work in progress) A documentary video on the use of wind energy through windfarms in Northern Kenya; by Advocacy Videos and RML Consultants. 2005 Director/Cameraperson/Editor "Biodiversity Conservation: A Proposal" A project proposal in video on biodiversity conservation for the Teduray Lambangian of Upi, Maguindanao in Mindanao island, southern Philippines for the UNDP - Global Environment Facility - Small Grants Programme; by Advocacy Videos and Sentro para sa Ganap na Pamayanan, Inc. Director/Cameraperson/Editor "Biodiversity Conservation:A Proposal" A project proposal in video on biodiversity conservation for the Erumanen Manuvu indigenous peoples of Dilutan, Kabacan, North Cotabato, Mindanao island in southern Philippines for the UNDP - Global Environment Facility - Small Grants Programme; by Advocacy Videos and Sentro para sa Ganap na Pamayanan, Inc. Philippine Production Coordinator "Heaven's Gate" (working title) A documentary video on the social and economic conditions of the Philippines in the post-US Bases pullout era and its political implications on the Philippines; for Alley Kat Productions, Australia 2004 Director "Bantay Banay" (Women's Voices in Governance) A documentary video on the collaborative efforts of the women and men of Cebu City in responding to domestic violence; for Galing Pook Foundation in association with the National Commission on the Role of the Filipino Women and the Canadian International Development Agency 2003 Co-Series Director "Citizen's Voices in Governance" Video 1: "Citizen's Voices in Governance" (Citizenship Participation and Galing Pook) Video 2: "Pulse of a People" (Constituent Responsive Governance in Bulacan) Video 3: "Empowering Cooperatives" (Bulacan Cooperative Movement) Video 4: "Investing in Children" (Naga City Early Education Development Program) Video 5: "Citizens as Partners in Governance" (Naga City People Empowerment Program) Video 6: "Empowering the Urban Poor" (Naga City Partnerships in Development) Video 7: "Culture-Based Governance" (Bohol Cultural Renaissance) Video 8: "Marketing Culture and Environment" (Bohol Investment Promotion Program? Video 9: "Nurturing Nature" (Environmental Resource Management in Malalag, Davao del Norte) Video 10: "Ensuring Healthy Citizenry" (Sustaining Health Services in Malalag, Davao del Norte) Philippine Production Coordinator "Turbulent Waters" A documentary video on the global maritime industry; by Productions Multi-Monde, Montreal, Canada 2002 Director "Bringing People Together" A video short on VSO volunteering in the Philippines for Voluntary Service Overseas, Philippines 2001 Director "Pollwatch" An instructional video for pollwatchers for the May 2001 national and local elections Philippine Production Coordinator "Seeing is Believing" A documentary video on "people, politics, and technology" in the Philippines by Necessary Illusions, Montreal, Canada Philippine Production Coordinator "Say I Do" A documentary video on the experiences of Philippine families who have migrated to Canada and become part of the more than 300,000 strong Canadian-Filipino community by Red Storm Productions, Vancouver, Canada Philippine Production Coordinator "Stolen Resources" (working title) A documentary video on environmental degradation in Marinduque island, Central Philippines by Macumba International, Montreal, Canada Philippine Production Coordinator "Lost Childhood" (working title) A documentary video on child labor in Bocaue, Bulacan, Central Luzon, Philippines by Macumba International, Montreal, Canada 1999 Writer/Co-Director/Co-cameraperson “From Bernd and Sofie to Pepe and Pilar” A video presentation on the “learning by doing” pedagogical principle of Kinderwereldatelier-Limburg (Belgium) through classroom and workshop experiences of Belgian schoolchildren in getting acquainted with Philippine culture; for Kinderwereldatelier-Limburg (Belgium) and Blue Red Pictures 1998 Director/Cameraperson/Writer “Breaking Barriers” A video documentary on primary education for girls in Pakistan; for Worldview International Foundation-Sri Lanka and the ADB Director/Cameraperson/Writer “Path to Longer Life” A video documentary on primary health care in Lao-PDR; for Worldview International Foundation-Sri Lanka and the ADB Philippine Production Coordinator “When Strangers Reunite” A video documentary by Productions Multi-Monde-Canada on Filipino migrant workers and the families they leave behind Philippine Production Coordinator “Filipijnen” (working title) Video teaching materials on Philippine culture for Belgian schoolchildren and teachers by Kinderwereldatelier-Limburg, Belgium 1997 Philippine Production Coordinator “Modern Heroes, Modern Slaves” A video documentary by Productions Multi-Monde-Canada on the massive export of labor in the Philippines Director/Writer/Cameraperson “PLA: Empowering a People” A video documentary on the experience of a fishing village in Western Samar, Central Philippines on participatory rural appraisal for rural development; Helvetas-Philippines 1996 Director/Writer/Editor “Women at Work, Women at Risk” A video documentary on Filipino women workers and occupational health and safety in the retail, textile, and electronics industries; for the Institute of Occupational Health and Safety for Development, AusAid-Australia, and AVMF Director “A Legacy for the Future” A video documentary on the experiences of three Philippine communities in biodiversity conservation in Tayabas, Quezon; Palapag, Northern Samar; and Tudela, Misamis Occidental; for the Foundation for the Philippine Environment Co-Director/Editor “The Life and Times of Franz” A video on Filipino national artist Francisco Arcellana; for the Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of the Philippines 1995 Director “UP Today” An institutional video on the University of the Philippines – its beginnings, its various autonomous units and its vision Co-Editor/Co-Cameraperson “Sa Liyab ng Libong Sulo” Video documentary on Philippine history and revolution in celebration of the centennial of the Philippine Revolution of 1896; for Labor Education and Assistance for Development (Lead) and AVMF 1994 Director/Cameraperson/Editor “Tawagin Mo Kaming…Kabudagan” (Call Us…Women) Video documentary on the Banwaon women of Mindanao, Southern Philippines and their ties to the land; for Tunay na Alyansa ng Bayan Alay sa Katutubo (Genuine People’s Alliance for Indigenous Peoples) and AVMF 1993 Executive Producer/Editor/Co-Voice Over “Lumad: In Defense of Ancestral Domain” Video documentary on the struggle of indigenous peoples of Mindanao in Southern Philippines; for Helvetas-Philippines Assistant Director/Co-cameraperson “Edukasyon” Video documentary on the state of Philippine education for Asia Partnership; for Human Development-Hong Kong and AVMF 1992 Executive Producer “Doon Po Sa Amin” (In Our Place) Music video satire on contemporary Philippine reality; for AVMF 1991 Editor “Kalbaryo” (Calvary) Video documentary on the present-day calvary of the Filipino urban poor; for Asian Council for People’s Culture-Philippines 1989 Co-director/Co-cameraperson “Peace Caravan” A cinema verite video documentary on the anti-US bases campaign in the Philippines; for Asia Pacific Partnership for Human Development, Hong Kong Co-cameraperson “How Many More Lives?” A video documentary on the workers of Atlas Mining Corporation in Cebu Island, Central Philippines; for North-South Films, Canada 1988 Philippine Production Manager “The Future Has Begun” 16 mm film documentary on the international division of labor; for IKON Dutch TV-The Netherlands Associate Producer “Pinoy Tok” (Filipino Talk) An hour-long weekly telemagazine program on culture and current events aired over Channel 13-Philippines; for the Institute of Filipino Cinema in association with AsiaVisions Media Foundation MAJOR CONFERENCES/FESTIVALS Philippine Representative First Asian Alternative Video Festival 1996, Seoul, South Korea Philippine Representative 8th UNESCO-MacBride Roundtable on Communication 1996, Seoul, South Korea Artist/Performer First Asian Theater Festival 1995, Seoul and Pusan, South Korea Delegate International Conference on Communication World Association for Christian Communication 1989, Manila, Philippines NCCA Conferences on Film and Broadcast Communication 1989 to present, Philippines Various sectoral, national and international conferences 1980 to present, Philippines ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION Alternate Member, Steering Committee McBride Roundtable on Communication 1996 to 1998 Member Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines 1997 Member Ugnayan Pang-Agham Tao (Anthropological Association of the Philippines) 1980 to present Board Member Blue Red Pictures, Inc. 1998 to 2003 Member Wild Bird Club of the Philippines 2005 |
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