The RTR All Stars remains the team to beat, this time at the Piña Festival 7v7 Football Tournament for the U17 Category. Congratulations to Coach Bing Regis and the team!
The photos are from Jarred Troy Regis.
Thanks to Jaime Ramon T. Ascalon, Deputy Consul General, and Carlyn Monastrial, Consul, for screening Fields of Hope at the Philippine Consulate General at 447 Sutter Street, San Francisco.
Here’s Consul General Henry S. Bensurto, Jr. introducing the film.
Fields of Hope had a packed house at Google HQ last June 8, thanks to Dolores Bernardo, Regina Manzana-Sawhney, Troy Bernardo & Cecil Apostol.
Dolores Bernardo, Regina Manzana-Sawhney, Troy Bernardo & Cecil Apostol.
Q&A after the film.
Fields of Hope screened at Airbnb’s theatre last June 7.
Kai Cabrera & Troy Bernardo before the screening. Check out that theatre!
Thanks to Mabuhay for the special mention in its June 2016 issue.
Thank you SneakersPhilippines, through Rookie Camaclang, for supporting the RTR Leyte All Stars in their quest for the Ceres Cup on May 20 – 21, 2016 in Bacolod.
SneakersPhilippines is the official uniform sponsor for the RTR All Stars!
Troy Bernardo and Manhattan Film Festival Director Philip Nelson at the Awards Night.
“I am humbled and proud to announce that our documentary Fields of Hope just won the Best International Documentary award at the recent Manhattan Film Festival!” said Ginggay Hontiveros, executive producer and co-founder of The Extra Mile Productions, together with Gabriel Malvar, upon hearing the news. “I’m overwhelmed, amazed and happy beyond words !!!”
Special thanks goes to everyone involved in the making of this film: cinematographers Jed Regala, Shallah Montero, JC Valencia and Charley V. Sta Maria; segment producer Cholo Laurel; Pinky Amador, who narrated the film; Lee Grane, who shared her song Bangon; Rey Ucat, who laid the poster out; sound editor Ronald de Asis and Norman Bungubung of Creative Portal; the Mission Tacloban team Bea Javelosa, Alvaro Nito and Joe Green, among others; the coaches, organizations, and everyone who made this film possible.
On April 23, 2016, the stories of Jarryd, Julius and Kenneth reached those who went to the Manhattan Film Festival at the Player’s Theatre on MacDougal Street.
Many were moved to tears.
The Extra Mile Productions wants thank those who made this film possible, those who went to see the film on this sunny Spring afternoon, and those who’ll help the film reach more audiences as warm and as passionate as this one.
We hope to bring the RTR All Stars into the consciousness of world football.
The film ‘Fields of Hope’ will screen on April 23 as part of the Manhattan Film Festival in New York City. It follows three boys, Jarred, Julius, and Kenneth, who endured the worst of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) when it devastated Leyte in 2013. Through their participation in the Mission Tacloban grassroots football (soccer) program, they come back from the trauma of the typhoon to recovery and triumph on the field.
The football program was initially planned to be a one-time tournament, simply to bring joy back to the dispirited survivors of the storm. It grew to an annual event with a regular training program, and its participants have gone on to train with elite football clubs and even to play for the Pope.
In the accompanying audio story, Rosalind Tordesillas speaks to Ginggay Hontiveros, Mission Tacloban director, about the birth of the football program and its role in rebuilding the children’s lives and community in Leyte. She also speaks to the film’s director, Troy Bernardo, about the making of the film.
‘Fields of Hope’
Manhattan Film Festival
April 23, 5:30 pm
Players Theatre
115 MacDougal St.
New York NY 10012
To buy tickets, click here.
Posted: April 17th, 2016 ˑon The FilAm, A Magazine for Filipinos in New York by Rosalind Hofilena.
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