Filipino Film on Tubbataha Reef Wins Award in Zagreb TourFilm Festival

Honorary Consul General Davor Stern receives the award for “Tubbataha: A National Treasure” at the 7th Zagreb TourFilm Festival 2018 on behalf of the AOF Foundation and Bullet Manila, the production team behind the film. (Vienna PE photo)

VIENNA 06 December 2018 – A Philippine entry was recognized as the best biodiversity preservation tourism film for 2018 at the recently-held 7th Zagreb TourFilm Festival in Zagreb, Croatia.

The award was received on behalf of the production team by Honorary Consul General to Croatia Davor Stern.

The short film entitled “Tubbataha: A National Treasure” is a five-minute film that takes on a sensorial approach to the Tubbataha diving experience to show that “the world underneath is so different from the one above it yet is familiar.” It aimed to show the beauty, the precarious state, and the need to protect the Tubbataha Reef National Park, a UNESCO-inscribed World Heritage Site.

The film was produced by the Don Antonio O. Floirendo, Sr. (AOF) Foundation and Bullet Manila for the Tubbataha Management Office, with post-production direction by Don Falsario II.

The international tourism film festival ran from 10 to 12 October 2018 and featured 111 short videos from all over the world. END

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