RSS Feed (xml)
By Marinel Cruz, PDIMANILA, Philippines—Award- winning indie filmmaker Dante Mendoza recently inked a co-production deal with the French outfit Swift Distribution to finance his latest film titled “Serbis,” Inquirer Entertainment learned on Monday.
The French sales company will pay a portion of the film’s $500,000 production cost, said Mendoza, who is also a co-producer under his CenterStage Production outfit. This is Swift’s first foray into movie production.
A third company, which the director refused to identify, will shoulder another part of the production cost.
“Serbis” (or “Service”), the story of boys who offer sexual services inside movie houses, features multi-awarded actress Gina Pareño and young actors Kristofer King and Coco Martin. It is written by Boots Agbayani Pastor (”Masahista, ” “Kaleldo”), with Bing Lao as creative consultant.
In an interview with ScreenDaily. com, Swift founder Didier Costet said he found the story “highly original.” Costet and Mendoza confirmed the deal at the recently concluded 6th Hong Kong Film Market.
Set in a run-down porn theater, the film about male prostitution will also feature real-life service boys. The 11-day shoot in Angeles City, Pampanga, began on March 21.
Swift is also the distributor of Mendoza’s “Masahista” and “Tirador” in France.
2 comments:
wow this will be great in San Francisco
I can't wait until this comes out! We will all go to see it!
Post a Comment