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FAAP Biennial Film Festival
The film festival was conceived to provide a blend of cultural and entertainment experience while raising funds for charitable causes. Great movies produced and directed by Filipinos with themes depicting cultural values and western influences in daily Filipino life provoke the curiosity and interests of those who have been away from the Philippines.
Joe Ravano is considered the Father of the FAAP Film Festival while Tina Purpura is considered its "Mama". Together they have organized the past two Film Festivals, one in 2003 and the other in 2005.
To celebrate Philippine Independence Day and Father's Day, the 1st Film Festival was held on June 15, 2003 at The Oaks Theater in Oakmont, PA, supported by ABS-CBN, Regal Films and Star Cinema of the Philippines. Intermission for the movie marathon was a dinner hosted and prepared by the Cookbook Committee, to promote the then new Third Edition of "Cooking with the Filipinos of Pittsburgh PA". Proceeds from the event were allocated to the Philippine Nationality Room, the Pagmamahal sa Kapwa Foundation, One Day Medical Clinic, and the Angel Mission Project Orphanage.
The 2nd Film Festival was a "Drive-in to the FilAm Big Screen" on a golf cart at sundown on October 8, 2005, preceded by a rib-cookout dinner. However, due to inclement weather, the outdoor component was replaced by a make-shift movie theater indoors at the Edgewood Country Club, Churchill, PA. Proceeds from this event were allotted to the Henry-the-Hand Project, victims of typhoon Katrina (through Philippine Consulate General in New York) and to the FAAP Cultural and Scholarship funds.
We look forward to the 3rd Film Festival which is scheduled for September 2007. 
For more information, please contact the FAAP's Film Festival Committee at filmfest@theFAAP.org.
02.26.2007
