2 hours Ago By postcourieronline
A locally produced feature film called the Plesman, produced by the Joan Film Production has received a timely support from the National Cultural Commission. The National Cultural Commission presented a K100,000 cheque to Joan Film Production for the screening of the film Plesman on Monday (today) in Port Moresby. Executive Manager for Festivals, Marketing, Cultural and Arts industry development, David Taim announced NCC’s support (sponsorship) to the Joan Film Production for the film Plesman.
He said that NCC’s is interested and keen to support locally produced feature films is because under the government’s Medium Term Development Strategy 1.7 (MTDS); the government has put priority for PNG to produce 20 feature films by 2027. “So far, from the National Cultural Commission point of view, we have supported the production of two feature films; The Black Python and Papa Buka and today, we are happy once again to support the film Plesman, produced by Joan Film Production, a locally based film production company based in Lae, Morobe Province,” he said.
NCC is taking keen interest to support the production of local films as it is NCC’s mandated function to promote arts and culture through film. Therefore, the support to Joan Film Production is inline with our function to assist, promote and distribute films in PNG. “NCC is very happy to support Joan Film Production because the film Plesman carries a very important message to help drive PNG’s development aspirations, supporting our youths and addressing some of the social issues in the communities and societies,” he said.
NCC will be reaching out to stakeholders to support the screening of the film Plesman, produced by Joan Film Production. Joan Film Production Director Ramanathan Undiapah expressed his gratitude for the NCC for stepping in as one of the first sponsors for the screening of the film Plesman. He said the target audience of the movie or film is the rural populace and to drive the message across towns, and cities address tribal conflicts in society.
“The main reason behind the production of this movie Plesman is to bring the message and awareness across the unemployed youths and majority of the people living in the rural communities to focus on agriculture cultivating the land.” The film Plesman n was launched at Paradise Cinema in July, early this year and its 100 per cent locally produced with all actors and shootings of the film was done in PNG. The film Plesman will also be aired by the Digicel TV Wan and the part two of the Plesman II will be filmed next year.
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