The inaugural Blvck Entertainment Scriptwriting Contest 2024 Awards Night, held on August 3, 2024, at a hotel in Quezon City, showcased the exceptional vision of Engr. Louie Cristobal and Engr. Grace Cristobal. Their dedication to fostering creativity and nurturing the talents of screenwriters led to the creation of this groundbreaking event, celebrating the creativity, talent, and dedication of screenwriters.
Blvck Entertainment and Blvck Films spearheaded the event as part of their ongoing commitment to producing movies this year. The idea of organizing a new scriptwriting contest was conceived by the two engineer producers, who collaborated with Vivamax Cult Director Roman Perez, Jr., the commissioned Project Creative Director, to bring their vision to life in the form of the Blvck Entertainment Scriptwriting Contest.
This competition aims to provide a new platform to inspire both aspiring and professional writers to create stories for mainstream Philippine cinema or digital streaming content. It seeks to encourage young screenwriters to pursue their filmmaking dreams through the stories they create while also fostering narratives that reflect the evolving Filipino culture. Winners of this contest will have the opportunity to see their work produced into film content by Blvck Films. With a call for entries that began last April, the contest received over 150 submissions from both professional and non-professional scriptwriters. After weeks of deliberation, the panel of judges selected 10 finalists.
The panel of judges comprised entertainment industry practitioners: Erick Castro, Mon Confiado, Zig Dulay, John Carlo Pacala, Roman Perez Jr., Ronald Rios, and Raffy Tejada.
The 1st place winner was awarded P100,000, the 2nd place winner received P50,000, and the 3rd place winner took home P30,000. Additionally, P10,000 consolation prizes were given to other outstanding entries.
Here are the winners of the 1st Blvck Entertainment Scriptwriting Contest:
1st place (P100,000 cash prize): Mario Banzon – “Tres Marias”
2nd place (P50,000 cash prize): Joseph Abello – “Chester’s Eighth Birthday Party”
3rd place (P30,000 cash prize): Dustin Celestino – “Supremo”
5th to 4th place (in no particular order):
- Paul Singh Cudail – “Huling Korona”
- Ronald Batallones – “Mento”
7th to 6th place (in no particular order):
- Abet Pagdagdagan Raz – “Little Miss Hope”
- Gian Arre – “Habang Tulog Ang Mundo”
10th – 8th place (in no particular order):
- James Ambito – “Memories of the Forgotten”
- Kristofer Ted Navarro – “Grrrbage”
- Nash Casiño – “Drifters of Britannia”
Armando Bing Lao Scriptwriting Memorial Award: Ronald Batallones – “Mento”
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