Filipino-made film ‘Ignacio de Loyola’ to tour internationally

Gary Ann  Lastrilla

<img src='' alt='070916-IgnacioDeLoyola.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>While the proudly Filipino-made film Ignacio de Loyola produced by Jesuit Communications Philippines isstill set to hit local theaters on July 27, it has already received favorablefeedback internationally after it was screened in the Vatican last June 14,reportedly with the help of Catholic leader Pope Francis who is also a Jesuitpriest himself.In a press conference for the movie which tells the story ofthe Society of Jesus founder St. Ignatius, the team behind the Ignacio de Loyola was asked if they planto submit this film to international film festivals.“We need to pay our debts first. Some festivals require thatyour film has not been shown commercially yet. We cannot afford that,” producerFr. Emmanuel Alfonso said, admitting that they need to “recover the costfirst.”Nonetheless, he said that this movie will tourinternationally, “We need to do the regular theatrical run here and we plan totour this internationally. We’re working with some international distributors.”Saying that they are very proud of this project, Fr. Alfonsoadded that they also intend to bring this movie to Jesuit schools all over theworld.“This film, through the Jesuit network, we’re schedulingtours of Jesuit schools all over the world. So this will certainly be seen.This will be seen by universities all over the globe and there are many Jesuituniversities and schools… So in a way, we’re able to achieve what theseinternational festivals do for Filipino films, to be seen. And that’s thepurpose of this project, it’s part of our evangelization to spread the word ofGod through this,” he said. Main photo screengrab from the Film Trailer<o:p></o:p>

Nonetheless, he said that this movie will tourinternationally, “We need to do the regular theatrical run here and we plan totour this internationally. We’re working with some international distributors.”Saying that they are very proud of this project, Fr. Alfonsoadded that they also intend to bring this movie to Jesuit schools all over theworld.“This film, through the Jesuit network, we’re schedulingtours of Jesuit schools all over the world. So this will certainly be seen.This will be seen by universities all over the globe and there are many Jesuituniversities and schools… So in a way, we’re able to achieve what theseinternational festivals do for Filipino films, to be seen. And that’s thepurpose of this project, it’s part of our evangelization to spread the word ofGod through this,” he said. Main photo screengrab from the Film Trailer<o:p></o:p>

<img src='' alt='070916-IgnacioDeLoyola.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>While the proudly Filipino-made film Ignacio de Loyola produced by Jesuit Communications Philippines isstill set to hit local theaters on July 27, it has already received favorablefeedback internationally after it was screened in the Vatican last June 14,reportedly with the help of Catholic leader Pope Francis who is also a Jesuitpriest himself.In a press conference for the movie which tells the story ofthe Society of Jesus founder St. Ignatius, the team behind the Ignacio de Loyola was asked if they planto submit this film to international film festivals.“We need to pay our debts first. Some festivals require thatyour film has not been shown commercially yet. We cannot afford that,” producerFr. Emmanuel Alfonso said, admitting that they need to “recover the costfirst.”

‘Ignacio de Loyola’, which tells the story of the Society of Jesus founder, is produced by Jesuit Communications Philippines.

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