A Trip to Mowelfund

Last Friday we were able to visit the Mowelfund Film Institute for our cinema class.

The Movie Workers Welfare Foundation, also known also Mowelfund, is a non-profit educational and social industry development foundation in the Philippines that was established by Joseph Estrada in 1974. It was created to help and support the welfare of movie industry workers. It raises fundraising programs to be able to help those employees in need.

Our batch was lucky enough to be welcomed by Mowelfund current president, Mrs. Boots Anson-Roa.

Mrs. Boots Anson-Roa, the president of Mowelfund, welcomed us and gave an introduction about the organozation and the Philippine movie industry. She's also an actress who supports film. She also gave us advices as we enter the world of Mass Communication.

We were able to visit the Mowelfund Plaza, their musem, the Pambansang Museo ng Pelikula, and the Mowelfund Garden, where the 'Paradise of Stars' is located.

First, we wander around the museum. It contains different artifacts, pictures and things that reflects the history and developments of Philippine movie industry in the last hundred years of Philippines cinema.

Here are some of the photos I got from the museum :)

One of the Big 3 studios, LVN Pictures with some of their works.

Stars of the early Philippine cinema

Tiyanak!

Dila ng Aswang

The Mighty Machete

Captain Barbell's costume 

The FPJ Hall

With our cinema professor, Sir Ashley Jamal Abbas

Paradise of Stars

Sir Abbas with his girls :)

Beautiful creatures :)

A fight with Zorro

Sorry ka na lang Marian! He's mine. Haha!

We really had a great time at Mowelfund Museum. We saw how rich our film industry was in the early years. How I wish the Philippine film industry would also be like how it was before. Let us all support Filipino films!