As the new director-general of the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP), actress Vivian Velez is hell-bent on acquiring the uncollected P82 million in amusement tax from the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), organizer of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), a money-making venture in which the academy is a beneficiary.
Each year, the FAP is entitled to 20 percent of the amusement tax collected during the MMFF’s two-week run, along with other film-related government agencies such as Mowelfund (Movie Workers’ Welfare Foundation), the Optical Media Board (OMB), the Motion Picture Anti-Piracy Council (MPAPC), and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP)…
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