Mowelfund
Philippine non-governmental organization
title: "Mowelfund" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["film-organizations-in-the-philippines", "organizations-established-in-1974", "1974-establishments-in-the-philippines"] description: "Philippine non-governmental organization" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowelfund" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Philippine non-governmental organization ::
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| name | Mowelfund |
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| formation | 1974 |
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| type | NGO |
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| purpose | Support film industry workers |
| headquarters | Quezon City, Philippines |
| location | 66 Rosario Drive, Cubao, Quezon City |
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| leader_title | Chairperson |
| leader_name | Boots Anson-Roa |
| leader_title2 | President & CEO |
| leader_name2 | Rez Cortez |
| key_people | Joseph Estrada (founder) |
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| name = Mowelfund | bgcolor = | fgcolor = | image = Mowelfund_logo.gif | image_border = | size = 109px | alt = | caption = | map = | msize = | malt = | mcaption = | map2 = | abbreviation = | motto = | predecessor = | successor = | formation = 1974 | extinction = | type = NGO | status = | purpose = Support film industry workers | headquarters = Quezon City, Philippines | location = 66 Rosario Drive, Cubao, Quezon City | coords = | region_served = | membership = | language = | general = | leader_title = Chairperson | leader_name = Boots Anson-Roa | leader_title2 = President & CEO | leader_name2 = Rez Cortez | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | key_people = Joseph Estrada (founder) | main_organ = | parent_organization = | affiliations = | budget = | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | website = | remarks = | former name = Mowelfund, or the Movie Workers Welfare Foundation, is a non-profit organization in the Philippines that provides for the welfare of marginalized and undeserved workers in the film industry. As well as helping film workers in times of need, it provides support to various organizations including the Mowelfund Film Institute.
History
Mowelfund is a non-stock, non-profit social welfare, educational and industry development foundation established in 1974 by Joseph Estrada, at that time Mayor of San Juan and President of the Philippine Motion Picture Producers Association. In addition to supporting the welfare of movie industry workers, Mowelfund reorganized the Board of Censors to become the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board and created the Film Academy of the Philippines. Mowelfund handled the Metro Manila Film Festival until the People Power Revolution in 1986, when the government assumed responsibility. In December 2011 Francis Tolentino, chair of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, expressed support for transferring responsibility for the festival back to private industry.{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/24847/giving-mmff-back-to-movie-industry |title=Giving MMFF back to movie industry |author=Bayani San Diego Jr. |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=December 21, 2011 |accessdate=June 7, 2012}}
Activities
With about 4,500 members, Mowelfund provides financial support for hospitalization, surgery, medical fees and death benefits, and helps with housing and employment. The foundation maintains an archive of old Filipino movies.{{cite web |url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?publicationSubCategoryId=70&articleId=808234 |title=Mowelfund to preserve old films |work=The Philippine Star |date=May 18, 2012 |accessdate=June 7, 2012}} A museum was opened in 2005 in the Mowelfund headquarters, which are in a quiet part of Quezon City. The museum is run on a shoestring budget, and can be visited only through arrangement.{{cite web |url=http://urbanroamer.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/mowelfund-complex-reflecting-the-state-of-philippine-cinema/ |title=MOWELFUND complex: reflecting the state of Philippine Cinema |date=March 16, 2012 |work=Urban Roamer |accessdate=June 7, 2012}} Working with the Film Development Council of the Philippines, the Mowelfund Film Institute holds Intensive Filmmaking Workshops twice a year. These have helped many aspiring young Filipino filmmakers who are now active internationally.{{cite web |url=http://pinoyfilm.com/2010-mowelfund-intensive-filmmaking-workshop |publisher=Pinoy Film |title=2010 Mowelfund Intensive Filmmaking Workshop |accessdate=June 7, 2012}} Mowelfund also campaigns against film and video piracy.
Fundraising
In March 2011 Mowelfund celebrated its 37th anniversary at the Mowelfund Plaza in Quezon city. Former president and founder Joseph "Erap" Estrada was a guest of honor. The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office and the Mowelfund sweepstakes partnership were launched at the event. Through the partnership, Mowelfund beneficiaries could become dealers or agents of sweepstakes tickets, thus providing a livelihood.{{cite web |url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20110331-328617/Mowelfund-marks-37th-year-with-livelihood-project |title=Mowelfund marks 37th year with livelihood project |author=Marinel R. Cruz |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=March 31, 2011 |accessdate=June 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731000647/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20110331-328617/Mowelfund-marks-37th-year-with-livelihood-project |archive-date=July 31, 2013 |url-status=dead In June 2011 Mowelfund organized a fundraising concert at the Cultural Center of the Philippines to celebrate the 92nd anniversary of Dalagang Bukid, the first Filipino-produced film, which was directed by Jose Nepomuceno. Performers included Mitch Valdes, Dulce, Bituin Escalante, Jolina Magdangal and Janno Gibbs, supported by the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra.{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/3686/silver-celebration-for-philippine-cinema |title=Silver celebration for Philippine cinema |author=Bayani San Diego Jr. |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=June 19, 2011 |accessdate=June 7, 2012}} In November 2011 Mowelfund held a celebrity bowling event in Eastwood Mall, Quezon city to raise funds.{{cite web |url=http://www.pinoyparazzi.com/celebrity-bowling-for-mowelfund/ |work=Pinoy Parazzi |title=Celebrity Bowling for MOWELFUND |date=November 1, 2011 |accessdate=June 7, 2012}}
References
|url=http://filmacademyphil.org/?page_id=1087 |title=Movie Workers Welfare Foundation, Inc. |publisher=Film Academy of the Philippines |accessdate=June 7, 2012}} |url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=669260&publicationSubCategoryId=70 |title=MOWELFUND marks '37th' |work=The Philippine Star |date=March 24, 2011 |accessdate=June 7, 2012}}
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