The Young Critics Circle - Film Desk is a society of film critics and
an award-giving body for cinema in the Philippines. It was established
in 1990 and had its first awarding in 1991.In 1990, a group of young
reviewers and critics decided to form a body that aimed to evaluate
works of art in various disciplines (film, theater, music, literature,
visual arts and broadcast arts). Founding members include Mike Feria,
Joy Barrios, Jojo Buenconsejo, Eric Caruncho, Melissa Contreras, Jaime
Daroy, Joel David, Gin de Mesa, Patrick Flores, Francine Medina,
Charlson Ong, Mozart Pastrano, Danilo Reyes, and Antonio Tinio. Each
member specialized on one or more disciplines or “desks†. At
present, only the Film Desk is existing.The Film Desk of the Young
Critics Circle (YCC) first gave its annual citations in film
achievement in 1991, a year after the YCC was organized. In their
Declaration of Principles, the members expressed the belief that
cultural texts always call for active readings, “interactions†in
fact among different readers who have the “unique capacities to
discern, to interpret, and to reflect… evolving a dynamic discourse
in which the text provokes the most imaginative ideas of our
time.†The Film Desk has committed itself to the discussion of film
in the various arenas of academe and media, with the hope of fostering
an alternative and emergent articulation of film critical practice,
even within the severely debilitating culture of “awards.†Young Critics Circle Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter