Filmmakers of Oro is in hot water over dog slaughter scene.
An animal rights group confirmed that they will file charges against the filmmakers of the MMFF 2016 entry “Oro” over a dog slaughter scene.
“Oro” is one of the eight entries of the 2016 MMFF. The movie is based around a massacre that happened in a small mining community in Caramoan, Camarines Sur back in March 2014.
The movie was sued over the dog slaughtered scene that was showed onscreen.
In a recent news report of ABS-CBN news, Liza Diño, the chairperson of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) confirmed that the filmmakers of Oro admitted that a dog was slaughtered during the filming of the movie.
The tension arises after it was showed in one scene of the movie, the members takes a villager’s dog and the preparations for cooking it.
The team of Oro received a complaint about the said scene in the movie. Along with the members of the executive committee to this year’s MMFF, Diño met with the representatives of Alvin Yapan-directed drama.
The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) reacted over the dog scene of the movie and declared that the slaughtering of the dog was illegal as there was no permit filed to the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and the Committee on Animal Welfare (CAW).
PAWS released a statement on Facebook and has vowed legal action against Yapan and his team.
“PAWS is preparing to file criminal case against those who killed the dog and against the people who watched/filmed the crime as it was happening and did nothing to stop it,” statement said.
According to the report, the group also request for the entry of the movie to be pulled out of the MMFF and all its awards.
Read the full post of PAWS here:
https://www.facebook.com/pawsphilippines/posts/1244603352251974
After deliberating the results of the meeting, Diño confirmed that the present movie shall not be allowed to be screened in theaters.
“In the meantime, out of prudence, and without prejudice to the law taking its course on whether or not an animal was killed in the course, or in connection with the filming of ‘Oro,’ no showing in theaters of the present version shall be allowed,” Diño wrote.
But in regards, if the team behind the movie committed a crime or not, Diño explained that she and the MMFF executive committee do not have the legal competence to determine so.