TO HELP students develop creativity and become better media advocates, the Department of Education urged learners to participate in the upcoming 5th DokyuBata Video Documentary contest.

“We want our learners to become more discerning in studying and interpreting media materials in television and social media, especially now that they are more exposed to these platforms. With this initiative, we can instill values, knowledge, and creativity to our learners so they can be better media advocates,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said.

The National Council for Children’s Television, an attached agency of DepEd, created DokyuBata in 2017 to provide an avenue for aspiring young television documentarists to showcase their skills and expose them to quality and child-friendly documentaries.

This year’s DokyuBata will be done virtually and will have five parts — DokyuBata Masterclass, Rewind, Classroom, Virtual Screening and Awarding Ceremony.

DokyuBata Masterclass will train aspiring filmmakers in crafting documentaries. It is open to learners and teachers while DokyuBata Rewind will feature select documentaries made from 2017-2020.

DokyuBata Classroom is a workshop for the Top 10 finalists of the competition.

Meanwhile, DokyuBata Virtual Screening is a 3-day online screening of the enhanced documentaries by the finalists, followed by the DokyuBata Awarding Ceremony announcing the winners of the competition.

Both activities will be held virtually in NCCT’s online channels and pages.

To cater to more participants, the competition will be divided into three categories: Children Division for ages 12 to 17 years old; Young Adult Division for ages 18 to 23 years old; and the Adult Division will be open to individuals 24 years old and above.

Aspiring participants must submit their entries from August 2, 2021 until October 4, 2021 through [email protected].

DokyuBata 2021 is free and will not require fees from its participants.