# FiliMotion

## What is FiliMotion?

FiliMotion is a website dedicated to archiving information about existing Philippine produced animated films and series. Animations in the Philippines, particularly those produced and released before the 2010s, have not been documented or archived properly. Because of this, early locally animated films and TV series fall into obscurity and become partially lost media. Moreover, locally produced animation lacks recognition and support compared to international animation. Given these reasons, FiliMotion aims to spread more awareness about Philippine animation by providing available information.

### Conceptualization of the Website

The idea of FiliMotion originally came from a high school project by a group of visual arts students from St. Scholastica’s College, Manila under the name AniWeb. Majority of the content here in FiliMotion is reused from the AniWeb prototype, as both share the same objective of archiving Philippine animation. The pages for two TV series, The Nutshack, and Barangay 143 were not in the original prototype, and added to make the website’s content more complete. Moreover, additional information such as the cast were included as well. With this, FiliMotion serves as a revised version of AniWeb, functioning as an active website that can be accessed.

The name “FiliMotion” is coined from the words “Filipino” and “motion” to encapsulate the frame-by-frame movement in animation. Its name also emphasizes progress and moving forward in the local animation industry.

### Aim of the Website

The objective of FiliMotion is to serve as a platform for providing information about Philippine animation, in regards to its history and currently existing films and series. Since many of the earliest Philippine animations are partially lost media, it’s important to preserve the available sources of said animations to prevent it from becoming completely lost. Furthermore, in terms of being complete, information about local animations in different websites tend to vary. Ultimately, FiliMotion’s main goal is to make information about Philippine animation accessible and more comprehensive.