The newly launched, global non-profit film initiative Alternativa Film Project, founded by global technology company inDrive, announced the jury for the first edition of its Alternativa Film Awards, which will be held in December. The awards ceremony aims to recognize the social impact of...
Last month we were in the 29th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema, where *Apag* (Feast) was in competition. Brillante “Dante” Mendoza was born in Pampanga and *Apag* is his tribute to his hometown, the food, the culture, and its people. *Apag* film poster All actors are...
Many are bothered with award-winning filmmaker Brillante Mendoza coming out with several sexy films of late. Some have accused him of having supposedly sold-out. Has he? Brillante shrugged off the accusations in a recent interview. He explained his impetus doing sexy films "Palitan" and "Sisid" for...
Kylie Verzosa Drama is one genre that 2016 Miss International Kylie Verzosa would like to excel in. We think she's saying this after the impact of being directed by award-winning director Brillante Mendoza in the upcoming film 'Sisid' streaming on Jan. 19. In the movie, Kylie is the devoted wife of...
Vince Rillon Where it used to be taboo, pulling off scenes of nudity in local films is now becoming customary, matter of fact. A number of actors and actresses have come out in public interviews saying they’re not against it. Men do it, and so do women, who have found the newest platform for such...
Sen. Lito Lapid (left) and Coco Martin (Facebook) After a four-year hiatus, Sen. Lito Lapid returns to his first love. During a thanksgiving lunch for the entertainment press in Quezon City recently, Lapid revealed he is currently shooting a movie opposite Teleserye King Coco Martin entitled...
At first blush, it would be easy to think, not dismiss, that Cannes Film Festival best director Brillante Mendoza had succumbed to a sell-out when he agreed to do movies for major studio Viva Films. Having been an independent filmmaker from the very start of his self-drawn career, it was almost...
Acclaimed film director Brillante Mendoza is among those not happy with the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) not submitting an entry to the foreign film category of the 2022 Oscars. He told us in a recent interview: “May pagkukulang sila (FAP) doon.” “Pero ‘wag tayo basta maghusga....
'Palitan' If you could have one more night of forbidden moments with that one person from your past, will you risk everything just to have that burning moment of pleasure you’ve been dreaming of? Internationally-acclaimed director Brillante Mendoza tells us the story of four lost souls who...
Renowned Filipino director Brillante Mendoza's movie won an award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which ended on Oct. 15 in Busan, South Korea. Mendoza’s film “Gensan Punch,” which had its world premiere at BIFF, bagged the Kim Jiseok Award, “given to the most...
Brillante Ma. Mendoza’s film competes in the 34th Tokyo International Film Festival It was the first time this pandemic that we attended a special film preview “physically” in a private home theater by Cannes winner Brillante Ma. Mendoza. His film, Resbak (Payback) produced by Cignal TV,...
Korean stars Song Joong-ki of “Vincenzo” and Park So-dam of “Parasite’ will be the hosts of the opening ceremony of the 26th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). BIFF announced on Sept. 16 that the two will emcee the BIFF opening ceremony to be held on Oct. 6 at the Busan Cinema Center...
