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Senator Jose ‘’Jinggoy’’ Ejercito Estrada, during Tuesday’s plenary session November 8, 2022, raised issues “plaguing the barely surviving” film industry in the country. Only nine local movies have been released out of 20 Filipino films reviewed by the Movie and Television Review and...

And yet this year, just as Hollywood is rooting for Asian representation and the Academy Awards is actively inviting Filipino filmmakers, the Film Academy of the Philippines did not send an entry The elusive gold statuette trophy of the Academy (Oscar) is still a dream for the Philippines. Never in...