Bless the children of Mindanao BEHIND THE SCENES Bullet-Laced Dreams filmmaker Tops Brugada with Lumad children A short documentary, which puts the struggle of Lumad children in the spotlight, won The UNICEF Prize at the recently concluded Japan Prize organized by public broadcaster NHK....
The silence still roars at 15! Before all the detailed dialogue, roaring sound effects, and even 5D cinema that amplify our viewing experience, back in the “Silent Years” of 1910-1927’s, films only had picture and hold no synchronized recorded sound. A silent film follows a format invented in...
Metro Manila Film Festival Here’s hoping the 2021 edition of the Metro Manila Film Festival can redeem the local movie industry from its sorry state of dormancy, not bankruptcy. The announcement by the MMDA on Nov. 12 that the December festival shall be held in movie houses that, hopefully, shall...
The celebration of the 2021 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) will push through this coming December as the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced that the event will be held physically for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said Friday that...
'All Too Well" short film poster Filipino fans of pop star Taylor Swift are excited to watch her first short film entitled "All Too Well'' which will debut on YouTube on Nov. 13 (Mania Time). On Twitter, Taylor wrote: "On Shot on 35mm film with cinematography by the brilliant @the_rinayang. Plan...
Q&A session with 'Kuya Noy' (3rd photo) and Director Daniel Binsted (2nd photo) hosted by Gladys Baniqued-Turiano of the Israeli Embassy The Embassy of Israel in the Philippines kicked-off its 16th Israeli Film Festival with a documentary film entitled: “Kuya Noy.” The film shows Mike...
Korean actor Lee Min-ho and the stars and director of Netflix’s global hit Korean series “Squid Game” attended the 2021 Art+Film Gala organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). LACMA hosted the 10th annual gala on Nov. 6 to honor artists Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley, and...
A toast to Southeast Asian cinema A Hero A champion of Southeast Asian independent cinema, the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) returns for its 32nd edition in theater-only from Nov. 25 to Dec. 5. This year’s festival will present a diverse, inclusive range of over 100 films by...
Korean star Lee Min-ho left for the US on Nov. 3 to attend the 2021 Art+Film Gala organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). LACMA “is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of nearly 147,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic...
Films by Mikhail Red, Daniel R. Palacio, and Brillante Mendoza are part of this year’s TIFF roster While cinemas are about to open in the Philippines , Filipino films continue to make international premieres all over the globe and their latest destination is in Japan with the 34th Tokyo...
After the controversy involving his former girlfriend, Korean actor and “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha” star Kim Seon-ho has been confirmed to make his film debut in a movie about a Kopino (Korean-Filipino) boy. Film investment and distribution company Next Entertainment World (NEW) made the final...
• Two ghost stories that have become urban legends in the metro – the lady at Balete Drive and the eerie air around the Film Center • La Loma Catholic Cemetery was opened in 1884 and the list of people buried there is a ‘who’s who’ of...
