Zombies are the perfect metaphor for human greed, our tendency to devour everything in our path because we want more, more, more and we can’t help ourselves IN DUE CORPSE Movie poster of Filipino zombie film Block Z by Mikhail Red I don’t know why I am obsessed with zombies. I’m not a zombie...
Live on CCP Vimeo! The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), in partnership with the Quisumbing-Escandor Film Festival for Health, launches its first online film screening for the fourth QEFF. The online film screening is currently on the CCP Vimeo platform that is running up until Oct. 29,...
Andrea Torres is going global. The actress is currently in Argentina and not for a vacation. She is actually shooting a film there. Titled "Pasional," it will have her playing a tango dancer. Of course, she is excited about it. Andrea took to Instagram to share with fans photos of her in Argentina....
SELF-EXPLORATION From top: Evert Bañares as the protagonist and director of Ang May Akda: Ikatlong Yugto; the movie poster; and a scene from the short film Timely for Halloween, a short film shot entirely in Iloilo City during the pandemic has won a special award at the Berlin Flash Film Festival...
He starred in the short film ' Dayas ' Jeyrick Sigmaton, who rose to fame as “Carrot Man,” has definitely become more than just an internet sensation. The shy and humble actor from the Cordilleras just recently made a name for himself overseas as he won the Best Actor award for the Short Film...
Through a film, historians rehabilitate the memory of the Philippines’ third President, seen as a wartime Japanese collaborator in popular memory IN BLACK AND WHITE The docu-drama, as the title suggests, revolves around the misunderstood nationalist and former Philippine President Jose P. Laurel....
Better grab your popcorns—well, maybe not After more than a year and a half, finally, Manila dwellers will get the chance to experience again the pleasure of watching movies on the big screen. "Dune," “Kun Maupay Man It Panahon,” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” With Metro Manila now under...
IATF allows the re-opening of cinemas Finally, movie cinemas are given the go-signal by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to operate at 30 percent indoor venue capacity. Are we ready to see "No Time to Die," "Eternals," "Spiderman: No Way Home," "Dune," and other local flicks on the big screen? We...
ABS-CBN Film Productions, a unit of ABS-CBN Corp. and the Philippines’ leading movie outfit, is exporting its box office hits to India for adaptation in Bollywood. In a statement, ABS-CBN said it is forging a deal with India’s Global One Studios for the adaptation of five of its box office hits...
The 26th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) ended on Oct. 15, wrapping up as the first international event in South Korea to be held during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Strict health and safety protocols were implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It opened on Oct. 6...
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...
Korean actor Yoo Ah-in and Japanese actress Aoi Yu won the top acting prizes at the 15th Asian Film Awards (AFA) held on Oct. 8. The AFA was hosted Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) in conjunction with the 26th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) and Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) at...
