The Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines (KCC) has launched the first-ever Student Short Film Competition with the grand prize of a trip to Busan, South Korea to attend the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). The competition is part of the 2025 Korean Film Festival in the...
“Village Keeper,” a movie produced by Filipino-Canadian Enrique Miguel Baniqued and directed by Karen Chapman, will be premiering at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival in California. The film festival opened on Feb. 4 and will run until Feb. 15. The poster for the...
Acclaimed Filipino director Brillante Mendoza’s film about the 2015 Mamasapano massacre has been selected for competition at the 29th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) taking place from Oct 2 to 11 in Busan, South Korea. The BIFF announced that Mendoza’s movie “Motherland” has...
“Village Keeper,” produced by Filipino talent Enrique Miguel Baniqued and directed by Karen Chapman, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) slated on Sept. 5 to 15. In last year’s film festival, “Village Keeper” was selected for the TIFF Every...
Filmmakers, film programmers, and film executives have started arriving in South Korea since Oct. 4 to attend the “Cannes of Asia” at the 28th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) and to participate in the Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM). Asian Contents and Film Markets (ACFM) The...
Scrapper The New Horizons section of the 11th edition of QCinema, which runs from Nov. 17 to 26, features five acclaimed directorial film debuts: City Of Wind by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, Foremost By Night by Victor Iriarte, Scrapper by Charlotte Regan, Through The Night by Delphine Girard, and...
AWARD WINNING SHOT Anton Juan shooting a scene in the international film Amon Banwa sa Lawud at the mangrove island of Suyac in Sagay City, Negros Occidental (Photo courtesy of the Sagay City PIO and Tourism Office) Amon Banwa sa Lawud (Our Island of the Mangrove Moons), co-produced by the Erehwon...
The Filipino film “Filipiñana” by director Rafael Manuel won three awards at the 2023 Asian Project Market (APM) being held as part of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in Busan, South Korea. The APM announced the winners on Oct. 10 during the awards ceremony at Paradise Hotel...
A film produced by a Filipino has been chosen in the talent program of the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which will be held from Sept. 7 to 17 in Toronto, Canada. “Village Keeper,” with Filipino Enrique Miguel Baniqued as producer, and Karen Chapman as writer and...
Actress Park Eun-bin of the hit drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” and actor Lee Je-hoon of “Taxi Driver” will be the hosts of the opening ceremony of the 28th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). Organizers made the announcement on Aug. 27, adding that the opening ceremony of...
The 28th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) unveiled the films and series for the “Korean Cinema Today-Special Premiere” and “On Screen” sections. The BIFF, one of the most popular film festivals in Asia, will be held this year from Oct. 4 to 13 in Busan, South Korea. ...
The Senate has adopted a resolution congratulating and commending Filipino actor Romeo “John” Gonzales Arcilla for winning the coveted Volpi Cup for best actor in the 78th Annual Venice International Film Festival. It was Sen. Manuel “Lito” Lapid who introduced Senate Resolution No. 490....
