Several award-winning international films are just a few clicks away With our current unfortunate situation, we all need something that will separate us from it, even for just an hour or two. Movies not only tell compelling stories that inspire and move emotions, they also give people a breather...
An ode to deep-rooted Filipino Values Today, Aug. 25, 2021, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), in partnership with the Negros Cultural Foundation (NCF), is launching “Sine Halaga Film Festival.” It showcases 12 Filipino films that highlight our very own cultural values...
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will be launching today, Aug. 25, its new online film festival dubbed "Sine Halaga" that will feature films highlighting Filipino cultural values. Sine Halaga Film Festival Director Elvert Bañares said the virtual film fest, organized in...
You’re going to hell because you’re gay! GAY TOGETHER Cast looks good onscreen and has rapport We have seen Gameboys The Movie on its third week at https://www.ktx.ph/ and it pretty satisfies our need for lockdown entertainment this ECQ. The voice of the young LGBTQ+ is loud and clear in a...
Of grit and the passion to show the truth (Photo from whatweleft.com) 'What We Left Unfinished' (2019) The documentary by director Mariam Ghani tells the incredible and important story of five unfinished feature films from the Communist era in Afghanistan (1978-1991). An era where films were...
As Filipino culture becomes more popular overseas, young Filipinos are at the forefront, er, back office of this push, making sure our voice is heard or—better yet—understood HOW DO YOU SAY P*NYETA? This scene from the film Heneral Luna is a perfect example of English reading clunkier than a...
A peek at the star-studded cast and an answer to an intergalactic question Screen grab courtesy of Marvel Studios From Academy Award-winning director Chloe Zhao, “Eternals” is a film about a race of immortals who go by the same name as the movie’s title and who have secretly lived on Earth...
Let’s bring back the gems of 2020 Missed last year’s award-winning entries? Now’s your chance to relive the experience as the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival features them once again. Films from the ‘Retrospective’ section This section features six short films, namely...
Perfect for your work breaks Aside from the four full-length films curated for the “Indie Nation” section of this year’s festival, Cinemalaya also features a handful of short films that are divided into three programs. ‘Regta’ by Gab Gantala Program A consists of films such as the short...
“Kun Maupay Man It Panahon” won the Cinema e Gioventù Prize from the Concorso Cineasti del presente Junior Jury at the 74th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. This was announced on social media by Film Development Council of the Philippines head Liza Dino. “WOOOOHOOOOO!!! GO...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s a short story from one of the Philippines’ foremost contemporary auteurs, who is known for his long, slow films, a brief glimpse into the beginnings of his filmmaking dreams, with a nod to one of the most influential films he saw in his youth. By Lav Diaz Maraming jeep...
A look at the dialogues of different movie eras Motion picture was introduced in the country toward the end of the Spanish rule in the 1890s and it was during the American period in 1919 when the first Filipino film, Dalagang Bukid , directed by Jose Nepomuceno,was produced. Adapting film to a...
