Let’s relive the past A couple of films (“ Langis at Tubig ” and “ Karma ”) starring Vilma Santos and directed by the late Danny Zialcita have been remastered, restored, and are now ready to be shown to the public again. Whether you're a Vilmanian or not, you can catch these two films...
A highly-acclaimed Japanese film that tackles the life and struggle of a Burmese boy and his family while living in Japan will be one of the few selected major foreign flicks to be screened in this year’s Cinemalaya 17: Philippine Independent Film Festival. Passage of Life (Japan Foundation...
All titles included are award-winning Clodualdo ‘Doy’ Del Mundo (photo from Mubi) This year, the Dokyu section of Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival will consist of five award-winning documentary films curated by acclaimed film director and screenwriter Clodualdo “Doy” Del...
Four full-length feature films to stream in this year’s festival The 17th edition of the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival migrates to the online platform, ktx.ph, to continue its mission to discover, encourage, and honor cinematic works of Filipino filmmakers. A well-known...
Never-before-seen films by award-winning directors Premiering in this year’s Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival are four never-before-seen films some of the country’s award-winning directors. Dubbed as Cinemalaya Premieres, the films are slated to be available for streaming online...
Meisner Institute graduate Angeli Bayani (top first row, second from right) held a talk with actors and directors Last Aug. 3, actress Angeli Bayani, a recent graduate of Meisner Institute, an acting school founded by Sanford Meisner shared her learnings on how to be a “feather in the...
Director Erik Matti WarnerMedia is giving Filipinos another reason to celebrate as it announced the premiere of ON THE JOB (#OTJonHBOGO), a new HBO Asia Original series continuing the saga of Erik Matti’s 2013 film carrying the same name. The engrossing six-part hour-long crime thriller series...
It’s the 21st century and with the wealth of information available, ignorance can’t really be bliss anymore. The problem, however, lies in where to begin. Well, the first thing to do is to identify what it is you want to know more about, then choose a medium you enjoy. Now, if you’re someone...
Philippine Embassy co-hosts Lisbon premiere of Bayan Ko: Kapit Sa Patalim at the Cinemateca Portuguesa GRIPPING UNTO A BLADE Among the films screened at the Carta Blanca was T his Is My Country (Bayan ko: Kapit sa Patalim) As part of Mes Filipino sa Lisboa , the yearly month-long celebration...
Thanks to Cinemalaya and the CCP, the Philippine cinema industry stays afloat Some say Philippine cinema is dying, but we’re not giving up, at least not the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, which plugs in the life support for young and rising Filipino filmmakers. With the world...
Fingers crossed these would help! ‘My Amanda’ stars Alessandra De Rossi and Piolo Pascual (Photo by Eric Charbonneau / Le Studio Photography) Have you seen Netflix's latest movie "My Amanda"? If not, it's okay. There are no spoilers here. But it is best if you see it first. For those who have...
Among other surprises, a drive-in cinema! With the flow of our global health crisis still gripping the country, Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival navigates through the social current and plugs in the life support for the industry as it journeys anew to the digital platform this coming...
