Brazil is making a remarkable debut at the 2025 QCinema International Film Festival with the screening of the multi-award-winning feature “Manas”, a Brazilian–Portuguese co-production directed by Marianna Brennand. The film is part of QCinema’s New Horizons section, which highlights...
The World Health Organization reveals 3.6 billion people live in areas highly susceptible to climate change. This puts nearly half of the world’s population at stake, calling for industries to collectively shift toward a sustainable planet. QCinema, a premier film festival in the Philippines, led...
For its 11th edition, QCinema introduces QCDox, the official documentary program of the QCinema International Film Festival. Though the festival has exhibited documentaries before, QCDox hosts a stronger commitment to bringing more attention to the possibilities of the form. Get ready for a lineup...
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...
The late French New Wave director, Jean-Luc Godard, once said that “with mobile phones and whatever, everyone is now an auteur.” In QCinema’s specially-curated section, Screen International, however, the bar is certainly set higher as it showcases the world’s renowned directors whose...
Mayor Joy Belmonte of Quezon City “Ten years ago has now become this wonderful and awesome film festival. Our belief, our philosophy was that if we give opportunities to our talented filmmakers and give them support and create an environment where they can thrive, they can really bring glory to...
International Film Industry Conference 2022 aims to bring synergy to stakeholders Hearing film experts from neighboring ASEAN countries and bridging connections for progressive co-productions are the goals of the government to help the film industry rise against the economic slump caused by the...
Trishtan Perez Trishtan Perez’ short film, "i get so sad sometimes" wins #QCShorts Best Picture in this year’s edition of QCinema International Film Festival. "i get so sad sometimes" is about a high school teenager who secretly spends his time on the internet with a mature man whose face he...
QCinema International Film Festival 2021 is the year of Japanese auteur Ryūsuke Hamaguchi. Touted as the most important Japanese director to emerge in recent years, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi marked this year with two feature films that have both been sensations on the festival circuit. His film Wheel of...
UPSTREAM partners with GMovies to bring films closer to Filipino viewers and help content creators showcase their works Many will agree that watching a movie in a cinema is an experience on its own—the smell of buttered popcorn wafting inside the place, the anticipation for the film to begin as...
Janine Gutierrez A Filipino film will be shown at this year's New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). The special virtual edition runs from Aug. 28 to Sept. 12, and it will still highlight women both behind and in front of the camera. The NYAFF features a specific focus on women filmmakers: "women...
