Restored Filipino film classics ABS-CBN Film Restoration's Sagip Pelikula continues to celebrate the rich legacy of Philippine cinema by partnering with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and the Manila Metropolitan Theater (MET), bringing back restored classics on the big...
Striking balance between traditional and new media as platforms to educate the youth with values ALIEN CAT Heneral Tuna, the protagonist of the animated series of the same name Some psychologists believe that values are impossible to teach. Telling kids to be honest, considerate, or diligent would...
FDCP Chair Liza Dino-Seguerra The good news is, says FDCP Chair Liza Dino-Seguerra, in the latest study released, there had been zero cases of Covid-19 transmission in cinemas. ‘’So, yes...it's safe, as long as everyone participates in the process,’’ writes Liza in a Facebook post. Chair...
Watching movies on the big screen in a cinema setting remains a dream for most of us. While there have been in the recent past sporadic screenings of certain films in various areas, the idea of movie watching in mall cineplexes hasn’t resumed, given the Covid-19 pandemic setting we are in. ...
FDCP Chairperson Mary Liza Dino and Albert Barbera, Film Festival director of Venice Film Festival ‘’Naiyak po ako, kasi it's such a great validation of what we have been working hard for in the last five years,’’ stated Mary Liza Diño, Chairperson and CEO of the Film Development of...
FDCP Chair Mary Liza Dino Eight films that helped mold the nation’s film heritage will be screened on the FDCP Channel in celebration of Philippine Film Industry Month. Starting this year, Film Industry Month will be celebrated every September, an annual month-long observation mandated by...
Elwood ‘’El Maestro’’ Perez is one of the last few men standing, if not the last one, from among his batch of 1970s film directors. Most everyone else has passed: Lino Brocka, Ishmael Bernal, Joey Gosiengfiao, Maryo de los Reyes, Peque Gallaga, Mel Chionglo, Danny Zialcita. Elwood, 76, who...
Jerry Gracio Multi-awarded poet and screenwriter Jerry Gracio has said that the movie industry needs proper pandemic response, not events like the film industry month. Gracio made the comment after Film Development Council of Philippines (FDCP) Chairperson and...
Beginning this year, the country will officially celebrate and commemorate the heritage, significance, and legacy of Philippine Cinema through the Philippine Film Industry Month in September. The annual month-long observation is as mandated by President Rodrigo Duterte. He has tasked the Film...
Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) Chairperson Liza Diño has issued a statement on the controversial production shoot of Feelmaking Productions in Baguio City. "As FDCP has been informed of the incident with the Feelmaking Production in Baguio City, I personally reached out to...
Liza Diño, Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) chair, was surprised to learn of talks she is running for an elective position in 2022. She addressed the speculation at the launch of the Pelikulaya film festival Tuesday. “Saan kaya nanggagaling 'yan? I am not running." She went...
Launched on April 27 through the initiative of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in partnership with the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) is Kidlat Tahimik's inaugural Unsung Sariling Bayani (USB) Short Film Competition. In a recent press conference, Kidlat...
