` The stage is all set for the Japan Film Festival Plus, the first time that the event will be held online. This year’s offering offers a bevy of choices for animation lovers all across the country. The Japan Film Festival Plus is a collaboration between Japan Foundation Asian Center, JT...
BUSAN (AFP) - Asia's biggest annual film festival started in South Korea Wednesday at a fraction of its usual scale, but some movie fans will still be able to attend screenings despite the coronavirus forcing many events online. The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) usually sees a host of...
Filipino director Alyx Ayn Arumpac’s “Aswang” won the grand prize at the 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, or DMZ Docs, held from Sept. 17 to 24 in South Korea. “Aswang,” a Philippines-France production, was selected by the jury to win the White Goose Award, the grand...
Korean actress Oh In-hye, who was found unconscious on Sept. 14 at her home in Incheon City in South Korea, has died. She was 36. Oh In-hye’s last selfie on her Instagram account (Instagram / MANILA BULLETIN) She was found at about 5AM after suffering cardiac arrest at her home in Songdo...
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...
Lav Diaz's latest film will vie for honors at the 77th Venice International Film Festival organized by La Biennale di Venezia. His "Lahi, Hayop (Genus Pan)" is among the line up under the Orizzonti Competition, along with 18 other participants from France, India, Iran, Italy, USA, Australia,...
After Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Danilo Delapuz Lim informed Film Development Council of the Philippines Chair Liza Dino in a letter dated July 21 that they have withdrawn her appointment as member of the Executive Committee of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF),...
Poster for 'Life In A Day' project Oscar-winning director Kevin MacDonald and producer Ridley Scott are once again calling on people from all over the world to create a footage of a single day in their lives. Â The two first garnered snippets of people's lives a decade ago through the...
