The trailer for the Sundance documentary “And So It Begins” that chronicled the tail-end of the Duterte administration and the presidential campaign or so-called “People’s Campaign” of former vice president Leni Robredo in the run-up to the 2022 presidential elections was released on...
At the ongoing 76th Cannes Film Festival, we met with filmmaker Arvin Belarmino and his producer, Kristine de Leon, who got in La Fabrique Cinéma, a lab designed for 10 directors who are working on their first feature and second film. They were on a “field trip” with fellow students walking...
Global video streaming service Prime Video announced that it has acquired worldwide rights to the Filipino film “In My Mother’s Skin,” which will make its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival’s Midnight Section. Directed by Kenneth Dagatan, “In My Mother’s Skin” is a...
'Leonor Will Never Die' (Carlos Mauricio/Sundance Institute) A "World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Innovative Spirit" was presented to Martika Ramirez Escobar, writer/director of "Leonor Will Never Die," the jury of the Sundance Film Festival announced on Jan. 29. "Leonor Will Never Die" is...
India women journalists take the spotlight in a male-dominated field A CALLING Suneeta works as a journalist We got to see the 2021 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award winner, Writing with Fire , one of 15 feature documentaries shortlisted at the...
A victory for the Filipino movie scene The Philippines’ entries to this year’s Sundance Film Festival bagged major nods. Martika Ramirez Escobar’s directorial debut film “ Ang Pagbabalik ng Kwago ” (“Leonor Will Never Die”) took home the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award:...
Taking Pinoy filmmaking to the world stage yet again “ Ang Pagbabalik ng Kwago ” (“Leonor Will Never Die”) is about to make its world premiere as it has been selected to compete in the World Cinema Dramatic competition of the Sundance Film Festival 2022. 'Ang Pagbabalik ng Kwago' ('Leonor...
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...
