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Daang Dokyu: A Festival of Philippine Documentaries Launched

With 100 years on its back, Philippine cinema celebrations have mainly focused on narrative films. A group of filmmakers now feel it is high time that films with real-world impact and purpose are celebrated. Documentary filmmakers Jewel Maranan, Baby Ruth Villarama, Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala and Monster Jimenez have decided to initiate a move towards this and …

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FDCP’s Call for Documentary Projects for International Film Lab Extended

Following its open call for long feature fiction films, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has extended its deadline for submission of Filipino documentary projects for the First Cut Lab Docs to March 31, 2019. Along with its feature project counterpart, the First Cut Lab Docs is an international project and editing lab …

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Share Your Inspiring Story, Join the Istorya ng Pag-Asa Film Festival

After a successful and thought-provoking first run, the Office of The Vice President Leni Robredo together with Ayala Foundation and the Film Development Council of th Philippines (FDCP), decided they need to continue with its inspiring film festival called Istorya ng Pag-Asa Film Festival. Amatuer, professional, student, working in the film industry are all welcome …

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“Journeyman Finds Home: The Simone Rota Story” Review: A Heartwarming Homecoming

JOURNEYMAN FINDS HOME: THE SIMONE ROTA STORY (2018) Review Directed by Albert Almendralejo, Maricel Cariaga It was one of the most unpretentious documentaries I’ve seen, expecting a biography of a person that focuses on his life in the sports he dedicated his life to, but there’s a lot more to Simone Rota than just footballing, …

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Filipino Footballer Simone Rota Shares his Life Story in “Journeyman Finds Home” Documentary

We were invited at the special screening of the award-winning documentary Journeyman Finds Home: The Simone Rota Story sponsored by the Davao Aguilas Football Club (DAFC). The full-length documentary film is about Simone Rota, an Italian footballer with Filipino roots currently in the football national team popularly known as the Azkals – the Philippine Men’s National Football …

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Multi-Awarded Documentary “Motherland” to Screen at UP Cine Adarna on March 8

On International Women’s Day, MOTHERLAND (Bayang Ina Mo) by Ramona Diaz returns to Philippine cinema at the Cine Adarna of the UP Film Center on March 8, Thursday, 7pm. This is only the 3rd time this multi-awarded documentary film shall be screened in the Philippines. The screening is organized by DAKILA through its Active Vista Center in partnership with …

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MMFF Best Pictures “Sunday Beauty Queen,” “Ang Larawan” Back-to-Back at Cinema ’76

The famous microcinema in San Juan, Metro Manila is currently playing the best pictures of the Metro Manila Film Festival of 2016 and 2017. Baby Ruth Villarama’s documentary about the OFWs in Hongkong – “Sunday Beauty Queen” and Loy Arcenas big screen adaptation of Nick Joaquin’s play – “Ang Larawan” can now be seen back-to-back in Cinema …

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“An Inconvenient Sequel” Opens Exclusively at Trinoma, Glorietta 4 Aug 30

Paramount Pictures’ An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power – the sequel to the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth – will be shown exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas (Trinoma & Glorietta 4) starting August 30, 2017. Former US Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world – including the Haiyan-devastated city of Tacloban, Leyte in the Philippines …

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“An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” to Open at Select Ayala Malls Cinemas August 30

A decade after the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth brought the climate crisis into the heart of popular culture, comes the riveting and rousing follow-up, Paramount Pictures’ An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. Watch the sequel’s trailer here: An Inconvenient Sequel will be shown exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas (Trinoma & Glorietta 4) starting August 30, 2017. Former US Vice …

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Docu-Drama “We Call Her Yolanda” to Have Special Screenings on March 25 & 26

Stories of hope from real survivors of the fiercest and most devastating typhoon that ever hit the Philippines are featured in the highly-inspiring movie “We Call Her Yolanda.”  The movie will have limited special screenings on March 25 (Saturday) at Greenbelt3 cinema1 at 10:00am and on March 26 (Sunday) at Powerplant cinema 1 at 8:00pm.  Proceeds of the screenings are for the benefit of …

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