ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
The bridge between Hallyu and P-Pop culture is about to get a lot stronger. In a recent intimate media conference, Tristan Cheng of Trifecta Brand Lab, together with director Nam Ki Hoon, officially announced an ambitious new project: a feature film that serves as a creative marriage between South Korean and Filipino talents.
This March, Sinag Maynila Independent Film Festival official entry ‘All About Her’ will tackle the ins and outs of the pageant industry, but to an extreme point, it also presents a story about friendship, betrayal and murder.
A collaboration between two UNESCO Creative Cities will take center stage at the Montañosa Film Festival 2026 as the QCinema International Film Festival, representing Quezon City – UNESCO Creative City of Film, extends its support to the festival in Baguio City, UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art.
Philippine-based production house Daluyong Studios begins the year strong with films at top-tier film festivals: “Radiant Frost” at the Sundance Film Festival, “Moonglow” and “Noodles, Our Love Was Instant and Forever” at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, “Water Sports,” “Headhunter’s Daughter,” and “Agapito” at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, and “Raging” at the Berlinale.
Puregold CinePanalo, currently on its third iteration, has unveiled the top 20 student short films culled from an impressive pool of 267 submissions nationwide. Chosen from an initial top 53 shortlist, the select entries were crafted by the Philippines’ most promising student filmmakers who are poised to shape the future of Philippine cinema.
Internationally Acclaimed Filmmaker Emille Joson has finally addressed long-standing questions from foreigner netizens about her much-talked-about Twilight shirt, which recently resurfaced online. In a recent London podcast, Joson clarified in a virtual interview that she wore only a shirt during a speaking engagement at her alma mater, St. Francis de Assisi Montessori School in Plaridel, Bulacan, simply because she was rushing and didn’t want to be late for what she described as a “very respectable event.”
Tara Illenberger’s Tigkiliwi (Lopsided), a Puregold CinePanalocreation, scores another milestone for Filipino filmmaking with a prized spot in the Official Competitive Director’s Week of the 46th Porto International Film Festival, known worldwide as Fantasporto 2026.
RECORD BREAKING news welcomed Regal Entertainment, Inc. this 2026 as its entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival 2025, ‘Shake, Rattle & Roll: Evil Origins’ sets a new record, grossing P110M in two weeks.
As Puregold CinePanalo continues to endeavor producing world-class Filipino films in its third run, the film festival announced its collaboration with audio post house Stage Post Audio and Music Productions Inc., to help bring a unified approach to the audio quality of this year’s entries.
Be part of the crowd as audiences continue to line up for “Shake, Rattle, and Roll: Evil Origins.” Start the New Year with the biggest horror movie “Shake, Rattle, and Roll: Evil Origins”, now on its second blockbuster week by experiencing it on the big screen!