“Sleepless” Director Prime Cruz is On a Roll

Not only his first directorial feature film project Sleepless is getting its wider release this May 26 via FDCP and SM Cinema’s Cine Lokal, director Prime Cruz has a lot in store for us this 2017. Yes, the QCinema 2015 NETPAC Jury Prize winner and Best Actor winner for Dominic Roco film is getting a wider release thru SM …

Horror Meets ‘Hugot’ in “Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B”

A different kind of manananggal will land in cinemas this October at the 2016 QCinema International Film Festival. Director Prime Cruz, whose first feature-length film Sleepless won NETPAC Jury Prize at QCinema last year and was selected for competition at this year’s Osaka Asian Film Festival, presents an unconventional love story in Ang Manananggal sa …

GUIDE: #QCinema2016 International Film Festival

With this year’s theme, “One City for the World,” the 2016 QCinema International Film Festival continues its thrust as a world-class event through an interesting mix of new homegrown films and award-winning international movies. QCinema will run from October 13 to 22, 2016. It will be held at four mall venues namely, Ayala TriNoma, Gateway …

Ryza Cenon in Prime Cruz’s #QCinema2016 Entry “Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B”

In his second QCinema International Film Festival Circle Competition piece, filmmaker Prime Cruz gives a human face to the winged monster called the “manananggal”. “Ang Manananggal Sa Unit 23B” is one of the films funded by the Quezon City Film Development Commission (QCFDC), the organizers of QCinema. In this film, Cruz will show a monster capable of …