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Claim and Reclaim our Voice: FilDocs and DAKILA Launch “Dokyu Power” FilmFest

The best bet for the Oscar Best Documentary Features 2022 Writing With Fire and Oscar nominee for best international feature and best documentary for 2021 Collective lead “Dokyu Power,” a film festival that streams from February 25 till April 9, free of charge. “Dokyu Power” is a move to create meaningful political discourse in the light …

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Gawad Urian Best Picture Aswang : A Fitting Pre-Election Recall of Monstrosities

It’s another historic win for multi-awarded documentary film Aswang. Aswang won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Documentary, and Best Cinematography at the 44th Gawad Urian by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino. Director Alyx Arumpac says: “We thank the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino for this honor. We are overwhelmed and beyond grateful for the recognition. “ Aswang follows a group of people whose fates wrap around …

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Documentary on Drug War ‘Aswang’ an Official Entry to Oscars 2021

Alyx Arumpac’s Aswang, a film that portrays the grim aftermath of the Duterte administration’s war on drugs, is eligible for consideration in the documentary feature category of the 93rd Academy Awards. The film qualified after winning the prestigious White Goose Award at the 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, Asia’s largest documentary festival, which took place in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Korea …

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Daang Dokyu’s #HuwagMatakot Halloween rerun presents Aswang

“Kapag sinabi nilang may aswang, ang ibig sabihin nila: matakot ka.” (Whenever they say there is an aswang around, what they really mean is: be afraid.) This Halloween, Daang Dokyu presents a different kind of scare. It will stream a documentary that tells not of shape-shifting evil spirits but of creatures of a different kind that roam at night.  …

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Daang Dokyu Closes with Films That Will Be Hard to Unsee

Imagine behind-the-scenes footage from the sets of Lav Diaz, Erik Matti, Dan Villegas, and Dodo Dayao repurposed into an uncanny narrative summoning present-day milieus involving police, prisoners and fascism.  That’s John Torres’ We Still Have to Close Our Eyes (2019), which will have its Philippine debut at Daang Dokyu on October 30, 2020. The film depicts actors …

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For the Love of Our Nation, Watch These Films at Daang Dokyu

Films on real life, real suffering, real struggles and real injustice. Films that need our real attention. Films that can amplify the necessary conversations. These are the films Daang Dokyu, a Festival of Philippine Documentaries, is currently streaming under its section “Nation: Perception is Real, Truth is Not.” Eleven films comprise this section, running for a total …

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Award-Winning Docu Film ‘Aswang’ Opens Daang Dokyu Film Festival

Celebrating 100 years of Philippine Cinema and presenting Filipino documentaries that push the boundaries of storytelling, Daang Dokyu selects the IDFA-winning film Aswang as its opening film. The 6-day documentary film festival, the first of its kind, showcases an inclusive program of Philippine documentaries from the early days of local cinema and television to contemporary times. It …

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WATCH: #C1Originals’ “Nay” Teaser Featuring Enchong Dee & Sylvia Sanchez

One month to go and the annual Cinema One Originals Film Festival returns. With new full length and short film entries showcasing the talents of the Filipino. One, in particular, will give you the heebie-jeebies for its story. Check out the teaser for Kip Oebanda’s (Bar Boys) Nay: The film tells the story of Martin, a rich, …

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