Brillante’s ALPHA, The Right To Kill wins Special Jury Prize in San Sebastian

Award winning director Brillante Mendoza’s film, ALPHA, The Right To Kill wins Special Jury Prize – the second most important award at the 66th San Sebastian International Film Festival. The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual international film festival held in the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque Country. Since its …

LIST: Winners of the Cinemalaya Film Festival 2018 #Cinemalaya2018

Here’s the full list of winners of the recently concluded Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2018 Awards Night held at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines: Audience Choice Award (Short Feat): KIKO by Jojo Driz Audience Choice Award (Full-length): LIWAY by Kip Oebanda Best Sound (Full-length): WILDSOUND for Musmos na Sumibol sa …

FULL LIST: 66th FAMAS Awards Nominees

MAY 3, 2018. The official nominees for the 66th FAMAS Awards were announced at Victorino’s Restaurant, Quezon City. Here are the nominees: BEST ORIGINAL SONG “TWELVE” – 12 “ANG PANDAY” – Ang Panday “GITIK-GITIK” – Balangiga: Howling Wilderness “KATUROG NA” – Balangiga: Howling Wilderness “YUNG PAKIRAMDAM” – Changing Partners “ALAALARAWAN” – Kiko Boksingero “PARA SA …

Golden Globes Nominees “The Post,” “Darkest Hour,” “Call Me By Your Name” Ready for Glory on Jan 8

Three critically acclaimed films that will soon be shown in the Philippines are expected to reap honors in the 75th Golden Globe Awards on Monday morning, January 8. They are Steven Spielberg’s The Post, Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name and Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour – all distributed locally by Columbia Pictures. Starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, The Post tells of a cover-up spanning …

Anna Luna Wins Best Actress at the Five Continents Int’l Film Festival in Venezuela

Independent film and stage actress Anna Luna recently won her first Best Actress award at the Five Continents International Film Festival in Venezuela. She bested 9 to 12 foreign and local actresses, including a celebrated Argentine actress. Luna won for her most inspired performance as Iah Seraspi, a poor Education student who perseveres against the …

Online Entertainment Platform Viddsee Launches Filmmaker Programme in the PH

Manila, 20 July 2017 — The online entertainment platform Viddsee launched a filmmaker programme with its first efforts through a filmmaker community initiative, Viddsee Juree Awards for the Philippines. With a growing Filipino audience and an expanding network of creative content producers from the Philippines, the Viddsee Juree Awards aims to bridge the gap between …