ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
QUEZON CITY, September 13, 2021, Upstream finally gives CLEANERS the worldwide release it deserves starting on September 18. Hailed as “one of the best Filipinos films of 2019” by CNN Philippines Life®, Glenn Barit’s debut film was also announced as Top 1 in the Top 25 Films of 2021 by the popular film website Letterboxd. …
MANILA, PHILIPPINES, DECEMBER 7, 2020 — Nine out of the 13 films from the Premium Selection Section of the 4th Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP) were considered for the selection of nominees for the #PPP4SamaAll Awards Night to be held virtually on December 12. The PPP Premium Selection features titles that had a limited release …
For its second and final section in its Festival Program, QCinema International Film Festival presents a fresh line-up of noteworthy films. It includes the world premiere of Midnight in a Perfect World by Dodo Dayao, the Asian premiere of Marygoround by Daria Woszek and End of the Century by Lucio Castro, the Southeast Asian premiere …
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Cinephiles from across the country will now get to savor the delights of the QCinema International Film Festival. There’s no need to go to Quezon City for this special edition of QCinema. No need to rush to the cinemas, brave the Metro traffic, nor line-up for movie tickets. QCinema brings the international film festival experience to anyone in …
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES, OCTOBER 25, 2020 — Four films, one film project, and 10 production companies are among the representatives of Philippine Cinema in the 25th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in South Korea. “Death of Nintendo” by Raya Martin, “Cleaners” by Karl Glenn Barit, “How to Die Young in Manila” by Petersen Vargas, and “Kids …
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES, OCTOBER 8, 2020 — It’s a gathering of almost anything and everything Filipino in the 4th edition of the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP) that features at least 145 titles — 67 full-length films and 78 short films. The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), as organizer of the PPP, extends the …
The UP Cineastes’ Studio presents a special screening of Glenn Barit’s debut feature film Cleaners this coming March 13, 7PM at the Cine Adarna, UP Diliman. Part of the QCinema 2019, Cleaners is hailed as one of the best local films of 2019. It won Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Audience Choice Award in the …
CLEANERS (QCinema 2019) Review Directed by Glenn Barit With no star power on its cast, Glenn Barit’s Cleaners is making noise for its visuals prior to its release but you’d be surprised on how warm, funny and deeply nostalgic this film is. And it’s stories will probably stay longer than I expected them to be. Imagine a …
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A film made of photocopied stills and hand colored with highlighter pens wins big at QCinema International Film Festival. Cleaners of debuting filmmaker Glenn Barit won best film, besting seven other films in the QCinema’s main competition section – Asian Next Wave. The nostalgic coming-of-age film Cleaners, set in schoolyear 2007-2008 in a high …
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QCinema International Film Festival (QCinema) brings success for filmmakers another notch higher as it announces that its list of grantees will now be entered in the competition in its segment, the Asian Next Wave (ANW). For the past six years, QCinema provided grants to new and seasoned filmmakers entering its Circle Competition, a category for local independent …
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