ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
Dokyu Power culminates with the two things we all miss: watching on the big screen and listening to a concert. Slated on April 9, 2022, Araw Ng Kagitingan, Dokyu Power closes with a festival concert that t is open to the public and free of charge. It will be held at the Liwasang Diokno, located at the Commission on Human …
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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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The Dokyu Power film festival opens with Isang Harding Papel, A Martial Law Musical by Palanca-awarded writer Augie Rivera. Augie Rivera’s Isang Harding Papel, A Martial Law Musical is based on a true story, the film is about a 7-year-old child named Jenny and her mother, Chit, an actress imprisoned for staging a street play critical …
“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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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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Our identity as Filipinos is defined by the stories we tell. On its fourth week, Daang Dokyu places the spotlight on the stories made from various places in our islands called home. Streaming now on its virtual cinema (DaangDokyu.com/watchnow) until October 29, 2020 are eight documentaries under its “Localities: Dagat ang Pagitan” section. These films are especially …
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In an address to the Foreign Press Association at the Vatican last year, Pope Francis pointed out: “Freedom of the press and of expression is an important indicator of the state of a country’s health.” This week, Daang Dokyu takes the country’s health on scrutiny with a discussion on the state of journalism in this …
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Sex work remains a highly stigmatized topic. But behind the flickering lights, booming disco music, and attention-grabbing glittery outfits are real lives of real women with real lessons. A film that goes deep into the lives of a former sex worker and her daughter in Angeles City, one of Asia’s top sex tourism destination is having …
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Want to learn documentary filmmaking from Alyx Arumpac, director of the much-acclaimed film Aswang? Or do you want to learn the history of documentary filmmaking in the Philippines from Prof. Nick Deocampo, one of the country’s most prolific and revered historians? Daang Dokyu, the ongoing festival of Philippine documentaries, offers these classes for free, for everyone …
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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