Movie News, Reviews
One of Philippine cinema’s most triumphant moment was this documentary’s historic win at the Metro Manila Film Festival in 2016. Sunday Beauty Queen, the first documentary film to be included in … Continue Reading Award-Winning Documentary ‘Sunday Beauty Queen’ Streams for Free on May 15
Daang Dokyu Film Festival which was scheduled on March 16-21 has been postponed. Read the official statement below: The Daang Dokyu team would like to thank all of you for … Continue Reading Daang Dokyu Film Festival Postponed
The campaign on climate change has only recently gained attention in the Philippines. Daang Dokyu, a forthcoming festival on Philippine documentaries, aims to augment this timely and important collective effort … Continue Reading Documentary Festival ‘Daang Dokyu’ Discusses Ecological Issues Facing the Country
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, … Continue Reading Award-Winning Docu Film ‘Aswang’ Opens Daang Dokyu Film Festival
Daang Dokyu Documentary Film Festival slated on 16-21 March 2020 calls on the public to help bring back the country’s oldest existing documentary films currently archived at the British Film … Continue Reading Help bring home the oldest existing Philippine documentaries
With 100 years on its back, Philippine cinema celebrations have mainly focused on narrative films. A group of filmmakers now feel it is high time that films with real-world impact … Continue Reading Daang Dokyu: A Festival of Philippine Documentaries Launched
Following its open call for long feature fiction films, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has extended its deadline for submission of Filipino documentary projects for the First … Continue Reading FDCP’s Call for Documentary Projects for International Film Lab Extended
After a successful and thought-provoking first run, the Office of The Vice President Leni Robredo together with Ayala Foundation and the Film Development Council of th Philippines (FDCP), decided they … Continue Reading Share Your Inspiring Story, Join the Istorya ng Pag-Asa Film Festival
JOURNEYMAN FINDS HOME: THE SIMONE ROTA STORY (2018) Review Directed by Albert Almendralejo, Maricel Cariaga It was one of the most unpretentious documentaries I’ve seen, expecting a biography of a … Continue Reading “Journeyman Finds Home: The Simone Rota Story” Review: A Heartwarming Homecoming
We were invited at the special screening of the award-winning documentary Journeyman Finds Home: The Simone Rota Story sponsored by the Davao Aguilas Football Club (DAFC). The full-length documentary film is about … Continue Reading Filipino Footballer Simone Rota Shares his Life Story in “Journeyman Finds Home” Documentary
Sinag Maynila was born from the vision of Mr. Wilson Tieng and Direk Brillante Mendoza’s wish to have a festival that not only inspires but educates and enlightens Filipino movie audiences. Since its launch in … Continue Reading GUIDE: #SinagMaynila2018 Film Festival
On International Women’s Day, MOTHERLAND (Bayang Ina Mo) by Ramona Diaz returns to Philippine cinema at the Cine Adarna of the UP Film Center on March 8, Thursday, 7pm. This is only the … Continue Reading Multi-Awarded Documentary “Motherland” to Screen at UP Cine Adarna on March 8
The famous microcinema in San Juan, Metro Manila is currently playing the best pictures of the Metro Manila Film Festival of 2016 and 2017. Baby Ruth Villarama’s documentary about the … Continue Reading MMFF Best Pictures “Sunday Beauty Queen,” “Ang Larawan” Back-to-Back at Cinema ’76
Paramount Pictures’ An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power – the sequel to the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth – will be shown exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas (Trinoma & Glorietta 4) starting August 30, 2017. … Continue Reading “An Inconvenient Sequel” Opens Exclusively at Trinoma, Glorietta 4 Aug 30
A decade after the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth brought the climate crisis into the heart of popular culture, comes the riveting and rousing follow-up, Paramount Pictures’ An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. Watch … Continue Reading “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” to Open at Select Ayala Malls Cinemas August 30
Stories of hope from real survivors of the fiercest and most devastating typhoon that ever hit the Philippines are featured in the highly-inspiring movie “We Call Her Yolanda.” The movie will … Continue Reading Docu-Drama “We Call Her Yolanda” to Have Special Screenings on March 25 & 26
