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Lav Diaz’s ‘Ang Hupa’ to Premiere in Cannes Film Festival

“The Halt” (“Ang Hupa”), the new feature film by Berlinale’s Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize winner Lav Diaz, joins this year’s lineup of films for the prestigious Director’s Fortnight, a non-competitive film showcase that runs alongside the Cannes Film Festival. Co-produced by Spring Films and Sine Olivia Pilipinas and distributed by ARP Selection of France, …

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The Beauty and History of ‘Culion’ to be Featured in Film by Acclaimed Writer Ricky Lee

The team behind the controversial and critically-acclaimed film ‘Oro’ producer Shandii Bacolod and director Alvin Yapan is back with a historical film with the Philippines’ most respected writer, Mr. Ricky Lee. The film follows the story of three best friends (Anna, Doris and Ditas). Afflicted with leprosy and living like virtual prisoners in 1940s in Culion, …

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Sylvia Sanchez in a Downward Spiral in Indie Drama ‘Jesusa’

Multi-awarded actress Sylvia Sanchez does something new in her latest indie drama ‘Jesusa.’ She plays the title role Jesusa, a hardworking mother and wife. But life, cruel and unfair, puts her on a downward spiral: her husband leaves her as he gets another woman pregnant, the two daughters of her husband she took care of …

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Jay Altarejos Returns to Sinag Maynila with “Jino To Mari”

Acclaimed director Joselito “Jay” Altarejos—whose “Tale of the Lost Boys” won the Sinag Maynila 2018 Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Box-Office and Best Editing awards—returns to the celebrated festival with a new film, Jino To Mari. Altarejos’ new work takes an inside look into the pornographic film industry. It tells the story of a young man, played …

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Three Finalists Revealed for the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino Year 3

Three (3) finalists of Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP) 3 were announced by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) last March 28 at a press conference held at Gloria Maris at Gateway Mall, Cubao, Quezon City. Three (3) selected films in the advanced stage of development or production stage and five (5) finished …

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Kiray Celis Happy to Finally Do Drama Not for Comedic Purposes in ‘Portrait of My Love’

Kiray Celis is known for doing comedy on TV and in movies but most of the time, even if she’s doing a dramatic scene, it’s still to purposely make fun out of it. But in her latest film in which she plays the lead actress, Kiray shares that she’s happy that finally, she gets to …

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QCinema 2019: Grantees revealed for Asian Next Wave Competition

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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Sinag Maynila Film Festival Now on its 5th Year of “Sine Lokal, Pang Internasyonal”

Sinag Maynila, the independent film festival established by Solar Entertainment mogul Mr. Wilson Tieng and Cannes Film Festival Best Director Brillante Mendoza, is celebrating its fifth year this 2019! What began as a foray to help local indie filmmakers has now grown into one of the country’s major filmfests. Sinag Maynila now features three competition …

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‘Born Beautiful’ Review: Brave, Funny, A Game-Changer

BORN BEAUTIFUL (2019) Review Directed by Perci Intalan “Bakit ganyan ang itsura mo? Mukha kang tomboy na nag-aalok ng Bear Brand!” That joke never gets old even if I saw the trailer multiple times already. Perci Intalan’s installment to the monumental 2016 LGBT drama movie Die Beautiful may be short on emotional depth but it’s story is brave, …

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#Cinemalaya2019 Entry ‘Ani The Harvest’ Welcomes Us to the Future

2019 has just started and Cinemalaya’s sci-fi entry just dropped its first teaser, a featurette rather, of what the film would be. Check out 01 and 02 introducing us to the future, the year 2050: Year 2050 Federal State of Bicol. A newly orphaned boy moves to a farm to live with his estranged grandfather. When Mauricio falls …

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