Pelikulas in 2017, Part 4: Best Filipino Films

2017 haven’t been the best year for Philippine cinema. We’ve gone back to the old Metro Manila Film Festival, some films had only been screened for a few days at few cinemas and there haven’t been that much groundbreaking films featured this year. But there are also good things that happened for Philippine cinema. The …

Sinag Maynila Films Fly to Tokyo International Film Festival, 2018 Entries Now Being Accepted

Sinag Maynila Film Festival: Sine Lokal, Pang-Internasyonal remain true to its advocacy as two of its full-length films qualify for the Tokyo International Film Festival. The SMFF 2017 Best Film winner Tu Pug Imatuy (The Right to Kill) by Arbi Barbarona is competing for the Asian Future Category, while the equally award-winning film Kristo by …

“Kristo” Director Howard Yambao Goes to San Francisco, Tokyo for Int’l Film Festivals

“Kristo (Sinag Maynila 2017 official entry) director Howard F. Yambao is off to two international film festivals for his Sinag Maynila entry this year. Firstly, he’s now in San Francisco, California for the the 24th FACINE (Filipino Artsand Cinema) International Film Festival which Kristo will be in competition with eight (8) other Filipino films. Screening schedule of Kristo is on …

Sinag Maynila Film Festival 2017 Finalists

Sinag Maynila Film Festival is ready for its third season! The local film festival’s new tagline “Sine Lokal, Pang-Internasyonal” lives up to its core as the roster of finalists handpicked by Sinag Maynila CEO and Founder Wilson Tieng and world-renowned and internationally acclaimed film director Brillante Ma Mendoza have been announced. “The upgraded mechanics for …