ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
The third edition of the prestigious Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival is once again open to aspiring filmmakers, this time without imposing restrictions on genre, topic, or theme. In previous years, the festival centered around wholesome, inspiring stories that were crafted with the theme “mga kwentong panalo ng buhay.”
It’s all systems go for Puregold CinePanalo 2026, which is offering hefty production grants—the largest ever in Philippine film festival history—to this year’s participants, both professional and student filmmakers. With PhP5 million to be awarded to seven full-length film directors and PhP200,000 to twenty student filmmakers, Ivy Hayagan-Piedad, Puregold CinePanalo chair and Puregold senior marketing …
Filipino cinephiles are all over the internet, piqued by the recently dropped trailers for Puregold CinePanalo 2025 entries. With a lineup of films spanning diverse genres—romance, drama, mystery, sports, and documentary—this year’s festival promises to deliver a panalo cinematic experience.
The official poster for “Fleeting,” an official entry in the second iteration of the highly anticipated Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival, was unveiled at Gateway Cineplex, Araneta City, on February 28, with the film’s lead stars Janella Salvador and RK Bagatsing in attendance.
Award-winning documentarist Baby Ruth Villarama released the teaser for her much-anticipated film Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea, her entry into the 2025 Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival, and what seeks to be a strong contender for multiple awards at the country’s fastest-rising film fest.
The complete lineup for the upcoming 2025 Puregold CinePanalo has now been finalized, with the announcement of the twenty-five student films to be showcased at the festival under the short film category. The promising young filmmakers will each receive a P150,000 production grant.
The twenty-five student shorts will be screened alongside eight feature films at the festival proper at Gateway Cinemas from March 14 to 25, 2025.
The Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival has officially released a shortlist of 16 full-length films—and their directors—that were selected from among 141 entries looking to take part in the second year of the competition.
Of the shortlisted established and up-and-coming filmmakers, only seven will be an integral part of the festival and each receive a P3,000,000 production grant from Puregold.
In just a year, the Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival has gained prominence as one of the country’s premier film festivals, particularly among students looking to fund the short films of their dreams. Now, with less than a week until the August 15 deadline for entries, Puregold is urging students to make haste in sending their applications for a chance at a short film production grant of one hundred and fifty thousand pesos (P150,000.)
The journey to the second year of Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival is finally underway, with its introductory press conference held last July 23 at the Gateway Cineplex 18. A sequel to last year’s historic debut Puregold CinePanalo, this year’s iteration promises to give filmmakers across the country more opportunities to showcase their skill, creativity, and dedication to their craft.
“Under a Piaya Moon” and “Last Shift” bagged the coveted Pinakapanalong Pelikula awards in the full-length and short film categories respectively at the inaugural Puregold CinePanalo Awards Night. Held on March 16 at the Gateway Cineplex 18, it was an emotional night as both established names as well as young up-and-comers received recognition for their exceptional efforts.