ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival is bolstering its support for Filipino filmmakers by introducing—for the first time ever—the new Panorama Shorts Section, which will feature previously completed short films from both professional and student filmmakers.
In its final installment of the Sari-Sari Stories, Puregold releases “Pangalan,” a moving tribute to the sari-sari stores that continue to power daily life, grassroots enterprise, and community connection across the Philippines.
In a significant move to bridge the gap for the country’s most remote educational institutions, Puregold Price Club Inc. President Vincent Co has announced that the total streaming revenue from Puregold Channel will be fully integrated into his flagship advocacy, the Pusong Panalo Program.
Did Heated Rivalry pull you in with its slow-burn tension, emotional stakes, and rivals- turned-lovers arc? Then, there’s a really good chance that you’ve been sleeping on another BL (Boys’ Love) gem, hiding in plain sight: Puregold’s Got My Eyes on You.
Puregold carries on with its heartfelt tribute to Filipino sari-sari store owners or micro-entrepreneurs with its Sari-Sari Stories video series, the newest installment of which features a special cameo from BINI’s Jhoanna. “The Witness” is a short film that tells a tender, coming-of-age love story, one that unfolds across the years, shaped by change, constancy, and the quiet presence of a sari-sari store owner who sees it all.
As Puregold CinePanalo continues to endeavor producing world-class Filipino films in its third run, the film festival announced its collaboration with audio post house Stage Post Audio and Music Productions Inc., to help bring a unified approach to the audio quality of this year’s entries.
In a recently forged partnership, the Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival and the Asia Pacific Film Institute committed to providing full scholarship grants and tuition discounts for winners and participants in the Festival’s Student Shorts Category. These benefits are on top of the Festival’s creative grant of PHP200,000 per Student Short.
The Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival has announced the 33 shortlisted full-length films from 203 entries submitted by emerging, established, and even iconic local filmmakers.
Beat the deadline! On September 10, 2025, Wednesday, at 11:59 pm, the application window for the Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival full-length category officially closes. With the largest production grants in Philippine festival history up for grabs, filmmakers must seize this chance to secure their place on the country’s fast-rising cinematic stage.
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.”