ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
The 14th QCinema International Film Festival (Nov. 13–22, 2026) highlights Filipino cinema, opening with the animated feature Ella Arcangel. The lineup also showcases works by Lav Diaz and Isabel Sandoval alongside 4K restorations honoring Pete Lacaba.
The 14th QCinema Film Festival (Nov 13–22, 2026) elevates animation across its lineup. Features include opener Ella Arcangel, Cannes debut We Are Aliens, satire Jim Queen, short Sana’y Nandito Ka, and Satoshi Kon’s restored classic Perfect Blue.
Screen QC hosts the free Screen QC Industry Forum from Nov 18–21 at Gateway Cineplex, featuring master classes, pitching, and discussions on film tech, AI, and regional cinema during QCinema.
Jordan Firstman’s Cannes hit *Club Kid* heads to QCinema on Nov 14, 2026 (Gateway Cineplex) before its PH theatrical release on Nov 18. Starring Firstman, Diego Calva & Cara Delevingne, the NYC comedy-drama explores nightlife and sudden parenthood.
The 14th QCinema International Film Festival runs from November 13–22, 2026, opening with the animated feature “Ella Arcangel: Ballad of Tooth and Claw” and closing with Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back.”
The 14th QCinema International Film Festival, taking place from November 13 to 22, 2026, introduces Genre’teurs, a new curatorial concept that explores the intersection of genre filmmaking and the distinctive creative vision of individual filmmakers.
A collaboration between two UNESCO Creative Cities will take center stage at the Montañosa Film Festival 2026 as the QCinema International Film Festival, representing Quezon City – UNESCO Creative City of Film, extends its support to the festival in Baguio City, UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art.
‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’, a new feature film directed by Morgan Knibbe, is set to make its highly anticipated run at this year’s QCinema International Film Festival, taking place from November 14th to 23rd.
For its 13th year, the QCinema International Film Festival (QCIFF) is opening its doors for a third year in a row to six emerging critics from all over the Philippines to participate in the QCinema Critics Lab from November 13-17, 2025.
The filmmakers and their projects are: Norvin de los Santos (“Hoy, Hoy, Ingat!”), Lauviah Caliboso (“Ours Was A Timeless Night Burning”), Racquel “Lysa” Catolico and Jazmine Gin Pateña (“RUNO!”), Dale (“Si Tina: Ang Babaye Nga Nag Daba-Daba”), Gabriela Serrano and Mariana Serrano (“Surface Tension”), and Gab Rosique (“Yelo”).