ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
For its 12th year, QCinema International Film Festival (QCIFF) is opening its doors for the second time to six (6) emerging and established critics from all over the Philippines to participate in the QCinema Critics Lab.
The 2024 QCinema Critics Lab participants are Acer Batislaong, Brontë Lacsamana, Joaquin Singson, Ligaya Villablanca, Maverick Alviar, and Mac John Bautista.
QCinema International Film Festival returns with The Gaze as its theme, inviting audiences to explore diverse perspectives through film. From the masculine and feminine gaze to new ways of seeing the world, this year’s festival showcases 77 titles, including 22 short films and 55 full-length films, across 11 sections.
The festival will take place from November 8 to 17 across Gateway Cineplex 18, Ayala Malls Cinema at Trinoma, Red Carpet at Shangri-la Plaza, and Powerplant Mall.
Malaysian Malay-language body horror Tiger Stripes by Amanda Nell Eu is QCinema International Film Festival’s big winner for 2023. The film scooped the grand prize, the Asian Next Wave Best Picture, and the Best Director Award for Amanda Nell Eu. The film was hailed for leading a distinctive cinematic trend that merges horror with profound social …
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While QCinema is dedicated to screening the newest and most exciting films of the year, the festival also believes that there is room in the lineup for an appreciation of what has come before. So every year, the festival picks some of his favorite classic films, particularly ones that have recently gone under digital restoration, …
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QCinema International Film Festival is set to provide another opportunity for Filipino and Southeast Asian filmmakers to reach a global audience as it launches the QCinema Project Market. The QCinema Project Market (QPM) is a platform for Southeast Asian filmmakers and producers to secure funding, expand their networks, gain exposure, develop their skills, and contribute …
The new QC-SEA Shorts Competition gives opportunities to filmmakers of the region to showcase their work in one of Southeast Asia’s premier festivals. The competition is open to all Southeast Asian filmmakers ages 18 years old and above with short films produced from January 2022 to August 2023. Chosen entries will have its Philippine premiere …
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For a remarkable feature debut commandeered by two riveting lead performances, offering a very intense, haunting cinematic experience, Autobiography by Makbul Mubarak wins the Asian Next Wave award of QCinema. The award, which focuses on emerging filmmakers from Southeast Asia and East Asia with less than three features, made a comeback in this year’s edition of QCinema. …
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TBA Studios is bringing the critically acclaimed satirical dark comedy film Triangle of Sadness to the QCinema International Film Festival 2022, premiering as the festival’s opening film on Nov. 17 at Gateway Cineplex in Quezon City. While the premiere is by invitation, moviegoers can still catch the second screening of Triangle of Sadness during the …
It’s a double celebration this November as Cinema ’76 Film Society finally reopens their new branch in Tomas Morato with a lineup of movies from the 10th QCinema International Film Festival. The popular micro-cinema will have its soft launch opening from November 23-25, screening some of the fest’s most sought-after titles under the Asian Next …
The late French New Wave director, Jean-Luc Godard, once said that “with mobile phones and whatever, everyone is now an auteur.” In QCinema’s specially-curated section, Screen International, however, the bar is certainly set higher as it showcases the world’s renowned directors whose distinctive styles make their acclaimed works undeniably their own. David Cronenberg, Canada’s body …
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