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“Hinulid (The Sorrows of Sita),” one of the entries at the 2016 QCinema International Film Festival (QCinema) Circle Competition, shows a grieving mother who tries to hold on to her religious devotions while struggling to accept the tragic death of her son. Poet and filmmaker Kristian Cordero, who hails from the Bicol region, teamed up with superstar …
A different kind of manananggal will land in cinemas this October at the 2016 QCinema International Film Festival. Director Prime Cruz, whose first feature-length film Sleepless won NETPAC Jury Prize at QCinema last year and was selected for competition at this year’s Osaka Asian Film Festival, presents an unconventional love story in Ang Manananggal sa …
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With this year’s theme, “One City for the World,” the 2016 QCinema International Film Festival continues its thrust as a world-class event through an interesting mix of new homegrown films and award-winning international movies. QCinema will run from October 13 to 22, 2016. It will be held at four mall venues namely, Ayala TriNoma, Gateway …
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Marvel at the lush woods but Bagane Fiola seeks to bring viewers deeper into the struggles of an indigenous family coping with changes in their environment in his 2016 QCinema International Film Festival (QCinema) entry, “Baboy Halas, Wailings in the Forest”. The film offers an experience with a family, one of the last forest people, who …
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In his second QCinema International Film Festival Circle Competition piece, filmmaker Prime Cruz gives a human face to the winged monster called the “manananggal”. “Ang Manananggal Sa Unit 23B” is one of the films funded by the Quezon City Film Development Commission (QCFDC), the organizers of QCinema. In this film, Cruz will show a monster capable of …
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Here’s your guide for your October movie viewing in Philippine cinemas: 5 Cafe Society 5 Deepwater Horizon 5 Patintero: Ang Alamat ni Meng Patalo 5 Riot 5 The Disappointments Room 5 The Girl on the Train 5 The Vigilante Squad 5 – 16 Spanish Film Festival at Greenbelt 3 Cinema 12 Good Kids 12 Inferno …
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With this year’s theme, “One City for the World,” the 2016 QCinema International Film Festival continues its thrust as a world-class event through an interesting mix of new homegrown films and award-winning international movies. QCinema will run from October 13 to 22, 2016. It will be held at four mall venues namely, Ayala TriNoma, Gateway …
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Carrying the theme, “One City for the World,” the QCinema International Film Festival convenes local film industry stalwarts for discussions on the challenging issues that will further fuel industry growth. QCinema’s film forums are all free and open to the public. It will be conducted at the Quezon Memorial Circle’s Quezon City Experience (QCX) Mini …
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‘Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23-B’ starring Ryza Cenon as Jewel, the Manananggal in Unit 23-B, the film is directed by Prime Cruz who also directed the 2015 QCinema official entry ‘Sleepless.’ Here are your first official look at ‘Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23-B’ “Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B is about a lonely woman with dark …
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October 28, 2015. Winners for the 2015 QCinema International Film Festival was announced.