FDCP Hosts Film Industry Conference, Workshops & Rainbow Festival for QCinema

In support and in partnership with the Quezon City Film Commission, the Film Development Council of the Philippines is conducting the Film Industry Conference and the Film Producers’ Workshop Series this October 20-22, 2017 at Novotel Araneta Center, Quezon City. Bringing together big names from the international and local film industries, the Conference and Workshops will feature …

Roster of Titles Divulge in This Year’s QC Shorts

A thrilling new collection of independent short films from “QC Shorts” is bound to delight attendees of the 2017 QCinema International Film Festival (QCinema). “QC Shorts” is one of the competition sections of QCinema which awards the “Best Short Film” and “Jury Award for Short Film” to the winning entries. Now in its fifth year, …

#QCinema2016: JC de Vera Leads the Inmates of HF Yambao’s “Best. Partee. Ever.”

“A young, discreet gay man from the affluent class, spends five years in a city jail while hearing his case for drug pushing.”   Actor JC de Vera stars in the controversial and timely film Best Partee Ever. His first gay role, and most daring role to date. We usually see a charming, funny, or …

#QCinema2016: “Hinulid (The Sorrows of Sita)” Focuses on a Mother’s Loss and Grief

“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 …

Horror Meets ‘Hugot’ in “Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B”

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 …

GUIDE: #QCinema2016 International Film Festival

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 …