ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
Cinepride Film Festival winner for Best Director for Jon Galvez and Best Lead Performance for Precious Paula Nicole, ’Lipsync Assassin’ is now showing until September 30 at Gateway Cineplex, Robinsons Manila, Robinsons Antipolo, SM Mall of Asia, SM Fairview, TriNoma and Market Market as part of the SHORTS SET D of the Sinag Maynila Independent Film Festival 2025.
Cande is that special little film that doesn’t need theatrics and big confrontation scenes to make its story felt. Its bigness lies in presenting the beautiful and deep connections of the characters using culture, culinary and an era when cellphones hadn’t been invented yet as a backdrop. The film takes us back when everything was simple, when all we worried about were the games we wanted to play during our free time, the friends we wanted to play with and the food we would eat. But then, it would also take us to how we process tragedy as kids and how we carry those tragedies as we grow older.
Read our full review of #SinagMaynila2025 official entry, ‘CANDE.’ Showing September 24-30, 2025 at Gateway, Robinsons Manila, Robinsons Antipolo, SM Mall of Asia, SM Fairview, Trinoma and Market Market.
Sinag Maynila Independent Film Festival 2025 official entry ‘Selda Tres’ is a film about the pursuit of justice in a world marred by injustice. It exposes a system plagued by corruption, while also telling a story of family, love, and sacrifice. Not only is it relevant, but it’s also timely.
After its international premiere at the 16th Lumière Film Festival in Lyon, France last year, National Artist for Film Lino Brocka’s neo-noir crime classic, “Jaguar” (restored) comes back home to the Philippines to open the 7th Sinag Maynila Independent Film Festival.
5 feature films, 4 documentaries, 11 student documentaries, 16 short films and 25 student short films, the Sinag Maynila Independent Film Festival continues to champion stories made by Filipinos for the Filipinos.
In its seventh year, the festival will run from September 24 to 30 at Gateway Cineplex 18, Robinsons Manila, Robinsons Antipolo, SM Fairview, and SM Mall of Asia. The ticket price is P250.