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It appears that the next five years will be very fruitful for Ilonggo cinema!

Decomposing fruit, a scent-diffusing figurine and a fantasy dragon ship are just some of the works that explore themes of identity, migration and memory at the prestigious event this year

SHORT films and documentaries have always been special to the Manunuri. For this year, the following short films have been nominated. Their synopses hereunder follow: In Naboc: The River of Gold, a little boy finds a rock which unleashes greed and acquisition among the members of a small community in…

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.—Auguste Rodin THERE is a short film I had the opportunity to view and it has that ever-consuming element—fire. It is there in its

THEY called it Nakabuhi, which literally meant “released” or “let loose.” It could also mean “being freed.” The festival was founded in Buhi, a town noted for its Lake Buhi where once thrived the “sinarapan,” considered to be the smallest edible fish in the world. There are many stories about…

THE Hundred Islands Filmfest (HIFF) has found a template for holding a film festival by transforming the feast into a laboratory, a film lab. Headed by Raquel Rarang Rivera, the HIFF began the event by inviting established independent filmmakers, all products of independent and regional cinemas, to serve as mentors…

ILOILO CITY -- A film that tells the story from the Epic of Panay is getting more international attention. The film ‘Sa Paglupad Ka Banog’ (The Flight of Banog) has drawn numerous screenings in international festivals, becoming the only film from Southeast Asia that will be included in the 33rd Sã

LOS ANGELES — Since 1898, when a Thomas Edison camera crew on location in Honolulu shot the first footage ever filmed in the Pacific Islands, the South Seas Cinema movie genre has been dominated by Haole (Caucasians) male filmmakers lensing productions primarily for the consumption of Haole audien...

I woke up this morning with an online post pontificating how we should be thankful for the Marcoses because, come to think of it (their words, not mine), they cared for Philippine cinema. We know what follows that thought: the Experimental Cinema of the Philippines, the once-First Daughter and the…

Timely for Halloween, a short film shot entirely in Iloilo City during the pandemic has won a special award at the Berlin Flash Film Festival 2021.