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Cinemalaya as an institution has always been a beacon of hope for independent filmmakers, but it must mean even more for filmmakers who started their careers in the provinces—some of which are still based there.

Three Ilonggo films have made it to Cinemalaya 2022 short film category as among the Top 12 finalists.

Trishtan Perez’ short film, i get so sad sometimes wins #QCShorts Best Picture in this year’s edition of QCinema International Film Festival.  i get so sad sometimes is about a high school teenager who secretly spends his time on the internet with a mature man whose face he still hasn’t seen yet.  A scene from i…

Trishtan Perez Trishtan Perez’ short film, "i get so sad sometimes" wins #QCShorts Best Picture in this year’s edition of QCinema International Film Festival. "i get so sad sometimes" is about a high school teenager who secretly spends his time on the internet with a mature man whose face h

The 2021 QCShorts present a selection of solid work that creates a tapestry of the human condition and a snapshot of the fragile and fraught zeitgeist as they embody unspoken stories and narratives of people on the fringes of Philippine society

Act One presents ‘Si Astri maka si Tambulah,’ a moving drama about a Badjao transwoman who is forced to marry a woman betrothed to her from birth.

They may be shorts but the six finalists at the QCinema Film Festival 2021 feature stories that are larger in scope, edgy, and relevant. There’s a mockumentary inspired from Japanese tokusatsu, an adaptation of a novel inspired by the 1979 Skylab incident, and a coming-of-age story of a gay teenager…