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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.