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Myra Aquino's "Beauty Queen" is the Best Short in this year’s edition of the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. The biopic is set in the Philippines during World War II, where a Kapampangan woman, Remedios Gomez-Paraiso aka Kumander Liwayway struggles to find herself after losing he
Published July 19, 2021, 2:34 PM Among other surprises, a drive-in cinema! With the flow of our global health crisis still gripping the country, Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival navigates through the social current and plugs in the life support for the industry as it journeys anew to the digital platform this coming Aug. 6 to Sept. 5, 2021, to be streamed solely on KTX.ph. Leaning on the knowledge of the built-up from last year’s edition, the country’s most prominent independent film festival presents its second online edition with 13 short film competing for the prestigiou...
Published July 3, 2021, 8:00 AM INDUSTRY DIRECTION This week’s Philippine Panorama goes behind the scenes of the local film industry. Cover design by the author A year ago, at the height of the current health crisis, a couple of my friends in film were distressed as productions, like many other businesses, had to shut down due to lockdown. Shoots were ceased, movie theaters closed, and jobs were lost. Box office losses amounted to at least ₱11 billion in 2020. Even before the pandemic, the Philippine film industry had seen a constant and drastic dip in viewership. The quarantine period wa...