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PCFF 2025 Awarding Honors to Emerging Filmmakers in City of Harmony
Palm City Film Festival wrapped up its third edition in Tagum City, showcasing films by Mindanaoan students and celebrating peace, unity, and creativity. The festival ran from November 17 to 22, concluding with an awards ceremony.
Lantaw Sa Iliyan: Ang Pagsubay sa Sulog 2025
For its inaugural year, Lantaw-Iliyan Film Festival ran from November 12 to 15, 2025, beginning with a two-day workshop at Digital Creatives Hub Iligan, Iligan City: a welcoming space where emerging filmmakers learn and grow together, and start seeing their stories from a shared and more meaningful perspective.
Southern Tagalog Stories Take Spotlight as Pelikultura 2025 Returns to UPLB
Regional cinema took center stage as Pelikultura: The CALABARZON Film Festival 2025 brought together new and rising filmmakers from Southern Tagalog last November 5-7 at the University of the Philippines Los Baños.
Palm City Film Festival 2025: Diverse Voices, United Stories in the City of Harmony
Palm City Film Festival 2025 presents its official lineup in Tagum City, celebrating young storytellers with the theme ‘Films & Stories in the City of Harmony, A Platform for Peace and Unity.
Ngilngig 2025 Celebrates the Fantastic in Retrograde
Ngilngig 2025 pulled Davao back into its orbit of the fantastic: five days where time reversed, stories shimmered, and the weird found its way home.
Magsiklab Sa Digital Espasyo: 37th Gawad Alternatibo on Cinemata
The 37th Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video finalists are now available to stream on Cinemata from October 23, 2025, to January 4, 2026!
Step Into the Retrograde: Ngilngig Asian Fantastic Film Festival 2025 Unveils Official Lineup
The wait is over—the official lineup and program are unveiled! The 9th Ngilngig Asian Fantastic Film Festival 2025, organized by Davao-based film collective Pasalidahay, unfolds this October with 56 short films from across Asia.
Shining Jaguars: The opening and closing of Sinag Maynila 2025
Last September 24 to 30, the 7th Sinag Maynila Film Festival showed 61 feature-length and short films with the theme “Sine Lokal, Pang-Internasyonal!” Check out the winners, a bit about its opening film, and the restored Lino Brocka classic ‘Jaguar.’
Launching of Sine Bohol: A Home for Bol-anon Filmmakers
ABANTE BOHOL! With a desire to empower and bring Bol-anon filmmakers together, the province of Bohol formally launched its very first film festival, Sine Bohol, on September 10, 2025, at Panda Tea Garden Suites, Tagbilaran City.
NABIFILMEX 12: Where Threads Meet
Beyond its 12-year milestone, NABIFILMEX threads deeper into the regions, spotlighting the voices and visions that grow from the ground up.
The search for justice in Sinag Maynila 2025 entry ‘Selda Tres’
GB Sampedro, the director behind ‘Astig,’ is back in action as he leads the Sinag Maynila 2025 entry, ‘Selda Tres.’ The action-drama movie stars Cesar Montano, Carla Abellana, and JM De Guzman.
Bloom of Youth: The winners of the 8th Sine Kabataan Short Film Festival
The kids are alright! The 8th Sine Kabataan Short Film Festival, which happened last September 5 to 7, highlighted 10 films of diverse narratives and regional origins, each one highlighting unique issues experienced by Filipino youth. Here are the winners.
Bakunawa Fest Soars Home to Bacolod
From the strange to the supernatural, Bakunawa Fest highlighted mindbending films last September 5-6 at the Negros Museum, Bacolod City.
Fil-Aus director wins at Melbourne International Film Festival for corruption drama ‘First Light’
Filipino-Australian filmmaker James J. Robinson won best director for his debut feature First Light at the 2025 Melbourne International Film Festival.
From ‘Free Philippines’ to ‘Free Voices’: Oroquieta Film Festival Marks 5th Run
After 3 years, the 5th Oroquieta Film Festival (Aug 21–23) wrapped up, amplifying voices from Misamis Occidental and beyond. From Lumayagan to Habagatan shorts, small stories made big waves for regional cinema.
Hundred Islands Film Festival sails on its fifth year, ‘Green Bones’ to screen during opening
Manen aglayag atoy a tawen. The Hundred Islands Film Festival is now in its fifth edition, featuring a new batch of Alaminos filmmakers creating shorts, with Green Bones, MMFF 2024 Best Picture, to open the festival.
The Pulse of Student Cinema: POV XXI names its winners
The pulse of Philippine student cinema beats strong at POV XXI! From regional voices to alternative perspectives, the festival spotlighted 12 finalists, with 9 films in competition and 3 from the senior high school category—here are the winners.
Over 600 attendees celebrate ‘Maynila’ golden anniversary screening with Bembol Roco
UP Film Institute nearly filled its 745-seater Cine Adarna during the free screening of Lino Brocka’s ‘Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag’ on its 50th anniversary release last July 16—wrapping up with a surprise talkback from Bembol Roco, star of the 1975 classic.
A Saint in the Making: Ben Yalung’s Upcoming Film on Venerable Archbishop Teofilo Camomot
Filmmaker Ben Yalung (‘Kristo,’ ‘Ama Namin’) will be directing a film on Venerable Teofilo Camomot, a Cebuano archbishop who has touched the lives of many through his life of miracles and pious work.
51st MMFF announces first batch of entries
2025’s first four MMFF films include Vice Ganda and Nadine Lustre, filmmakers new to the festival, and the return of an iconic horror franchise.