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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.
FDCP’s IAnimate Animation Film Festival kicks off April 24
IAnimate, a film festival by FDCP centered on animated films, kicks off today, April 24, and will run until May 7, 2025. Here is the list of films to anticipate.
Talabukon Film Festival debut makes waves for Romblon regional cinema
Running from April 24 to 26 and taking place in Looc, Romblon, the Talabukon Film Festival debut makes waves for Romblon regional cinema and is now bringing cinema closer to the local community.
UP Cinema presents fundraiser with script reading and discussions on queer and alternative cinema
UP Cinema, will host a public script reading and roundtable discussions with queer and alternative filmmakers on March 29 in UP Diliman. Meet writer-directors like Gio Potes, Toni Cañete, and Kuki Zinampan at this student-led fundraiser.
Eraserheads: Combo on the Run Documentary to Premiere from March 21 to 23
The Eraserheads: Combo on The Run documentary’s press conference was held last February 17 at Chef Guevarra’s by Chef Laudico in San Juan with the participation of director Diane Ventura, and Eraserheads frontman Ely Buendia.
QCinema 2025 takes on larger grants, larger audience
QCinema International Film Festival 2025 bumps its short film hexa-grants to half a million pesos each. Onto its 13th edition this year, public and fiscal support remains crucial to accommodate their growing audience and their commitment to the art of cinema.
Filipino Filmmakers Bagged Awards at the 11th Emirates Film Festival
The 11th Emirates Film Festival recently concluded and announced its winners last January 19. Many Filipino filmmakers won awards, including bringing home Best Director, Best Film Created by Female Director, and Best Film in the Cine Filipino Category.
Japanese Film Festival 2025 unveils dynamic lineup for 28th year
The Japanese Film Festival 2025 will run starting February 7 at Shangri-La Red Carpet Cinema and select SM Cinemas nationwide.
FDCP Presents Film Line-up for Curation of World Cinema
FDCP reveals an acclaimed line-up in ‘A Curation of World Cinema.’ From a political thriller to a dystopian animated film starring a cat, this program has a wide selection.
Jungo TV Championing Accessibility in Entertainment with Jungo Pinoy
Jungo TV promises all the good stuff for free with their new streaming platform 'Jungo Pinoy.'
Bulakenyo Shorts Arrive at The Met
The MET will hold Ang Kasaysayan Sa MET: SINEliksik Bulacan, celebrating 7 years of Bulakenyo-made films.
QCinema Project Market Awards Upcoming Filipino and Southeast Asian Projects
As QCinema’s official industry arm, the QCinema Project Market provided a platform for film professionals to breathe life into their upcoming projects. The market ran from November 14 to 16, 2024.