[Editor’s note: This is a press release from Vidsee] Ten bold and emotionally stirring stories have been selected as the finalists for the second Viddsee Juree Philippines, a festival of short films that celebrates and supports filmmaker communities in Asia. The nominated films were submitted by a range of independent
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Salamindanaw 2017 Winners Announced
A Nepalese short film emerged as the winner of the Golden Durian Prize for best Asian film in the recently concluded Salamindanaw Asian Film Festival. Dadyaa (Woodpeckers of Rotha), directed by Bibhusan Basnet and Pooja Gurung, bested 14 other entries in the Asian competion for a “powerful cinematographic work that
‘Die, Beautiful’, ‘Birdshot’, and other Filipino films screen at the 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival
The 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF-J.P.) has released its lineup of exhibition and in-competition films, including a handful of Filipino titles from Jun Lana and Mikhail Red. [dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he lineup of competing and exhibit films for the 29th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival has just been announced.
M.M.F.F. unveils new ‘official’ logo
The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) has subjected itself to quite a drastic change. To those who are not up to speed, the festival, infamous for its hiccups and controversies of the past, is promising its patrons a game-changing year for its 42nd edition. Perhaps the most welcome change is
Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2016 winners
The awards night of the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival wrapped last night, and we’ve got the full list of winners. Concluding its twelfth year run, Cinemalaya proved that it’s only going to get bigger from here, announcing that 2016 holds the biggest audience turnout in the festival’s history. Of course,
Lav Diaz’s ‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’ competes at Venice Film Fest
This year’s edition of the Venice Film Festival, its seventy-third, has listed a most exciting lineup, featuring works from Francois Ozon, Wim Wenders, Derek Cianfrance, Andrei Konchalovsky, Ana Lily Amirpour, and other great filmmakers. But of course, I’m here to report on one particular film: Lav Diaz’s Ang Babaeng Humayo
Your Guide to Cinemalaya 2016
It is less than a month before Cinemalaya starts so we decided to create a guide that would hopefully familiarize you with the 9 entries for the main category this year. Included in this list are the names of the directors and writers as well as the synopsis and trailers
Cinema One Originals, QCinema reveal 2016 lineup
Major local indie film festivals Cinema One Originals and QCinema, via their respective Facebook pages, both announced on Wednesday their lineups of competing films for 2016. For C1 Originals, the finalists were selected by a panel headed by Ronald Arguelles that included director Jade Castro and critics Oggs Cruz and Richard
‘The Look Of Silence’ screens at the UP Cine Adarna
Filipino fans wanting to catch Joshua Oppenheimer’s haunting documentary The Look Of Silence, block your Thursdays this week. CAMIRA Philippines, in cooperation with U.P. Cineastes’ Studio and U.P. Cine Adarna are hosting the special screening of the Oscar-nominated doc, which “captures the evil of the Indonesian genocide of 1966, and the profound bravery
The full list of #Oscars2016 winners. Do you agree?
The 2016 Academy Awards, unpredictable and controversial in equal measure, just wrapped. Chris Rock made jokes about Girl Scout cookies, Louis C.K. about documentarians. Lady Gaga moved every one to tears. Ennio Morricone won Best Original Score and Sam Smith (“Writing’s on the Wall”) won Best Original Song—in the words of egoistic
Power Mac Center presents series of film workshops in ‘Cinemansanas’
Mobile filmmaking is on a slow, assured rise: Sean S. Baker’s transgender drama Tangerine—shot entirely on iPhone—is currently making waves in the film festival circuit. Television’s “Modern Family”, on a thirty-minute episode called “Lost Connection”, utilized the iPhone’s industry-standard camera to tell the story of the Dunphys. Carly Rae Jepsen’s music video for “Run
17 student films to be shown at the 12th annual P.O.V. (Piling Obrang Vidyo)
U.P. Cinema’s interschool video competition [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”@FilmPolceRevs” suffix=”@UPCinema”]P.O.V. (Piling Obrang Vidyo) is happening on January 31st at the U.P. Cine Adarna Theater[/inlinetweet], University of the Philippines — Diliman, Quezon City. To those uninitiated here’s a bit of info on the twelve year-old annual event: Piling Obrang Vidyo is geared towards the
Jun Lana’s free screenwriting lab CinePanulat rolls out this February
Attention, filmmakers—and aspiring screenwriters! [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”@FilmPolceRevs” suffix=”#CinePanulat2016″]Jun Lana’s free screenwriting workshop CinePanulat is back[/inlinetweet] this February. Why this should set your butts ablaze, I really don’t have to explain anymore. To the uninitiated though, here’s some context: Lana’s filmography spans a number of acclaimed films. His production outfit The IdeaFirst Company,
‘The Revenant’, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ lead Oscars 2016 nominations
It’s a match between survival films at The 88th Oscars, with The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road garnering the most number of nominations. The announcement was made Thursday morning (Thursday night, Philippine time) at California by directors Ang Lee and Guillermo del Toro, actor John Kransinski, and AMPAS president Cheryl
‘The Revenant’, ‘Steve Jobs’ win big at Golden Globes 2015
Just when you thought the 2015 film awards season is messed up, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 73rd Golden Globe awards announced their winners which, seriously, give us more excitement to this one of a kind race. In a sudden turn of events, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s cold Western epic The Revenant snatched
Filipino classics playing this January at the new Cinematheque Manila
A realistic visualization of a cinephile’s to-watch list is a queue at Starbucks during Sticker Season. It’s long. Blame it on work schedules, the dreading proximity of indie-friendly theaters. Hey, we all relate. The newly opened Cinematheque Manila crosses off this issue of proximity to many people. It’s the Iggy to our Manileño
‘Son of Saul’, ‘Mustang’ among the films shortlisted for Oscars’ Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the shortlist of films that advances in the Best Foreign Language Film category of The 88th Oscars. As in previous years, this year’s selection is a mixed bag of long-expected shoo-ins and surprising inclusions. The nine films that made the
Here’s your ultimate guide to the Metro Manila Film Festival 2015
Cinephiles are spent in December. I know. I wish it’s from Black Friday sales, too! December means: Oscar predictions, and by extension Twitter wars; year-ender “best of” lists, and by extension comment wars; and MMFF, which inflicts you this internal war of whether to love or hate it. Needless to say,
Three great Pinoy films inaugurate FDCP’s first Cinematheque in Manila
The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has moved its office from Chino Roces Avenue in Makati to the heart of the capital in Ermita, Manila. This move makes it closer to the National Film Archives of the Philippines (NFAP) and occupies the building where Instituto de Cervantes used
CineKasimanwa Tr3s showcases Visayan cinema; here are the schedules
Primed to surmount the international stage of filmmaking,[inlinetweet prefix=”@FilmPoliceRevs: ” tweeter=”null” suffix=”null”]Western Visayas’ CineKasimanwa Tr3s gathers the largest number of short films for a local festival[/inlinetweet]. Slated from December 8 to 13, the festival will screen almost 100 short films made by the filmmakers in the region. Celebrating its third
C1 Originals 2015 Awards Night: ‘Manang Biring’, ‘Dayang Asu’ win big
Cinema One Originals is nearing to a close yet cinephiles remain restless. Miguel Gomes‘ latest, the three-parter Arabian Nights, are playing in parts tonight, tomorrow and on Tuesday night (see the full schedule here). Lots of screenings of competition films to those who need to catch up, too. Rest, as the saying goes, is
Cinema One Originals 2015 announces lineup
Rest is for the wicked, so as QCIFF is hushing to a close, Cinema One Originals (“C1Origs” to the hipper club) is at work building momentum in time for its opening night on November 8. They just released their lineup for this year’s edition of the fest. Some reason(s) to excite
Cinemalaya films screen at ‘Once Upon A Time in Boracay’ event
How dreamlike is it to watch great films with, the song of the sea calming your thoughts as you uncomplainingly seek for your place on a carpet floor covering the white sand of, let’s be real, actual human beings in very minimal clothes sat on the white sand beach of Boracay? I can only
Cine Colombiano 2015 runs at Instituto Cervantes on Sept
Instituto Cervantes and the Embassy of Colombia present the film cycle entitled “Cine colombiano”, a series of recent Colombian films. The movies will be screened on the Saturdays of September at the Instituto Cervantes, the cultural arm of the Embassy of Spain, in Kalaw Street, Ermita. The cycle will kick-off
Restored ‘Insiang’ returns to 53rd New York Film Festival
Having premiered in the Classics section of the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, before making its way to the World Premieres Film Festival Philippines, the newly restored version of Lino Brocka’s classic “Insiang” now returns to the 53rd New York Film Festival. The film will be featured in the
