PeliKULAYa 2022 dispatches: Short film competition

In its third year, Pelikulaya, the international LGBTQIA+ film festival organized by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), holds a hybrid format. Coinciding with the Pride Month celebration, the festival offers a slate of local arthouse films and internationally acclaimed titles, such as Ishmael Bernal’s Manila by Night,

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PELÍCULA Spanish Film Festival at Ayala Malls Cinemas’ Greenbelt 3 Now Playing until October 15

Currently on screen until October 15, PELÍCULA-PELIKULA, the biggest Spanish film festival in Asia, will be featuring the best of contemporary Spanish cinema at the Greenbelt 3 Cinemas, Makati. Presented by Instituto Cervantes, the Embassy of Spain-AECID, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and Ayala Cinemas, the 16th edition of

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Filipino filmmakers to get travel assistance from FDCP

Yeshua listens. [dropcap size=big]V[/dropcap]ia Inquirer.net, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (F.D.C.P.) has announced a travel assistance program that promises a standardized incentive scheme for filmmakers who require financial aid to attend international, outside-the-country film festivals that their films are competing in. The timing of this news—while doubtless welcome—to me,

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