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All The Philippines articles
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NewsFilipino project ‘What’s Left of Us’ wins Focus Asia award in Udine
The project is directed by Tyrone Acierto and produced by Wilfredo Manalang of Venice Critics’ Week winner ‘Don’t Cry Butterfly’.
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NewsSoutheast Asia VOD revenue grows 14% to $1.8bn led by Netflix
Warner Bros. Discovery-owed Max makes strong debut in the region.
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NewsCannes Critics’ Week Next Step Programme selects eight international directors
The workshop to help them prepare theri first feature is taking place in Normandy and Paris from Dec 8-13.
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Features“It’s been a joy:” Four project teams look back on a year at TorinoFilmLab
Filmmakers from Greece, Ireland, the Philippines and Portugal reveal how TFL has taken their projects ot the next step.
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News‘Red One’ tops North American box office on $32.1m, ‘Hello, Love, Again’ scores record opening for Filipino film
Heretic crosses $20m, Anora hits $10m.
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NewsDaniel Hui, Martika Ramirez Escobar among Purin Pictures autumn 2024 grant selection
Two projects from Malaysia about legendary filmmaker P Ramlee also selected.
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Reviews‘Motherland’: Busan Review
Brillante Ma Mendoza’s police thriller is inspired by a 2015 bloodbath in Mindanao
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Reviews‘Phantosmia’: Venice Review
Lav Diaz explores the legacy of harm and the power of late-life redemption in his latest meditative work
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NewsDiversion picks up sales on Lav Diaz’s Venice title ‘Phantosmia’ (exclusive)
The feature marks the eighth time on the Lido for the Filipino filmmaker.
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NewsIndonesian martial arts star Yayan Ruhian joins Pedring Lopez’s Korean action film ‘Ji’
The upcoming feature will be produced by the Philippines’ Black Ops and Singapore’s Very Tay.
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NewsMartial arts horror ‘Blood Passage’ boarded for sales (exclusive)
It is the first project of the recent co-production deal struck between Philippines’ Blackops Studios Asia and Singapore’s Very Tay Media.
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NewsChina’s Parallax boards LGBTQ+ film ‘Some Nights I Feel Like Walking’ (exclusive)
Further titles include ‘All Quiet At Sunrise’ and Zhang Guoli’s ‘Strangers When We Meet’.
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NewsFilipino projects dominate Purin Pictures spring 2024 selection
Includes upcoming features from Mario Cornejo, Arvin Belarmino, Joanne Cesario and Joseph Mangat.
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News‘First Light’, starring Ruby Ruiz, starts shooting in the Philippines for Independent Entertainment
It is the debut feature from Filipino-Australian artist James J. Robinson.
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NewsFilipino doc director Ramona S Diaz on why she will release ‘And So It Begins’ herself at home
Diaz has tangled with the ruling Marcos family before, with the former first lady trying to prevent the release of ‘Imedia’ in 2003.
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Reviews‘And So It Begins’: Thessaloniki Review
Ramona S Diaz follows Philippines presidential hopeful Leni Robredo in the run-up to the country’s 2022 elections
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NewsBeatles in Manila drama among projects selected for sixth Full Circle Lab Philippines (exclusive)
Eleven film projects will take part in the Southeast Asian project and talent development programme.
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NewsMagnify, Film4 launch ‘Filipiñana’ ahead of spring shoot (exclusive)
The film is adapted from Rafael Manuel’s Berlin prize-winning short film.
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NewsHAF adds 15 work-in-progress projects to expanded HKIFF Project Market
Filmmakers include Chang Tso-Chi, Lav Diaz, Mark Gill, Midi Z, Tan Chui Mui, and Yang Chao.
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NewsFilipino projects lead Purin Pictures autumn 2023 fund recipients
The projects will receive a combined $140,000 in production and post-production grants.