BenildeFilm alumna’s short film competes in Iraq filmfest
Papa’s Shadows, a short film written and directed by De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde film alumna Shallah Montero, will vie for top awards at the Slemani International Film Festival in Iraq from October 1 to 7. The film tells the story of
Your guide to this year’s KOMIKET
The Filipino Komiks Art Market (KOMIKET) will launch its biggest event of the year from October 14 to 15 at Centris Elements, EDSA corner Quezon Avenue, Quezon City. Over 450 komiks creators, illustrators and writers, ready to share their newest works, will be
Ballet Philippines reintroduces internationally acclaimed classics this October
Ballet Philippines, the country’s premier ballet and contemporary dance company, performs The Exemplars: Amada and Other Dances as internationally acclaimed classics take the stage from October 20 to 22 at the CCP Main Theater and on October 25 at the Globe Auditorium, Maybank Theater, BGC
2nd German Film Week kicks off Sept. 27
The second German Film Week opened last September 27 with the Philippine premiere of “My Brother Simple” (Simpel, 2017) at the SM Mall of Asia Cinema 4. German filmmaker Markus Goller, whom the Goethe-Institut flew in especially for the occasion, gamely answered questions
Instituto Cervantes commemorates 80th year of Picasso’s Guernica
Instituto Cervantes, the cultural center of the Embassy of Spain, in collaboration with the Film Development Council of the Philippines and Ayala Museum, has programmed a film series and an art lecture associated with Picasso‘s famous painting Guernica and the historical period when
Pinoy actors win in New York
Pamilya Ordinaryo (Ordinary People) stars Hasmine Killip and Ronwaldo Martin bagged the Best Actress and Best Actor awards, respectively, for their roles as a teenage couple at the 2017 Harlem International Film Festival in New York. The festival ran from May 4 to
Pinoy films haul 6 awards in Malaysia
Filipino filmmaker Luisito “Louie” Ignacio and actress Ai-Ai delas Alas won Best Director and Best Actress, respectively, for their film “Area” while four other Filipinos also bagged awards in the third ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards at the Pullman Hotel in Kuching,
Books, roses abound at Día del Libro
In celebration of Día del Libro or the International Book Day, Instituto Cervantes, the cultural arm of the Embassy of Spain, will once again be abuzz with cultural and fun activities on April 22, Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Ayala Triangle Gardens. Thousands
UP Gawad Plaridel 2017 issues last call for nominations
The University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) is still accepting nominations for the annual UP Gawad Plaridel which recognizes Filipino media practitioners who have excelled in any of the media (print, radio, film, television and new media) and have
FEU DepComm team tops PMC online video tilt
A group of communication students from Far Eastern University (FEU) – Manila recently won the grand prize in the Pinoy Media Congress (PMC) online video competition organized by the ABS-CBN Corporation and the Philippine Association of Communication Educators Foundation, Inc. (PACE). Jannine Ancheta