23rd PELÍCULA Spanish Film Festival: Here’s Your Last Chance!

As the 23rd PELÍCULA>PELIKULA Spanish Film Festival enters its final weekend, moviegoers are invited to catch the remaining films from October 11 to 13, 2024, at the Red Carpet Cinemas, Shangri-La Plaza. The Festival, which has celebrated Spanish and Latin American cinema over the week, will wrap up with a dynamic lineup of films, including the highly anticipated Audience Choice Awards on the final day.

Earlier this week, the Festival presented the Asian premiere of Benito Pérez Buñuel on October 8, 2024. The screening was followed by Q&A session moderated by Mapúa University professor and filmmaker Sheryl Andes, with the film’s producer Marta de Santa Ana and director Luis Roca. The documentary explores the life and influence of Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel and Spanish writer Benito Pérez Galdós, and the audience had the opportunity to dive into the creative process behind the film. The filmmakers shared their insights on Galdós and Buñuel's legacy and their passion for bringing this project to life.

Lights, Camera, Panalo: Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival introduces finalist directors

Left to right: Raynier Brizuela, Carlo Obispo, Sigrid Bernardo,
VJ Mendoza, Mina Cruz, Kurt Soberano, and Eugene Torres,
representing the full-length productions
participating in the Puregold CinePanalo.

Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival, the much-awaited event that is set to hail a new generation of outstanding Filipino films, officially introduced the recipients of its coveted film grants during a press conference held at the Artson Events Place, Quezon City. 

Attended by representatives from Puregold, the film directors, their respective producers, and other key members of their teams, the press conference highlighted Puregold’s primary objectives: to provide a platform for both well-known and emerging filmmakers, and to showcase narratives—collectively called Kuwentong Panalo—that can touch the heart and remind us of the indomitable Filipino spirit. 

Janine Gutierrez, Rae Red Headline Babae At Baril To Complete At 2019 QCinema International Film Festival

A Girl, a gun, and desperate times.

After being pushed to the edge most of her life, a girl discovers how mucj power owning a gun can give her and decides she's had enough of being the underdog.

CIGNAL ENTERTAINMENT, in partnership with EPICMEDIA, present BABAE AT BARIL, an official entru to the QCinema International Festival.

Janine Gutierrez stars as a salesladsy in a local department store. Her everyday life is composed of an exhausting communte home and a Manager who always seems to have something to say about her physical state. When she finally gets home, there's no one there but her roommate who couldn't care less about her.

All that is about to change when she finds a particular looking gun right on her doorstep. He life instantly changes as she feels she can do anything she wants, talk back to whomever she wants, and even hurt anyone she wants.

Get ready to experience moving stories at the CineFilipino Film Festival

CineFilipino Film Festival opens on March 15, runs from March 16 to 22.

Celebrating movies that best represent the ever-evolving Filipino cinema, the CineFilipino Film Festival, organized and led by Unitel Productions, in partnership with the MVP Group of Companies, offers cineastes with more moving stories and a more diverse mix of genres. The festival begins with the screening of sociopolitical drama/thriller “Whistleblower”, starring Nora Aunor and directed by Adolf Alix Jr., on March 15, 6:00 pm at Newport Cinema 4, Resorts World Manila. The film festival will run from March 16 to 22 in select cinemas in the metro* while the awards night will be held on March 19 at Teatrino Greenhills.