Main prize-winners at Cannes Film Festival
Prize-winners at Sunday’s 66th Cannes Film Festival:
Benito Bautista’s “Harana” won the Audience Award for Documentary at the Center for Asian American Media Film Festival (formerly known as San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival) held in San Francisco, California, last week. The news was relayed to Inquirer by editor Chuck Gutierrez of Voyage Studios, who worked on the film. Gutierrez [...]
Rubber-faced comic Jim Carrey returned to the big screen in fan-pleasing form Friday by way of the opening feature of the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival.
Finalists in this year’s Cinemalaya festival, as announced Thursday: (Directors’ Showcase) Cesar Evangelista’s “Amor y Muerte,” Jeffrey Jeturian’s “Extra,” Gil M. Portes’ “The Liars,” Jerrold Tarog’s “Sana Dati,” Adolfo Alix Jr.’s “Porno”; (New Breed) Mikhail Red’s “Rekorder,” Emmanuel Palo’s “David F,” Christopher Ad. Castillo’s “Diplomat Hotel,” Eduardo Roy Jr.’s “Quick Change,” Richard S. Legaspi’s “Primera Bella,” Joseph Israel Laban’s “Siyam,” Jason Paul C. Laxamana’s “Babagwa,”; Hannah Espia’s “Transit,” Carlo Obispo’s “Purok 7,” Alvin B. Yapan’s “Debosyon.”
About 150 local movies were shown last year, but many of them were screened “only” in film festivals. Cinemalaya, still the country’s premier indie showcase, has become more accessible, because of its satellite screenings at Greenbelt and TriNoma.
MANILA, Philippines — This year’s finalists of the Cinemalaya filmfest are: Directors’ Showcase: Cesar Evangelista’s “Amor y Muerte”; Jeffrey Jeturian’s “Extra”; Gil M. Portes’ “The Liars”; Jerrold Tarog’s “Sana Dati”; and Adolfo Alix Jr.’s “Porno”. New Breed: Mikhail Red’s “Rekorder”; Emmanuel Palo’s “David F”; Christopher Ad. Castillo’s “Diplomat Hotel”; Eduardo Roy Jr.’s “Quick Change”; Richard [...]
A North Korean romantic comedy about a female coalminer who dreams of becoming a trapeze artist was given a rare screening before a South Korean audience on Wednesday.
The film “The Master” kept viewers spellbound at the Venice festival on Saturday with Philip Seymour Hoffman playing a charismatic leader loosely based on Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
Apart from competing at the Busan fest in Korea in October, Vincent Sandoval’s “Aparisyon” will premiere in two other fests. It will have its North American premiere at the Vancouver fest and its US premiere at the Hawaii fest, both in October. Topbilled by Fides Cuyugan-Asensio, Jodi Sta. Maria, Raquel Villavicencio and Mylene [...]
Auraeus Solito’s “Busong” will be screened on Sept. 27 during the National Geographic All Roads Film Festival at the NG headquarters in Washington, D.C. Katie Lombardo, a festival staff, describes the film as “ephemeral… tells a brilliant story and is visually appealing [but] the visual qualities never overpower the human element.” An entry at [...]
Since Quezon City promotes itself as the “City of Stars,” why not have its own film festival? In support of aspiring filmmakers, the Quezon City government has created a commission in charge of launching a film festival which hopes to inspire especially young cinematic talents.
The 65th Cannes Film Festival opened on Wednesday with a gala premiere of Wes Anderson’s teen elopement fantasy “Moonrise Kingdom.”
