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Emilia Clarke kicks off Sundance as film fest returns

Andrew Marszal, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 20 07:37 PM

'Game of Thrones' star Emilia Clarke kicked off the first in-person Sundance festival in three years, as indie filmmakers and Hollywood stars pulled on their snow boots and headed back to the mountains of Utah. Read more »

Filipino-made short films win big in Vancouver festival

Rowena Papasin | TFC News Vancouver
Updated as of Nov 20 09:05 AM

Two Filipino Canadian entries won first and third place in a recent indie short film festival in Vancouver. Read more »

Cinemalaya cancels online screenings of 2022 entries

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 07:19 PM

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the Cinemalaya Foundation Inc. have decided to cancel the online screening of the 2022 entries, originally scheduled for this month. Read more »

Review: Why 'Baseball Player' is Cinemalaya's best film

Fred Hawson
Posted at Aug 17 11:05 AM

In 'The Baseball Player,' writer-director Carlo Obispo told an affecting story of Muslim children growing up in the traumatic shadow cast by a civil war of indefinite duration. Read more »

FDCP grants P1M to each member of Cinemalaya Class of 2023

Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 12:11 PM

Film Development Council of the Philippines Chairman and actor Tirso Cruz III announced on Sunday that the organization will give P1 million each to the 10 filmmakers constituting Cinemalaya’s class of 2023 to help fund their projects. Read more »

Cinemalaya 2022 winners

Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 05:03 AM

After 2 years, the Philippines’ pioneer independent film festival was finally able to find its way back to the theater of CCP. Read more »

QCinema partners with KTX for hybrid festival

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 02:18 PM

Just like last year and with the coronavirus pandemic still far from over, QCinema International Film Festival will have yet another hybrid style starting late November. Read more »

‘Beauty Queen’, ‘An Sadit na Planeta’ win big in Cinemalaya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 04:42 PM

"Beauty Queen," a story of a young woman during World War II in the Philippines, topped the 17th edition of Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, winning the Best Film award on Thursday. Read more »

These indie films are too cool to be forgotten | Get Reel with Andrew Paredes

ANCX
Updated as of Aug 02 06:56 AM

In its 15 year history, CinemaOne Originals has come up with its own unforgettable, provocative gems. Read more »

Cinemalaya film fest in August postponed due to COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 09:34 PM

The 2020 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival in August, one of the largest film festivals in the country, has been postponed as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »