With Journey’s dynamic Arnel Pineda, local celebrities such as Joel Torre, Ronnie Lazaro, John Arcilla, Luis Alandy, Rustica Carpio, Mon Confiado, Ynez Veneracion, Ketchup Eusebio, Che Ramos, Ana Capri and film legends Paul Schrader, Eddie Romero, Lav Diaz and Kidlat Tahimik present at the 11th Cinemanila Awards Night, it was a true congregation of Global Cinema at its best. And with a fresh batch of Digital Lokal, Young Cinema & SEA Short local filmmakers breaking out in the film scene, there definitely won’t be any shortage of high-quality Philippine Cinema in the future.

PROJECT TROPICAL STORM
At the eve of September 23, 2009, the deadliest storm to ever hit Metro Manila in history was forming to the northwest of Palau. With a deceptively slow start, Typhoon Ondoy began to intensify and by September 26 2009, a state of calamity was announced throughout Luzon with Typhoon Ondoy bringing more than [...]

Closing the curtain to the upcoming 11th Cinemanila International Film Festival is the much-anticipated Himpapawid (Manila Skies) from award-winning independent filmmaker Raymond Red.  Himpapawid, Red’s most recent film, is the closing film of the 2009 edition of the festival, which ...

The 11th Cinemanila International Film Festival winners are: MAIN COMPETITION Best Actor Alfredo Castro in Tony Manero (Chile/Brazil) Best Actress Tsilla Chelton in Pandora's Box (Peru/Spain) Grand Jury Prize Tulpan by Sergey Dvortsevoy  (Germany/Kazakhstan/Switzerland/Russia/Poland) Lino Brocka Grand Prize Hunger by Steve ...