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Can Philippine Cinema Have Another Golden Age?

Can Philippine Cinema Have Another Golden Age?

The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is looking back at one of the richest periods in local movie history as it marks the Philippine Film Industry Month (PFIM) this coming September. Carrying the theme “Pelikula: Ginintuang Ikalawa,” PFIM 2026 celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Second Golden Age of Philippine Cinema.

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Published at 2026-08-26 by Dimitri Mostrey

Categories : Arts, Culture, Entertainment

Tags: Cinema, Manila, Quezon City, filmmaking, industry

US-based Pinay Cinematographer on the Important Role of DoPs

US-based Pinay Cinematographer on the Important Role of DoPs

Some seem to think that cinematography is just about operating a camera. They’re not wrong. But this important aspect of filmmaking goes beyond that as United States-based Filipino cinematographer Bettina Campomanes pointed out.

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Published at 2024-01-21 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Entertainment, Technology

Tags: Cinema, filmmaking

PH to Allow ‘Barbie’ Movie Despite Chinese Map Controversy

PH to Allow ‘Barbie’ Movie Despite Chinese Map Controversy

The Philippines Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) says it will allow the new “Barbie” movie to be released in theaters in the country after reviewing a controversial scene that features a map that critics say depicts China’s claimed territory in the South China Sea.

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Published at 2023-07-13 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Politics

Tags: China, Cinema

The Horrifying Mystery of Manila's Haunted Cinema

The Horrifying Mystery of Manila's Haunted Cinema

The Manila Film Center was built to host the 1982 Manila International Film Festival, housing a 360-degree theatre, film laboratory, and film archive center. What began as the ambitious vision of First Lady Imelda Marcos, envisioning that the Philippines was destined to become the “Cannes of Asia,” it is now one of Manila’s most haunted buildings—and a symbol of the atrocities under the Marcos regime.

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Published at 2018-02-04 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : History, Mythology & folklore

Tags: Cinema, mystery

How Cinematheque Centre Manila Helps Us Understand Filipino Film Culture

How Cinematheque Centre Manila Helps Us Understand Filipino Film Culture

Philippine cinema is a story of glory, demise and rebirth. During the 1950s and early 1960s, it was among the leading film industries in Asia, releasing hundreds of films in a period known as its First Golden Age. The Second Golden Age, in the ’70s and early ’80s, was defined by a new breed of directors. This outstanding film heritage is now being honoured and preserved in Cinematheque Centre Manila.

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Published at 2018-02-04 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Entertainment

Tags: Cinema, Cinema

How Cinematheque Centre Manila Helps Us Understand Filipino Film Culture

How Cinematheque Centre Manila Helps Us Understand Filipino Film Culture

Philippine cinema is a story of glory, demise and rebirth. During the 1950s and early 1960s, it was among the leading film industries in Asia, releasing hundreds of films in a period known as its First Golden Age. The Second Golden Age, in the ’70s and early ’80s, was defined by a new breed of directors. This outstanding film heritage is now being honoured and preserved in Cinematheque Centre Manila.

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Published at 2018-02-04 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Entertainment

Tags: Cinema, Cinema

History of Philippine Cinema

History of Philippine Cinema

Long before the coming of cinema in the Philippines, theater originated in the culture of the country’s early societies. Their theatron was on the ground within the community. The ritual practitioners in their dance-dramas used imitative dances to propitiate the supernatural powers that were believed to control forces to regulate the seasons and elements; to ensure the earth’s fertility; and to grant the tribe success in hunting and warfare.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Documentary, History

Tags: Cinema, Theater, Theater