“Itim” was the first film directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mike and the first film in which Charo played the lead role.
Filipinos can watch the digitally-restored version of the revered Filipino classic film "Itim" (The Rites of May) by Mike De Leon, which earned Charo Santos her first Best Actress award at the 1978 Asian Film Festival.This year's QCinema International Film Festival, which ...
Park Ji-min delivers a stunning debut in her portrayal of Freddie, a South Korean-born adoptee who's raised, in all ways, French.
The story in Return to Seoul (French: Retour à Séoul) talks of the existential burden that comes with being a foreigner to one’s own home, and by extension, to themselves. It follows Frédérique Benoît a.k.a Freddie (Park Ji-min), a 25-year-old French-raised foster ...
Elehiya showcases the late iconic actress Cherie Gil in her last screen performance.
QCinema’s main competition, Asian Next Wave, makes its much-awaited return in the festival’s special 10th edition, after an absence of two years.Focusing on emerging filmmakers from Southeast Asia and East Asia with less than three features, this year’s competition slate features seven new ...
On its 10th edition, slated from November 17 to 26, 2022, QCinema International Film Festival celebrates the classics anew. Newly restored versions of unforgettable films by two celebrated directors will be screened at the festival. Mike de Leon’s classic movies Itim (The Rites ...
It’s going hybrid in 2021 with theatrical screenings and online streaming.
If you’ve always dreamed of attending international festivals, the QCinema International Film Festival, with its stellar collection of local and international award-winning films, is the event of the year for film buffs. The recent reopening of cinemas came at a perfect time ...
He photocopied 43,000 frames and colored them with highlighters.
Writer and director Glenn Barit is one of the most promising young Filipino directors pushing the boundaries of filmmaking. His debut feature, Cleaners, is about a group of high school students during the schoolyear 2007 to 2008 assigned as the classroom cleaners ...
Khavn De La Cruz called QCinema out for changing his film’s rating “without due process.”
In an indignant Facebook post on Monday morning, filmmaker Khavn De La Cruz (who goes by just "Khavn") fired shots at the board of the Quezon City International Film Festival for changing the rating of his film, Balangiga: Howling Wilderness, from General ...
These full-length features are challengers in the QCinema Circle Competition
The annual Quezon City International Film Festival is kicking off this Friday, October 20, which means that there’s a bunch of great new films hitting theaters across the northern parts of Metro Manila.This year’s QCinema has competition categories (Circle, RainbowQC, Asian Next ...
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