Filipino Film Updates

News on films from the Philippines and Filipinos around the world.

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Upcoming animation films from Filipino directors and studios:

• FORGOTTEN ISLAND (DreamWorks)
• HEXED (Disney)
• SUN CHASER (series, Toon City)
• ZSAZSA ZATURNNAH (Rocketsheep Studio)
• ELLA ARCANGEL: AWIT NG PANGIL AT KUKO (GMA Pic)
• THE LOVERS (short, Studio Heartbreak)

[mako 🇵🇭 FILIPINO PILLED !! @mako_asado]

the audience yearns for filipino representation in animation

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New trailer for the 4K restoration of Lino Brocka's ‘MACHO DANCER’ has been released by Kani Releasing.

Trailer edited by Whammy Alcazaren.

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Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈

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Dolly de Leon as detective Sofia Gonzales in ‘MAXIMUM PLEASURE GUARANTEED’.

Now streaming on Apple TV.

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First look at Dolly de Leon as detective Sofia Gonzalez in new Apple TV series ‘MAXIMUM PLEASURE GUARANTEED’.

Premiering May 20.

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@watchdotph Me with my contribution

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@ayelsj37559 So ang takeaway ko sa tweet mo ay Filipinos got influential classics pero meron ring critically acclaimed new gems… I say RANGE!!

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So true. Look at this joint slay from Lino Brocka and Mike de Leon, for starters

[✧˖ @colditioner]

Can we talk about how Southeast Asian cinema has so many incredible films that deserve so much more recognition

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🎬 Manila in the Claws of Light
Edit: bxyedits / TT

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On this day in 2016, Jaclyn Jose became the first and only Southeast Asian to win the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival.

She won the award for her role in Brillante Mendoza's ‘MA' ROSA’.

[Studio Heartbreak @studioheartbrk]

hii! please look forward to this project. After festivals, we will be putting it up on Youtube, full resolution for free, so that everyone will be able to enjoy it!

if you are interested in our other projects, I'm also making a sci-fi series at @achan_png 😆!

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Adult animated short ‘THE LOVERS’ will premiere at the 2026 Annecy festival.

It follows Sara, a reluctant seafood chef from Binondo, Manila, who begins a dangerous affair with a sirena while struggling to save her family’s failing restaurant.

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The Film Academy of the Philippines is set to bring back a revamped Luna Awards this year.

The academy will replace its old three-body system with a broader voting model mirroring international academies, potentially opening the door for FYC-style campaigning.

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Happy International Museum day!

🎥 ALONE/TOGETHER (2019)

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Judy Ann Santos, Jeanne Balibar and Stacy Martin to star in new Brillante Mendoza political drama ‘AID’.

It follows an NGO worker protecting Aeta children who becomes entangled in the machinery of international humanitarian aid.

(https://t.co/AeWO6jc2cw)

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Film executives used Jo Koy's ‘EASTER SUNDAY’ as "evidence" that Filipino stories don't sell in Western media after its underwhelming box office.

This was according to Vonne Patiag in an ABC Australia interview, who says he encountered this in later pitch meetings.

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Newly restored ‘WEIGHED BUT FOUND WANTING’ by Lino Brocka will be screened at the Il Cinema Ritrovato film festival in Bologna, Italy this June.

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Fire & Ice acquires international sales rights to Phil Giordano's sports drama ‘BILYARISTA’ at the Cannes Marché du Film.

Starring Loisa Andalio and John Arcilla, it follows a young woman navigating Manila’s dangerous underground billiard circuit.

(https://t.co/AYuLCqLuXJ)

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‘FILIPIÑANA’ by Rafael Manuel has been acquired by BFI Distribution for U.K. and Ireland release.

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FILIPIÑANA by Rafael Manuel has been acquired by Kino Lorber for North American release later this year.