MANILA, PHILIPPINES, JUNE 4, 2021 — A total of 18,222 audiovisual materials from the Presidential Broadcast Staff – Radio Television Malacañang or RTVM were formally handed over to the Philippine Film Archive (PFA) of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in a ceremony held last Thursday, June 2 at the Cinematheque Centre Manila. The event was attended by the FDCP staff and RTVM management committee, and Research and Archive employees.

Two reigning Miss Universe Philippines queens made the already sterling performance of the Philippine delegation even more sparkling with their presence at the PH-SG Pavilion in the Marché du Film 2022 in Cannes, France last May 28, 2022.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MAY 26, 2022 — In line with the celebration of the National Heritage Month, the Philippine Film Archive (PFA) of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is holding free film screenings of classic Filipino films online and onsite in SM Cinema movie theaters, the Metropolitan Theater, and FDCP Cinematheque centres from May 20 to 30. 

CANNES, FRANCE — National film agencies Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and the Singapore Film Commission (SFC) celebrated their continued partnership and cooperation at the Philippine-Singapore Reception last May 21, 2022 at the 75th Cannes Film Festival and Marche du Film. 

CANNES, FRANCE, MAY 23, 2022 — During its hosting of the Philippine-Singapore Pavilion at the 75th Cannes Film Festival and Marche du Film, the FilmPhilippines Office (FPO) of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) announced six recipients of its FilmPhilippines Incentives Program First Cycle of 2022 who will be receiving over PHP 42 M (approx. 803,000 USD) worth of production funding. The announcement came during the Daily Networking Hour hosted by the Agency where it officially launched FilmPhilippines. 

CANNES, FRANCE, MAY 23, 2022 — For its third year, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) introduced five Filipino film producers at the Cannes Film Festival and Marche du Film’s Cannes Producers Network as a Spotlight Country during the CPN Breakfast Meeting last May 23 in the Plage De Palmes Lerins. Producers E Del Mundo, Joyce Bernal, Pamela Reyes, Cecilia Mejia, and Carlo Valenzona comprised this year’s Spotlight producers. 

CANNES, FRANCE, MAY 23, 2022 — The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has announced its major partnerships for this year for Spotlight Philippines with the Ji.hlava Documentary International Film Festival and the HollyShorts Film Festival. The announcement came during the Agency’s May 20 Daily Networking Hour at the ongoing 75th Cannes Film Festival and Marche du Film in Cannes, France at the Philippine-Singapore Pavilion.