Get the chance to get up close and personal with your favorite artists! Take a selfie, jam, and dance along with top celebrities as the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP) 2019 launches the PPP3 Grand Fancon at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay on August 31, 2019 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM.

Filipina Actress Bea Alonzo was one of eight actors who received the “Asian Stars Up Next Award” at the 4th International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) during the festival’s closing ceremony on Tuesday, December 10. 

The month of June will be celebrated with the colors of the rainbow as up FDCP’s Cine Lokal celebrates diversity and pride for the LGBT month with various award-winning films from different local Film Festivals entitled: “PelikuLAYA sa Cine Lokal: An LGBT Film Festival” in partnership with different LGBTQIA+ organizations.

A restoration of the 1982 French-Filipino film Cinq et la peau (Five and the Skin) starring Gloria Diaz, Bembol Roco, Philip Salvador and Joel Lamangan will be screened at Cannes Classics in the 71st Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2018. The whole film was entirely shot in the Philippines and was featured in the Cannes' Un Certain Regard 36 years ago.

Raymund Ribay Gutierrez’s debut feature film Verdict has claimed the NETPAC Award at this year’s Hainan Island International Film Festival. It was one of three Filipino films that screened at the 2nd HIIFF, alongside Brillante Mendoza’s Mindanao and Grace Simbulan’s documentary A is for Agustin.

Five (5) Filipino films will be featured at the 21st Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, Italy happening from April 26 to May 4, 2019.

Placing importance on Filipino documentary films and its impact on not just Philippine cinema but in society, theFilm Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), through the SineSaysay Documentary Film Lab and Showcase announced its documentary film finalists during a Press Conference last May 7, 2018 in Quezon City.

Filipino film director and editor Carlo Francisco Manatad’s first feature film project Whether the Weather is Fine (Kun Maupay Man It Panahon) received financing from Aide aux cinémas du monde (France’s World Cinema Support) and Institut Français worth 130,000 euros.

The Society of Philippine Entertainment Editors’ 2nd EDDYS (Entertainment Editors’ Choice) will screen two best film nominees during the two-day workshops of the Film Development of the Philippines (FDCP). TBA’s Birdshot and T-Rex Entertainment’s Deadma Walking will unreel on May 26 and 27 at the Cinematheque Center Manila of FDCP.

Cine Argentino on its 5th year is bringing Argentine cinematic experience once again at Shangri-La Plaza with its newly opened RED CARPET from 14 to 18 of August 2019. Focusing on contemporary film mixture of comedy, drama, mystery, and romance, the festival is set to continue the remarkable 4 years of providing quality Argentine movies.