“On The Job: The Missing 8” starring John Arcilla, Dennis Trillo, and Dante Rivero has been selected as the Philippines’ official entry to the 95th annual Academy Awards next year.
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Filipino directors, actors win major awards at Asian Film Festival in Italy
Filipino filmmakers and actors together won four major awards at the 19th edition of the Asian Film Festival held in Rome, Italy.
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Cultural Center of the Philippines resumes live stage shows with Filipino Excellence series
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) has resumed its live theater shows with the WAGI! Filipino Excellence series celebrating recent wins by Pinoys: in the Nobel Prize in Norway, at the Tokyo Olympics, and in the Venice Film Festival.
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Filipino director Erik Matti’s “On The Job” sequel selected to compete in Venice
Filipino director Erik Matti’s new film, “On The Job: The Missing 8,” will have its worldwide premiere as a competing entry at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in Italy from September 1 to September 11, 2021.
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Erik Matti brings Philippine horror tales to new season of HBO Asia’s Folklore
Filipino filmmaker Erik Matti is bringing the taste of Philippine horror tales to the second season of HBO Asia’s Original horror anthology series, Folklore.
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Filipino Erik Matti wins Best Director at inaugural Content Asia Awards
Filipino filmmaker Erik Matti has again raised the Philippine colors after competing with Asia’s best and winning Best Director at the inaugural Content Asia Awards.
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Island of Dreams’ Erik Matti, Angeli Bayani get Content Asia Awards nods
The Island of Dreams’ director Erik Matti and actress Angeli Bayani have both received nominations from the Content Asia Awards.
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Top 10 Entertainment Stories that Captured Filipino Hearts in 2019
Filipinos are natural-born artists. It is no wonder countless Pinoys excel in different arts-related fields anywhere in the world. World class Filipino talents in filmmaking, music, animation, and performing arts made news headlines and captured the world’s attention. Thanks to our tireless and dynamic artists and cultural worker, who share their time and talent, the […]
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Filipino Filmmaker Erik Matti to direct an HBO originals episode
Award-winning writer and director Erik Matti, known for the groundbreaking films BuyBust (2018), Honor Thy Father (2015), and On the Job (2013) will direct an episode of “Food Lore,” an original production of HBO Asia. The show is an eight-part anthology series focused on Asian cuisine, created by Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo, the showrunner of […]
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Philippine cinema centerstage in New York’s MoMA
Contemporary Philippine cinema is getting the spotlight at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) of New York in June.
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New York Asian Film Fest to honor John Lloyd Cruz
Popular Filipino actor John Lloyd Cruz has been honored as an Asian Star at the 15 th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) Awards.
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