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For cinephiles, the Argentine film industry is considered to be one of the most successful in Latin America, known for the quality of its moving pictures. It’s the most awarded country for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film (now renamed to Best Ibero-American Film) at the Goya Awards, Spain’s version of the Academy Awards, with 18 wins and 28 nominations. Speaking of which, it’s also the first Latin American country that has won in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards with the 1985 post junta movie, The Official Film Story , directed by Luis Puenzo.   As it returns to Shangri-La Plaza  after a two-year hiatus, Cine Argentino  is screening five restored beloved films from the 1980s to the aughts at The Red Carpet  on November 18-21, 2022 .   Now on its sixth year, the film festival aims to show the evolution of modern Argentine cinema, the diversity and richness of its culture, and the unique yet relatable Argentine way of life.   A ...

The movie, "ML" has been carefully crafted to narrate the truth in the history. It tells the side of the story and the factors that made the time of Martial Law as a dark era of our nation. Without being bias or partisan, the narrative of the movie explains the weight and the participation of everyone regarding the current situation of our country.  

A young couple in the island of Guimaras faces the challenge of a forthcoming separation. Few days before Samuel leaves Aileen for a better job opportunity in a distant city, the latter, feeling immensely desperate, tries to stop him from leaving.

Two outstanding Filipino short films, ‘Divine XY’ and ‘The Lessons of the Night’, were honoured tonight at the ViddseeJuree Awards Philippines, an initiative that celebrates and supports filmmaker communities in Asia.

We interviewed Craig Gillespie, director of I, TONYA on the journey he went through to make this special “mockumentary” film about champion ice-skater Tonya Harding.

As the controversial Queen without a country, Kristina defied convention, challenged tradition, and changed the course of history.

Since its successful inauguration last March 2015, the first set of featured films have debuted in various international film festivals. “The exposure of the filmmakers in other countries brings pride and honor to Sinag Maynila and to the Filipino Filmmakers,” says Festival Director Brillante Mendoza. As we welcome the new year, the independent film festival Sinag Maynila already has a line-up of films to be premiered this April.

Romantic-comedy film "Always Be My Maybe" is top-billed by Gerald Anderson and Arci Muñoz. Helmed by award-winning director Dan Villegas, "Always Be My Maybe" is a post-Valentine movie of Star Cinema that will exhibit Gerald and Arci's maturity and romantic charm.

The 41st Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) awards night was finally reveal last December 27, 2015 at the KIA Theater, Araneta Center, Quezon City. Here is the full list of winners of MMFF 2015: Mainstream Category      Best Actress: Jennylyn Mercado (#WalangForever)     Best Actor: Jericho Rosales (#WalangForever)     Best Picture:  #WalangForever     2nd Best Picture: Buy Now, Die Later     3rd Best Picture: My Bebe Love: #KiligPaMore

Last Monday, June 10, 2013 was the last day of submission of scripts for the METRO MANILA FILM FESTIVAL 2013 and so shocks but happy to see the some of entries for MMFF beacuse no Enteng, Ina, Panday and Shake, Rattle and Roll Series. A quick look at the 15 shortlisted films that will be further narrowed down to eight by June 18 reveal that most of the films will be headlined by MMFF staples. 1. TORKY AND MY LITTLE BOSSING (Octo Arts / MZET /APT / Kris Aquino Production) — Vic Sotto and Kris Aquino 2. MY SUPER KAP (Imus Production) — Bong Revilla, Ogie Alcasid, and Toni Gonzaga 3. 10,000 HOURS (Phil Film Studio) — Robin Padilla 4. BE CAREFUL WITH MY HEART (ABS-CBN Productions Inc.) — Richard Yap and Jodi Sta. Maria 5. BOY, GIRL, BAKLA, TOMBOY (Viva Films and Star Cinema) — Vice Ganda and Maricel Soriano 6. KIMMY DORA Prequel (Spring Films) — Piolo Pascual and Eugene Domingo 7. EVERYBODY LOVES (Gung Ho Films Manila) — Maja Salvador, Jericho Rosales, Megan Young, and Jake Cuenca 8. SAN...

Sixteen years ago, a gigantic demon called Nine Tails was secretly released by an unknown ninja. The Nine Tails caused grave destruction to the village of Konohagakure. In order to save the village, Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki—who was the jinchuuriki at the time of the attack—sealed away the demon inside their new born son Naruto Uzumaki. This act cost them both their lives leaving Naruto alone to grow and survive in the ninja world. Though the demon has been sealed off, the town did not enjoy the peace for long when members of a dreaded shinobi group called the Akatsuki caused chaos in Konohagakure. Naruto managed to launch a counter-attack however, he wonders why these ninjas are alive when they were meant to have died. Naruto feels lonely of the thought that he doesn’t have any parents left to care for him and congratulate him on his success against the shinobi group. During that time, a masked man appears in Konoha where Naruto and Sakura are both attacked by the...