Philippine Cinema has been integral to the Filipino experience since the first local production was shown in 1919 — over 100 years ago. Through the…
One of the priorities of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is to empower Filipino documentary films and provide filmmakers and…
Like with the rest of the government agencies in the country and around the world, the Film Development Council of the Philippines’ planned projects…
On June 7, 2020, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III,…
As we end the month of June, I want to dedicate this column to my agency. June is doubly special to me because there are two significant occasions…
The film and audiovisual (AV) industry in the Philippines, while classified as a non-essential business sector, has been integral in our daily life.…
By this time, Filipino films would have already made the rounds in international film festivals and our filmmakers would have participated in film…
Lights, camera, action! Good take! Cut! That’s a wrap! These were words we thought we wouldn’t hear echoing across production sets any time soon,…
The audio-visual culture and industry have always been ingrained in the Filipino experience, whether through the consumption of film or witnessing…
Regional Cinema is Philippine Cinema. I have maintained this mantra since the moment I stepped in as Chairman of the Film Development Council of the…
As we draw closer to the date of the lifting of the Enhanced Community Quarantine in the National Capital Region, the local audio-visual industry is…
With each new day in this coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis comes the latest government action plan or private sector project that aims to…
It started with the Taal Volcano eruption, when the ashfall made people stay put for safety. Then came the rising number of coronavirus disease 2019…
As the number of confirmed coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases rises each day, it was no wonder that the President announced the extension of the…
The Filipino Audio-Visual (AV) industry was one of the first casualties and the most terribly hit by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic due…
The Filipino film industry is supposed to have its banner year this 2020 with the ongoing Sine Sandaan or Philippine Cinema Centennial celebration.…
Almost 10 months ago, I had one of the biggest surprises of my life when The Manila Times Chairman Emeritus Dr. Dante A. Ang offered to me this…
