Cinemalaya 2019 Select Feature: Malamaya Director: Danica Sta. Lucia and Leilani Chavez Cast:Enzo Pineda, Sunshine Cruz, Raymond Bagatsing, Bernadette Allyson Synopsis: A pessimistic uninspired middle-aged artist finds spark with a millennial photographer who leads her[...]

Cinemalaya 2019 Select Feature: Malamaya Director: Danica Sta. Lucia and Leilani Chavez Cast:Enzo Pineda, Sunshine Cruz, Raymond Bagatsing, Bernadette Allyson Synopsis: A pessimistic uninspired middle-aged artist finds spark with a millennial photographer who leads her[...]

Cinemalaya 2019 Select Feature: Malamaya Director: Danica Sta. Lucia and Leilani Chavez Cast:Enzo Pineda, Sunshine Cruz, Raymond Bagatsing, Bernadette Allyson Synopsis: A pessimistic uninspired middle-aged artist finds spark with a millennial photographer who leads her[...]

Premiere: Psst Bata, Gabi na Saán Ka Pupunta?  Director: Mel Magno Synopsis: Four kids were brought together by fate and misfortune to survive the jungle of humanity filled with vultures and predators. Will they survive[...]

Cinema for P75:  I Survived A Zombie Holocaust Sept 11|Wednesday|4:00 PM Sept 12|Thursday|5:00 PM Sept 14 |Saturday|5:00 PM Director: Guy Pigden Synopsis: Wesley (Harley Neville) couldn’t be happier- he has managed to land a job[...]

 The Queen of Spain Sept 2|Monday|5:00 PM Sept 7|Saturday|4:00 PM Sept 11|Wednesday|6:30 PM Sept 16|Monday|2:00 PM Sept 18|Wednesday|4:00 PM Year: 2016 Director: Fernando Trueba Cast: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Neus Asens Synopsis: Nearly twenty years[...]

Nightmare Cinema Directors: Joe Dante, Mick Garris, David Slade, Ryuhei Kitamura, Alejandro Brugués Synopsis: Five strangers watch their deepest and darkest fears play out before them in an abandoned theater as the Projectionist preys upon[...]

CIRCA Sept 17| Tuesday|2, 4 & 6:00 PM Sept 18|Wednesday| 6:30 PM Director: Adolf Alix Jr Synopsis: :Doña Atang, a once-celebrated film producer from the earlier years of Filipino cinema, celebrates her one-hundredth birthday. Her[...]

CIRCA Sept 17| Tuesday|2, 4 & 6:00 PM Sept 18|Wednesday| 6:30 PM Director: Adolf Alix Jr Synopsis: :Doña Atang, a once-celebrated film producer from the earlier years of Filipino cinema, celebrates her one-hundredth birthday. Her[...]

CIRCA Sept 17| Tuesday|2, 4 & 6:00 PM Sept 18|Wednesday| 6:30 PM Director: Adolf Alix Jr Synopsis: :Doña Atang, a once-celebrated film producer from the earlier years of Filipino cinema, celebrates her one-hundredth birthday. Her[...]

The Forgiven Year: 2017 Director:Roland Joffé Synopsis: After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption. Watch traler here:

 The Queen of Spain Sept 2|Monday|5:00 PM Sept 7|Saturday|4:00 PM Sept 11|Wednesday|6:30 PM Sept 16|Monday|2:00 PM Sept 18|Wednesday|4:00 PM Year: 2016 Director: Fernando Trueba Cast: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Neus Asens Synopsis: Nearly twenty years[...]

CIRCA Sept 17| Tuesday|2, 4 & 6:00 PM Sept 18|Wednesday| 6:30 PM Director: Adolf Alix Jr Synopsis: :Doña Atang, a once-celebrated film producer from the earlier years of Filipino cinema, celebrates her one-hundredth birthday. Her[...]

Family History Septr5|Thursday|5:30 PM Sept 6|Friday|4:00 PM Sept7|Saturday|2:00 & 6:30 PM Sept 9 |Monday|4:00 PM Sept 10|Tuesday|6:30 pM Sept 19|Thursday|2:00 & 4:30 PM Sept 27|Friday|4:00 PM & 6:30 PM Director: Michael V. Year: 2019 Cast:[...]

Family History Septr5|Thursday|5:30 PM Sept 6|Friday|4:00 PM Sept7|Saturday|2:00 & 6:30 PM Sept 9 |Monday|4:00 PM Sept 10|Tuesday|6:30 pM Sept 19|Thursday|2:00 & 4:30 PM Sept 27|Friday|4:00 PM & 6:30 PM Director: Michael V. Year: 2019 Cast:[...]

KO in cooperation with UP FIlm Institute, Across Asia Film Festival, and RCW Foundation, Inc., presents 19-KOPONG-KOPONG This Is Not A Silent Film Fest By Khavn 1920s Avant-Garde Silent Short Films with a Live Experimental[...]

Sept 20|Friday|8:30 AM Portraits of Mosquito The dark days of Philippines’ history under dictator Ferdinand Marcos was also the dark days in the history of Philippine Press. The State controlled the media. Those critical of[...]

1081 This one-hour documentary by Kara David seeks to educate the younger generation about what transpired during the Martial Law era. Various personalities such as military men, human rights victims, politicians, and journalists in the[...]

Liway Sept 20|Friday|2:00 PM Directed by: Kip Oebanda TRT: 1hr and 40 min Written by: Kip Oebanda, Zig Dulay Starring: Glaiza de Castro, Dominic Roco, Kenken Nuyad Synopsis: Dakip is a little boy who lives[...]

Active Vista: On The President’s Order by James Jones and Olivier Synopsis: A searing, on-the-ground look at President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly campaign against drug dealers and suspected drug users in the Philippines, told with unprecedented[...]

Nightmare Cinema Directors: Joe Dante, Mick Garris, David Slade, Ryuhei Kitamura, Alejandro Brugués Synopsis: Five strangers watch their deepest and darkest fears play out before them in an abandoned theater as the Projectionist preys upon[...]

The Forgiven Year: 2017 Director:Roland Joffé Synopsis: After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption. Watch traler here:

JOWABLE Director: Darryl Yap Synopsis: A Darryl Yap Short Film Have you ever questioned God, why the hell you’re still single? When every sign leads to the fact that you are lovable? Have you asked[...]

Active Vista: Ang Hupa Director : Lav Diaz Synopsis: Madmen control Manila in 2034 after massive volcanic eruptions have plunged Southeast Asia into darkness. Watch trailer here:

Active Vista: Give Up Tomorrow Director: Michael Collins Synopsis: Watch t railer here:

Active Vista: The Cleaners Synopsis: A look at the shadowy underworld of the Internet where questionable content is removed. Directors: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck Watch trailer here:

Call Her Ganda Sept 24|Tuesday|7:00 PM Year: 2018 Director: PJ Raval TRT: 1hr & 30 min Synopsis: When a transgender Filipina woman is found dead in a motel room and the leading suspect is a[...]

Active Vista: Last Exit to Kai Tak Director: Matthew Torne Synopsis: Five Hong Kongers come to realise that life is the sum of all their choices. Watch trailer here:

In partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines, the UP Film Institute‘s Pelikula Lektura resumes this September with award-winning filmmaker and former UPFI director Sari Dalena as she delivers a lecture spotlighting on[...]

Cinemalaya 2019: with Cineastes Studio: Pan de Salawal Sept 25|Wednesday|4:00 & 6:30 PM Sept 26|Thursday|2:00 & 4:00 PM Sept 27|Friday|2:00 PM Director: Che Espiritu Synopsis: A special little homeless girl (Aguy) travels about the Philippines[...]