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FILIPINO FILM NEWS & UPDATES

MMFF 2023: The full list of entries

MMFF unveils a different selection of films for this year’s mainline festival.
Staff Picks: ‘Pangarap ng Puso’

Mario O’Hara’s largely overlooked masterpiece, ‘Pangarap ng Puso,’ adds to our list of Unreel staff picks.
The full list of Gawad Urian 2023 nominees

The Manunuri unveils the full list of this year’s Gawad Urian nominees.
Staff Picks: ‘Pa-Siyam’

Erik Matti’s 2004 horror film (his best horror to date!) is our film rec to those looking for a good scare this Halloween.

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Kerwin Go translates a tragic true story into a frenetic comedy caper without losing the tragedy.

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Biyernes Santo

Vivamax’s Holy Week presentation is a bloated and incoherent occult horror lost in its existential ideas about religion and idolatry.

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Anino

In Raymond Red’s acclaimed short film, the city of Manila has a head full of ghosts.

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Alone/Together

LizQuen graduates in Antoinette Jadaone’s drama about the pressures of the modern age.

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Ang Mga Kaibigan ni Mama Susan

The elements that made Bob Ong’s eponymous novella horrific get lost in Chito S. Roño’s pompous and flashy adaptation.

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Third World Romance

Dwein Baltazar’s new film is a thoughtful and endearing tribute to romantic love in a country that is punishingly out of order.

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Nocebo

Lorcan Finnegan’s cathartic fable about capitalist parasitism is vivid, anguished, and nightmarish.

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Ngayon Kaya

Prime Cruz and Jen Chaunsu depict an interesting portrait of unrequited romance through music, nostalgia, and dreams.

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