The 15th edition of the country’s biggest independent film festival with ten (10) full length and ten (10) short films that takes the spotlight. Since 2005, Cinemalaya has continued to discover, encourage and support the cinematic works of upcoming and veteran Filipino makers who boldly articulate and freely interpret the Philippine experience with fresh insight and artistic integrity.
Celebrating 15 years of independent Filipino movies , These balloons symbolize how they travel to other realms of the imagination.
A free-to-the public screening of Lav Diaz’s “Ang Hupa” has been officially selected as the opening film for this year’s Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival.The closing film is “Mina Anud” by Cebuano filmmaker Kerwin Go to be shown at 9 p.m. on August 10.
Official run of the regular showing of films at the CCP venues will start on August 3- August 11, Simultaneous runs in mall-based commercial cinemas nationwide and microcinemas in Metro Manila will start on August 7 until August 13. The Cinemalaya Awards night will be held on August 11, 2019, at 7pm, at the Tanghalang NicanorAbelardo (CCP Main Theater). (Report by Daisy Liezel Cuison)
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