Cinemalaya 2013 will be July 26 to August 4, 2013

On its ninth year, the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival will once again grace the silver screens, at least in Metro Manila anyway. Cinemalaya 2013 will be held this July 26 to August 4, 2013 at the Greenbelt, Trinoma, and the Alabang Town Center Cinemas.

A total of 122 entries were submitted for the New Breed category but they were trimmed down to ten finalists. For the Directors Showcase category, 18 scripts were submitted but only five entries will compete in this year’s film festival. The selected finalists in the New Breed and Directors Showcase categories each received a seed grant of P500,000 to finance the production of their films.

[check out the list of entries and other details over at cinemalaya.org]