Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes' SONATA screens in Iloilo city

Art affects life and life affects art, as one of the best Filipino films in recent years will have a screening here in Iloilo once again, as Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes' "Sonata" will be shown at the FDCP Cinematheque from January 26 to February 1, 2015, with screenings scheduled 3:30 and 5:30 PM on the weekdays, and 1:30 and 3:30 PM on Saturday and Sunday. The FDCP Cinematheque is located at the B&C Square Bldg., Solis St., Iloilo City (near BPI Iznart, East West Bank Iznart, and Landbank Iznart). Admission is at P100. [hit the jump to continue]

Language Festival at the FDCP Cinematheque this Week

The Film Development Council of the Philippines, the West Visayas State University, Center for Foreign Languages in collaboration with Alliance Francais de Manille, Goethe Institut, Japan Foundation, Peoples Republic of China Embassy in Cebu, Korean Cultural Center, Spanish Embassy in Manila and the FDCP Cinematheque Iloilo present the Language Festival 2014 from September 2 to 7, 2014. 13 films from 6 countries France, Germany, Korea, Spain, Japan and China will be screened this week. The FDCP Cinematheque is located at B&C Square Bldg., Iznart-Solis Street (near BPI Iznart), Iloilo City. Admission is Free. [hit the jump to continue]

Cine Verde at the Cinematheque this Week

The Film Development council of the Philippines' World Premieres Film Festival continues this week at the Iloilo Cinematheque with the Cine Verde films which highlight environmental awareness. Film entries in this section deal with particular concerns on the protection and restoration of the natural environment, pollution control and protection of plant and animal diversity. This week's film fest will run August 26 to 31, 2014. The FDCP Cinematheque is located at B&C Square Bldg., Iznart-Solis Street (near BPI Iznart), Iloilo City. Admission is Free. [hit the jump to continue]

Georgian Films Roadshow this weekend at the FDCP Cinematheque

For three days, the FDCP Cinematheque will be featuring the Georgian Films Roadshow, a handful of beautiful films from Georgia. The festival will run from August 22 Friday till August 24 Sunday. The films will be composed of two feature length films and three short films. Admission is Free! Check it out this week at the FDCP Cinematheque, Solis Street, Iloilo City. [hit the jump to check out short details and screening skeds]

Search for Weng Weng to be Screened in Iloilo August 7

To those who had remembered how it was with Philippine cinema in the 70's and early 80's, there was a 2-feet, 9-inch tall action star named Weng Weng, a fascinating actor that was so one-of-a-kind, that decades later his existence and his involvement with Philippine cinema would be a story that audiences across the globe would pay attention to. "The Search for Weng Weng" is an intriguing documentary from Australian filmmaker Andrew Leavold that chronicles Weng Weng's tale, and it will have a screening this Thursday August 7, 2014 at the FDCP Cinematheque. Director Andrew Leavold and Producer Daniel Palisa will be in attendance, and willl have a Q and A after the screening. [hit the jump to continue]

World Premieres Filmfest Continues at the Cinematheque this Week

Film Development Council of the Philippines' Iloilo Cinematheque continues this week its celebration of the First World Premieres Film Festival with the screening of these additional movies from the festival... [hit the jump to continue]

World Premieres Filmfest at the Cinematheque this Week

In connection with the First World Premieres Film Festival by the Film Development Council of the Philippines, the Iloilo Cinematheque will also be screening world festival films this week [hit the jump to continue]

Chinese Film Festival 2014 at the FDCP Cinematheque this week

This week, the Film Development Council of the Philippines in cooperation with The Cultural Office of the Embassy of the Peoples Republic of China, brings us the 2014 Chinese Film Festival. This year's films feature some interesting films, some of them are martial arts packed with Donnie Yen, yes, the star of Ip Man himself. We also get to see an epic action comedy produced by and stars Jackie Chan, and a drama movie which has Jet Li in the lead; an all-drama Jet Li movie, I bet youre curious now. Especially that admission for this festival is Free. Check it out this week at the FDCP Cinematheque, Solis Street, Iloilo City. [hit the jump to check out short details and screening skeds]

Inquirer's Indie Bravo! Festival Shorts to be screened at the Cinematheque

The Philippine Daily Inquirer’s "Indie Bravo!" Film Festival which is a festival of Independent Pinoy films comes to Iloilo, as Indie Bravo movies get to be screened , at the FDCP Cinematheque, B & C Building, Solis Street, Iloilo City this June 13, 14, and 15 (Friday to Sunday), screening time - 1:30 PM. Admission is FREE! [hit the jump to check out the list of films and the screening skeds]

ON THE JOB to be screened at the Cinematheque this week

Erik Matti's "On The Job" (OTJ), which is perhaps one of the most important Filipino movies in recent times, will be shown in Iloilo City this week (only from June 10, 2014 to June 15, 2014), at the FDCP Cinematheque, B & C Building, Solis Street, Iloilo City. Admission is at 100 pesos only. [hit the jump to continue]

“Ilo-ilo” to be screened in Iloilo this week

The highly acclaimed and multi-awarded Singaporean drama film entitled "Ilo-ilo" will be shown in Iloilo City this week (only from April 29, 2014 to May 4, 2014), at the FDCP Cinematheque, B & C Building, Solis Street, Iloilo City. [hit the jump to continue]

Spanish Films to be shown at the FDCP Cinematheque

The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and Instituto Cervantes, in cooperation with the Spanish Embassy and the Film Archives of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), present “Directoras Españolas” (Spanish Female directors), a series of Spanish films to be shown during the month of March at FDCP Cinematheques around the Philippines. [hit the jump to continue]

Media / Art Kitchen to be screened at Cinematheque Iloilo

In commemoration of the 40th year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation, The Japan Foundation in collaboration with the Film Development Council of the Philippines proudly presents MEDIA/ART KITCHEN: REALITY DISTORTION FIELD, Japan-ASEAN Single Channel Screening here in Iloilo City.

Extending the concept of the “Media/Art Kitchen” project, this selection of single channel works from the seven participating countries are divided into 3 thematic programs that showcase experimental films and videos. This event will be held at the FDCP Cinematheque IloIlo City, B and C Square corner Iznart and Solis St., IloIlo City. Schedules are set on November 16 – 17, 2013 (3:30-5:30PM). [hit the jump to continue]

Chinese Film Festival to be held at the Iloilo Cinematheque

The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) through the Film Cultural Exchange Program (FCEP), and in cooperation with Cultural Office of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China, is proud to present a number of films from China to be screened at FDCP Cinematheque Iloilo, with their Chinese Film Festival. The films that will be presented are "Forever Enthralled" (2008), "The Founding of a Republic" (2009), "Aftershock" (2010), "Confucius" (2010), and "Lost on Journey" (2010). [hit the jump to continue]

The Cine Europa Festival 16 in Iloilo City held this Week

The FDCP's Cine Europa is actually on its sixteenth year. But while this festival has since been centered in Metro Manila theaters, this year it extends its scope to Baguio City, Davao City, Cagayan De Oro, Cebu City and to Iloilo City. Cine Europa is FDCP's festival which hopes to get more Filipinos to watch European films, not only do we Filipinos get to be shared cinematic works of art from Europe, but the event also strengthens the bonds between Filipinos and members of the European Union, as well as Europeans who reside here in the Philippines.

Here in Iloilo, the festival is held at the FDCP's Cinematheque Iloilo from September 24 to September 29, 2013. The festival formally kicked off this evening at the Cinematheque with the German film "Almanya: Willkommen in Deutschland" (Almanya: Welcome to Germany). The Cine Europa is jampacked with various wonderful films from various countries in Europe. Check out the screening skeds of these movies after the jump... 

THE ACT OF KILLING to be Screened in Iloilo

In commemoration of this year's International Day of the Disappeared, the Save Luisa and Nilo Movement (SLNM) will be screening the documentary film THE ACT OF KILLING.  This controversial yet critically acclaimed documentary by Joshua Oppenheimer is about members of a death squad who were responsible for genocidal killings in Sumatra, Indonesia during Suharto’s time. In 1965, around half to 2.5 million people died in Indonesia in a genocide directed at "communists". In the film, the director made his subjects, the perpetrators themselves, reenact their crimes complete with pro

This will be held on August 31, 2013 Saturday 3:30 PM at the FDCP Cinematheque Iloilo, Solis Street, Iloilo City. This event hopes to encourage deep and meaningful discussions about impunity and propaganda that engenders human rights violations such as enforced disappearance. It is in collaboration with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP)

The event is Free Admission which is courtesy of Final Cut for Real. There will be a discussion after the movie where viewers can share their reactions.
sthetics they themselves made. As such, the film becomes very telling about how the murderers feel about their acts of violence, years after it happened. By making them retell their version of the story by acting it out, the film transgresses genre and ethical conventions based on distinctions between subjectivity and objectivity, fact or fiction. Of course, the murderers exaggerate and embellish their own stories, obvious “lies that make us see the truth”, as Picasso once said about art in general.

Very Rare Classics and Period Films Grace Cinematheque this June

Classic Period Films grace this June's movie list for the Iloilo Cinematheque

Among the list included are Nick Joaquin's "A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino" directed by Lamberto Avellana. This 1965 classic black and white movie received six Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award nominations, including a FAMAS Best Picture nomination. It is based on the literary play of the same title written in English by Filipino National Artist for Literature and one of the Philippine’s best postwar author, poet, and playwright Nick Joaquin. It was described as Joaquin’s “most popular play”, as the "most important Filipino play in English", and as “probably the best-known Filipino play” Apart from being regarded also as the “national play of the Philippines” because of its popularity, it also became one of the important reads in English classes in the Philippines. [READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE AFTER THE JUMP]

Animation Fest at the Cinematheque this Week

THIS WEEK at the Cinematheque Iloilo, Filipino Animated movies will be showcased in their GRAND ANIMATION FEST which runs APRIL 24 to MAY 2, 2013. The Features will include...

1. URDUJA (2008)
Urduja is a 2008 animated film adaptation of the legend of the warrior princess Urduja of Pangasinan. It is the first of two locally produced animated films. Voices of Regine Velasquez, Cesar Montano, Eddie Garcia, Michael V. and Jay Manalo.

2. KAPITAN TORPE (2011)
Kapitan Torpe is the code name of a reluctant superhero who fights crime and helps the oppressed. He is very unlike his alter ego, Manuel, a production assistant working under a dictatorial director whose only reason for not quitting his job is because he is in love with Mikki, the director’s assistant. As he is thrust deeper and deeper into the world of crime fighting, Miguel realizes that it is easier to be brave in the face of oppression than it is in the face of true love.
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South African Documentaries at the Cinematheque Iloilo this week

THIS WEEK AT Cinematheque Iloilo presents, SOUTH AFRICAN DOCUMENTARIES.
These include
1. SEA POINT DAYS
2. BORN INTO STRUGGLE
3. LUNGILE - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE LAND
4. COURTING JUSTICE
5. THE LIFE OF NELSON MANDELA
6. THE MOTHER'S HOUSE

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screenings are from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM

ADMISSION IS FREE

The Cinematheque is located at B and C Square corner Iznart and Solis Street Iloilo City
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