50 Asian Film Festival you must follow (Update)

We present three new Asian film festivals that will be included in our list.

CineFilipino Film Festival - Awards 2016

We present the list of winners of the CineFilipino Film Festival 2016.

Singkuwento International Film Festival – Awards 2016

We present the list of winners of the 5th Singkuwento International Film Festival that took place from February 19th until the 27th, in the city of Manila (Philippines).

The Hong Kong International Film Festival will screen the winners of the Berlinale 2016

The organizers of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) announced that the winners of the Berlinale 2016 will be present on this year programme.

10th Asian Film Awards – Nominees 2016

We present the list of nominees for the 10th Asian Film Awards.

█████ ██████ ████ ████████ – Awards 2015

We present the winners of the 41th █████ ██████ ████ ████████ that takes place from December 25th until January 7th 2016.

QCinema International Film Festival – Winners 2015

We present the winners of the QCinema International Film Festival.

1st Argentine Film Festival in the Philippines

For the first time there will be an Argentine Film Festival in the city of Manila, here some information about this awesome event.

Cebu International Film Festival – Winners 2015

We present the winners of the Cebu International Film Festival (CIFF) that took place in the city of Cebu from 15-21th of August.

Cebu International Documentary Film Festival – Winners 2015

We present the winners of the Cebu International Documentary Film Festivals (CIDFF) 2015, held from 15 – 21th of August in the City of Cebu (Philippines).

The Cinemalaya Film Festival announced changes for 2015 & 2016

Last month the organizers of the Philippine Independent Film Festival – Cinemalaya announced structural changes for the 2015 & 2016 edition.

3rd Cebu International Documentary Film Festival – Films

With only a few days away from the 3rd Cebu International Documentary Film Festival we take a look at the films presented for this edition.

3rd Cebú International Documentary Film Festival

We are glad to present the Cebú International Documentary Film Festival (CIDFF). This event will take place from August 25th to 30th (2014) in the Philippines.

Cinemalaya – Winners 2014!

After 10 days of activities the Cinemalaya came to an end. These are the winners for this edition.

Cinemalaya 2014 – Films leaked to youtube!!

Some hours ago the Cinemalaya Foundation have release a short press communiqué on their Facebook account saying that there has been a major film leak by one of their technical personnel. Apparently one intern of the festival had uploaded the films to her Youtube account. Very quickly the account was taken down and she is been questioned by the festival authorities.

Original Cinemalya Statement posted on Facebook

Piracy is a huge problem to the industry and its worst for Film Festivals. People don’t have a clear view of how much work every person in the festival put. If they knew they would never do something like this. As a Film Festival organizer myself I can only say that this only damages the festival credibility. It’s a real pity that this happened as the festival celebrated their 10th edition.

I will try to keep my readers inform about further news.

Sebastián Nadilo

Cinemalaya 2014

We are glad to announce that the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival has started. This event will take place in Manila (Philippines) until the August 10th.

Help the Hayain (Yolanda) Victims in The Philippines - #HelpThePhilippines

I want to announce with this press release that I will stop all of Film Focus publications for 2013. The events of last Friday on Philippine soil made me to make this drastic measure. Explaining what and how I am link to the Philippines is right now superfluous and not relevant so I don’t want to deviate from the main objective of this entry.

First of all, I would like to express my deepest condolences to those who lost family members, friends, neighbors, and co-workers due to Typhoon Haiyan.

As its worldwide knows Typhoon Haiyan swept thought the Philippines leaving behind thousands missing, millions of people displaced and an estimated death toll of hundreds of thousands. Several cities were completely destroyed and survivors wander thought the streets searching for water and food.

I don't know if there is anybody who can understand what is Filipino people through. The tragedy not only affected those who were directly affected but also brought worry and distress to the million of Filipinos who work in cities like Manila, because they have relatives and friends in the affected areas.

As it should happen in all natural disasters it’s extremely important that Nations put aside any hostility and try to help those in need. This is why I will release a list of places where we can help with donations. Little as they may be it would mean a lot for those who lost everything.

I want apologize the readers of the blog but I think right now it’s more important to share this information and put it in the front page. I want to thank the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in Buenos Aires for providing me with the information about where to donate. I want to send a big and affectionate hug to the entire Filipino people.

Thank you very much for your time. Magsama-sama, magpakatatag!

Sebastián Nadilo
(Writer and Editor of Film Focus)

1000 Bear Hugs

Aboitiz Foundatio

Ayala Fundation, Inc

Caritas FilipinasFoundation

Co-operativeDevelopment Foundation of Canada

Doctors WithoutBorders

Filipinos Worldwideheed call to action (Rappler List)

Philippine Red Cross

Save the Children

ShelterBox

UNHCR – The UN RefugeeAgency Philippines

UNICEF

US Philippines Society

(Disclaimer: This is a crowdsourced list. Please do your due diligence and ask before you give any money)