Filipino filmmaker

Sundance features film following Maria Ressa’s fight for truth and democracy By Jared Bray, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau SALT LAKE CITY — A film that follows a Philippine journalist’s fight for press freedom premiered at...

Raymund Ribay Gutierrez attended the Golden Globe Awards last weekend for the first time, bearing great news. He is now represented by a Hollywood agent, which he secured after winning the Orizzonti Special Jury Prize at...

TEMPE, AZ — The first Asian International Film Festival Arizona, or AIFFA, made its way to the blue carpet of the Pollack Theatre in Tempe with the theme, “Bridging the World Through Asian Cinemas.” A total of...

NEW YORK — A one minute video for peace — titled “Next to Me,” created by Filipino filmmaker Breech Asher Harani, won the JCS International Young Creatives Award at the 2019 International Emmys in New York...

LOS ANGELES — Recently, the Philippine consulate and the community art group, Puro Arte, brought art and history together in a series of events. On this night they held an artist talk with history expert Dr. Edson...

HAWAII — The Honolulu Museum of Art showcased its annual Filipino Film Festival at the Doris Duke Theater, celebrating over 100 years of original storytelling and cinema. Four independent films and two workshops featured this year...

HOLLYWOOD —  For the last week, the historic El Capitan theater in Los Angeles has a Pinoy “Spark.” Since October 1st, Disney has attached three Pixar SparkShorts to a special screening of the Halloween movie Hocus...

When it comes to telling to stories on Filipino culture, Benito Bautista has made a big mark with films such as Harana and Gift of the Barong. But the San Diego-based filmmaker, has shown some international-cross...

NEW YORK — A new Filipino-American film makes a groundbreaking screening at Robert de Niro’s Tribeca Film Festival. Lingua Franca is making its debut as the first American full-length feature film written, directed, and even starring...

The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, the country’s longest-running film festival presented by Visual Communications, celebrated Asian American pride and artistry in the entertainment sphere. Cinematagrafo’s “Yellow Rose,” starring Lea Salonga and Eva Noblezada, opened...