filipino filmmakers

“Lingua Franca”, the latest movie of actress-writer-director Isabel Sandoval about a trans Filipina domestic worker searching for love in Brooklyn, is one of three films by Fil-Am filmmakers competing at the Bentonville Film Festival....Read More

Filmmaker Isabel Sandoval’s movie “Lingua Franca” was one of the movies celebrated at Frameline Film Festival’s pride showcase this past weekend. Born and raised in Cebu, the writer-director-actress graduated summa cum laude in college and pursued...

Like many creative talents, Michele Josue found herself in a contradictory situation during the pandemic. The Emmy award-winning filmmaker is the executive producer and director of the Netflix documentary “Happy Jail,” about the dancing inmates of...

Island culture, island justice, and island spirituality — the beating heart of WGN America’s Almost Paradise. Manny chats with filmmaker Dean Devlin, whose new show makes history as the first American TV show to be shot...

Quezon’s Game is the extraordinary true story of how former Philippine President Manuel Quezon, played by Raymond Bagatsing, risked everything to rescue more than 1,200 Jews from the Nazi regime. The film received a Texas-sized welcome...

LOS ANGELES — It’s a remarkable story of survival and heroism that not many people knew about — and now the story that took place decades ago — is hitting U.S. theaters this week. Quezon’s Game,...

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...

LOS ANGELES — As more and more developments are popping up all over Historic Filipinotown, the entertainment industry has taken notice, and is starting to move in. Visionary filmmaker and Hollywood powerhouse Ava Duvernay, the force...

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...

San Diego, CA — A warm San Diego summer night was filled with the smells of Filipino food, the colors of the Philippine flag, and the captivating visuals of short films presented by young Filipino American...