Filipino Film Updates

the audience yearns for filipino representation in animation

First look at Dolly de Leon as detective Sofia Gonzalez in new Apple TV series ‘MAXIMUM PLEASURE GUARANTEED’. Premiering May 20.

PH Cinema 2025 🇵🇭 (including festivals): - 'Sunshine' - 'Magellan' - 'Only We Know' - 'Some Nights I Feel Like Walking' - 'Call Me Mother' - 'Cinemartyrs' - 'Open Endings' - 'Habang Nilalamon ng Hydra ang Kasaysayan' - 'Quezon' - 'Dreamboi' - 'Lakambini' - 'Manila's Finest'

Can we talk about how Southeast Asian cinema has so many incredible films that deserve so much more recognition

Adult animated short ‘THE LOVERS’ will premiere at the 2026 Annecy festival. It follows Sara, a reluctant seafood chef from Binondo, Manila, who begins a dangerous affair with a sirena while struggling to save her family’s failing restaurant.

FILIPIÑANA by Rafael Manuel has been acquired by Kino Lorber for North American release later this year.