Limelight

Actor Robin Padilla filed before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) last Thursday charges of online defamation and online libel against one of the Internet users who criticized him after he posted on his Instagram account a photograph of a shaded ballot allegedly taken by him inside a polling precinct on May 9. 

Premier Apple reseller Power Mac Center formally ended its Pixelworkx Cinemansanas digital short film competition last Thursday by honoring 12 entries shot and edited using Apple devices as finalists, with two of these—one, about the coping power of the imagination; the other, an unusual portrait of Filipino millennials— coming out on top.

By Alvin I. Dacanay Four months after introducing its online-streaming service to Filipinos, Netflix said it’s open to showing movies and television shows from other countries, including the Philippines, and to collaborating with local directors and producers in creating original content for it. 

In celebration of May as National Heritage Month, the Cinematheque Centre Manila (CCM), in partnership with the National Film Archives of the Philippines, will screen several classic Filipino films that are regarded as some of the country’s best. 

Marvel fans are in for an exciting treat as Caltex with Techron gives them a chance to win passes for one of the most anticipated superhero prequels of the year: X-Men: Apocalypse.

by Alvin I. Dacanay Mabining Mandirigma, Tanghalang Pilipino’s (TP) musical on the final years and legacy of revolutionary patriot and statesman Apolinario Mabini that was noted for its use of steampunk elements and the casting of a female actor in the title role, towered over its competitors at the 8th Philstage (Philippine Legitimate Stage Artists Group) Gawad Buhay awards last …

Celebrated entertainer Willie Nepomuceno, or Willie Nep, is set to leave audiences breathless with laughter when he mocks our current batch of candidates for president in the “show that happens only once every six years”—titled this time as Pang^gulo ng Pilipinas—at the Music Museum on Saturday. 

Are you ready for another #HeleChallenge? 

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is inviting Filipino filmmakers to join the Ika-28 Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video (CCP Independent Film and Video Competition), better known as Gawad Alternatibo, at the CCP Tanghalang Manuel Conde (Dream Theater) from Aug. 6 to 8, 2016. 

Story and photo by Alvin I. Dacanay  Followers of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) can expect better films and a streamlined awards ceremony this year after its new, 14-member executive committee introduced sweeping changes to the festival, including a renewed focus on artistic excellence.