HOOQ, the largest video-on-demand service in Southeast Asia, announced that it has added director Erik Matti to the judging panel of its recently formed HOOQ Filmmakers Guild competition in an event held at the B Hotel in Quezon City on July 3, 2017.
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The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), with the support of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) of the Department of Tourism (DOT), will present the 3rd Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Festival (AOVICF) at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater) from July 20 to 23, 2017.
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The Philippine Ballet Theatre (PBT) will mount La Bayadère (The Temple Dancer) at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater) on July 15 at 3 and 8 p.m. and July 16 at 3 p.m.
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By Alvin I. Dacanay The Philippines’ acknowledged superstar Nora Aunor and two members of her family received Gawad Urian nominations last week from respected film critics’ group Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (MPP), which revealed that the top winners of various film festivals here and overseas dominated its list of nominees for 2016.
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Award-winning directors Lav Diaz and Brillante Ma. Mendoza are among the 774 international film artists and executives invited to become members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas), the American film organization that holds the Academy Awards, it was learned last week.
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The Japan Foundation Manila (JFM) is celebrating the second decade of Eigasai by showing this month 20 diverse features, most of which—including an Academy Award winner for best foreign-language film—will be screened at the Shangri-La Plaza’s Shang Cineplex in Mandaluyong City from July 7 to 16, 2017.
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This Wednesday, the 13th Virgin Labfest (VLF) will begin its three-week run, and like in previous years, theatergoers in and outside of Metro Manila shall flock to the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) to watch many of Philippine theater’s finest talents try to bring a dozen untried, untested, and unstaged one-act plays to captivating life in a time of …
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Almost a year after it premiered to great acclaim at the 12th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, Eduardo Roy Jr.’s Pamilya Ordinaryo (Ordinary Family) will be screened in SM theaters from July 7 to 13, 2017 as part of the Film Development Council of the Philippines’ (FDCP) Cine Lokal program.
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To commemorate the Philippine High School for the Arts’ (PHSA) history and legacy of art education for the Filipino youth, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), in cooperation with the PHSA and the PHSA Ibarang Alumni Association, will present a multidisciplinary production, titled PHSA@40: Ibarang Alumni at the Forefront of Arts Education, at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little …
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Filipino pianist Dr. Hiyas A. Hila plays with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) under the baton of Maestro Yoshikazu Fukumura at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater) on June 11, 2017, at 4 p.m.
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