MANILA, PHILIPPINES, JUNE 10, 2022 — This year’s PeliKULAYa International LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, organized by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and co-presented by TBA Studios, officially kicks off with the Philippine theatrical premiere of Isabel Sandoval’s award-winning and critically-acclaimed film Lingua Franca on June 10 in Cinematheque Centres across the Philippines for only PHP 200.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, JUNE 8, 2022 — The Manila Times College of Subic (TMTCS) in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) will be holding a series of in-person workshops on basic filmmaking through the FDCP  Film School open to senior high school and college students from TMTCS as well as interested college students from Subic and its surrounding cities. The series will run all Saturdays and Sundays between June 11 to July 2, 2022 and will be held at the TMTCS campus in Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Olongapo City.  

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, JUNE 8, 2022 — The Film Development Council of the Philippines and the Department of Health (DOH) have partnered to launch the Healthy Pilipinas Short Film Festival (HPSFF) with the aim of promoting a healthier country, happening this June 24, 2022 at Shangri-La Plaza Red Carpet, Ortigas. Online screenings will also follow and will run from June 25 to 26, 2022. The Festival was presented by the FDCP and DOH to the members of the press during a virtual meet-up last June 7, 2022. 

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, JUNE 8, 2022 — The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is celebrating Pride Month this June with PeliKULAYa: International LGBTQIA+ Film Festival in a hybrid format from June 10 to 26.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, JUNE 7, 2022 — CreatePHFilms, the Film Development Council of the Philippines’ (FDCP) national funding program for Filipino film projects, announced its nineteen (19) film project recipients of a total of 4.6 million pesos worth of grants for this year’s first cycle. The announcement was made during the 20th Anniversary celebration of the Agency at Amrak Comedy Restobar in Quezon City earlier today.

The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), led by Chairperson and CEO Liza Dino, officially introduced its easy-to-use online streaming platform, the FDCP Channel, to international agents, distributors, and guests present at the SG-PH Pavilion last May 24, 2022 during its Networking Hour at the 75th Cannes Film Festival and Marche du Film in France.

Film project In My Mother’s Skin, a co-production between Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan directed by Filipino director Kenneth Lim Dagatan and stars Filipina actress Beauty Gonzalez set to start filming this coming June 2022.