In this year’s first-ever online edition of the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP), the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) will be screening numerous films across 14 different sections. This variety of sections aims to display the diversity of Philippine Cinema and consists of the following: PPP Premium Selection, Classics, PH Oscar Entries, Tribute, Romance, Youth & Family, Genre, Bahaghari, PPP Retro, Documentaries, From the Regions, PPP Short Films, Special Screenings, and CineMarya. To introduce these films, we will be spotlighting various films screening at PPP4 throughout the festival’s run at the FDCP website.

It's official! The Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP)'s third year will be held this 2019 from September 13 to 19 which will mark the official celebration of the One Hundred Years of Philippine Cinema.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, OCTOBER 13, 2020 — Since its inception in 2002 by the Instituto Cervantes de Manila, the PELíCULA Spanish Film Festival has become a fixture in the community for screening and introducing Spanish and Latin American Cinema to the Philippines. In addition to these screenings, the festival also regularly holds several events, discussions, and workshops to showcase Spanish culture and further Filipino and Spanish cultural exchange.

A total of 14 sections, including a Lav Diaz special screening and a free short films showcase, comprise this year’s PPP online edition

The PPP4 is an FDCP-led omnibus project featuring titles from local film festivals like the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, QCinema International Film Festival, Cinema One Originals Film Festival, Sinag Maynila Film Festival, CineFilipino Film Festival, ToFarm Film Festival, and Metro Manila Film Festival as well as from various producers and regional film festivals, a PPP Retrospective, the Lab portion of the Sine Kabataan Short Film Competition, and the CineMarya Women’s Film Festival.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 — In order to help the Filipino film industry thrive locally and internationally amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) launched the CreatePHFilms Philippine Cinema funding program to provide funds for Filipino filmmakers in the development, production, and distribution of their films.