4th QCinema International Film Festival in 4 venues | October 13-22, 2016

With this year’s theme, “One City for the World,” the 2016 QCinema International Film Festival (QCinema) continues its thrust as a world-class event through an interesting mix of new homegrown films and award-winning international movies.

QCinema will run from October 13 to 22, 2016. It will be held at four mall venues namely: Ayala Trinoma, Gateway Cinemas, Robinson’s Galleria, and UP Town Center. It will also hold special film forum series at the QCX, the new museum complex of the Quezon Memorial Circle.

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PELÍCULA Spanish Film Festival at Greenbelt 3 | October 5-16, 2016

PELÍCULA-PELIKULA, the Spanish Film Festival, will be featuring the best of contemporary Spanish cinema at the Greenbelt 3 cinemas from October 5 to 16, 2016. Presented by Instituto Cervantes, the Embassy of Spain, and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), the 2016 edition of the Spanish Film Festival will screen more than 20 films.

Bacolod City's Piaya Network showing nationwide via Cignal Cable Channel 56

Piaya Network, based in Bacolod City, was launched in a presscon held at Blue Leaf Filipinas at Aseana City in Parañaque on September 18, 2016. It was announced that the network will be shown not just within the Negros region but nationwide as well via Cignal Cable Channel 56 beginning October 1.

It is a television network airing on Sky Cable’s Channel 35 which was originally launched in August 2014.  Owned by Anthony Leo Aguirre and produced by ATP Productions, the network consists of various original TV programs and specializes in broadcast syndication all around Negros.

FILSCAP and Pioneer launch Songwriting Competition for College Students

This 2016, FILSCAP, the sole and official music copyright society in the Philippines, together with Pioneer, one of the top life and non-life insurance companies in the country, are proud to launch the FILSCAP Campus Caravan, a college songwriting talk that aims to guide aspiring musicians in the different aspects of songwriting. 

All-New "MacGyver" series on AXN Channel

Photo courtesy of AXN Networks Philippines

AXN has one ‘Gy’ to save the world this September with MacGyver, a dynamic re-imagining of the iconic hit television series that was hugely popular in the eighties. 

Set to premiere September 29, first and exclusively on AXN, this modern-day take is an action-adventure drama that features Angus “Mac” MacGyver who forms a clandestine organization within the U.S. government. Here MacGyver utilizes his extraordinary talent making inventive use of ordinary objects in a matter of minutes to decipher seemingly unsolvable problems.

IEF holds a Success seminar with best-selling author Francis Kong

IEF Inc. holds a seminar dubbed as "Success: Ignite - Empower - Flourish" to be given by most sought-after speaker and best-selling author Francis Kong on October 18, 2016 (2:00-4:00pm) at AFP Theater at De Jesus Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. Speakers also include Ace Gapuz and Eric Cruz.

2nd Danish Film Festival at Shang Cineplex | Sept 29-Oct 2, 2016

Following a successful first run of its festival and in celebrating seventy years of diplomatic relations between Denmark and the Philippines, the Embassy of Denmark in the Philippines presents its 2nd Danish Film Festival, beginning anew on September 29 to October 2, 2016 at the Shang Cineplex, Shangri-La Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong.

Philippine Residents Team wins Transcom Rugby Championship

The Philippine Residents Rugby team, a team mixed with the Philippine Volcanoes and the best local rugby players residing in the Philippines, came out with a big win over their rivals the Sabah Eagles on Sunday at Southern Plains, Calamba, Laguna.

LETHAL WEAPON TV series premieres September 2016 on Warner TV

The classic cop-duo Riggs and Murtaugh, of the buddy cop action franchise Lethal Weapon fame, will soon be on the small screen every week as Warner TV premieres Lethal Weapon the TV series, same day as the US, on Thursday, September 22 at 8:10pm.

Starring Clayne Crawford (Rectify) as the ex-Navy SEAL-turned-detective Martin Riggs and Emmy® nominee Damon Wayans (My Wife and Kids, In Living Color) as cautious, by-the-book cop Roger Murtaugh, Lethal Weapon is guaranteed to bring you non-stop laughs and edge-of-the-seat action.

"Lino Brocka" films in a mini-retrospective at Cinemateque Manila | September 20-25, 2016

“The filmmaker, like his fellow artists in different media, has now realized that the artist is also a public person. He does not work in isolation from society. Instead of working alone in his ivory tower he is a citizen of the slums, of the streets, of the battlefield if need be.” - Lino Brocka

This September 20th to 25th, 2016, in recalling the proclamation of Martial Law forty-four years ago, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) will be honoring one of our greatest filmmakers, artists, and social activists with “Lino Brocka: Citizen With a Movie Camera.”

German Film Festival at Glorietta and Trinoma Cinemas | September 21-27, 2016

Goethe-Institut Philippinen serves up an impressive feast of films for the 1st edition of the GERMAN FILM WEEK, encouraging audiences to cozy up to contemporary German cinema.

The GERMAN FILM WEEK opens with a star-studded thriller that is relevant and groundbreaking. The film, WHO AM I – No System Is Safe (WHO AM I – Kein System ist sicher), is the story of a gifted computer hacker and his group who gain popularity in the web community with their daring guerilla actions. Directed by Baranbo Odar, this German techno-thriller ranked no. 1 in the German cinema charts immediately after its release.

Tanghalang Pilipino presents "Pangarap sa Isang Gabi ng Gitnang Tag-Araw" at CCP | Sept 30-Oct 16, 2016

Tanghalang Pilipino ushers in its second production for the 30th season Transformance with the enchanting, Pangarap sa Isang Gabi ng Gitnang Tag-Araw at Tanghalang Huseng Batute (Studio Theater) of Cultural Center of the Philippines on September 30 to October 16, 2016.

Pangarap sa Isang Gabi ng Gitnang Tag-Araw, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic, A Midsummer Night’s Dream from Rolando Tinio’s Filipino translation, follows one of Shakespeare’s most popular works. The comedy centers on the events surrounding the marriage of Duke Theseus of Athens to the Amazon queen Hippolyta, and follows the stories of a band of fairies, a troupe of players and an Athenian love triangle between Hermia, her lover Lysander and suitor Demetrius.

1st TOFARM Songwriting Competition launched

After the very successful 1st TOFARM Film Festival comes a new competition to weave music about farmers, farming, agriculture and bountiful harvest. Universal Hervester Inc. launched the 1st TOFARM Songwriting Competition in a press conference last September 10 at EDSA Shangri-La Hotel. This competition is open to both amateur and professional composers.     

“The Beatles: Eight Days a Week” explores the Fab Four's early touring years

It was 50 years ago that the Beatles performed in their last ever public concert and now, a new film looks back at the early touring years.

The Beatles final live concert at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, Aug, 29, 1966. They ripped through Little Richard’s Long Tall Sally, as they had a thousand times before, then they were off. For the last time. The Beatles, the first band to make sports stadiums their stage were turning their backs on stadiums, stages and live audiences---forever. The crowd wasn’t told, nobody knew, maybe they didn’t quite know themselves but one thing they did know: they’d had enough of it. 

Rights Exchange Forum at the 37th Manila International Book Fair | September 15, 2016

On September 15, 2016, the National Book Development Board (NBDB), in partnership with the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), is hosting a one-day forum on Rights Exchange during the 37 th Manila International Book Fair in Meeting Rooms 5 & 6 at the SMX Convention Center.

The Rights Exchange Forum, which will run from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM, aims to spur business transactions between and among industry players. It will provide a venue for content creators to interact with prospective publishers, as well as for publishers looking to develop content and trade licenses.

Nick Joaquin Literary Awards 2016 winners and finalists announced

The Nick Joaquin Literary Awards of the Philippines Graphic magazine has announced its winners and finalists for 2016. Congratulations to Fiction winners Sarge Lacuesta, "Coral Cove" (First Prize), Kate Osias, "Silang" (Second Prize), and Celestine Marie Gaspar Trinidad, "Giving Lives" (Third Prize).

66th Palanca Awards for Literature: Full List of Winners (2016)

Photo courtesy of Peter C. Marquez, InterAksyon.com

Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards) recognized fifty-one (51) writers in an awards night held at The Peninsula Manila Hotel on September 2, 2016 (Friday).

On its 66th year, Palanca Awards received entries in 20 categories (minus the Novel and Nobela categories), which was judged by 57 respected writers, practitioners, and academics.

Fox Sports goes Full Throttle with new show for gearheads and car enthusiasts

FOX Sports features the best and latest in the automotive world on its new show, Full Throttle, to premiere on September 8, 2016. Gearheads and car enthusiasts of all levels can tune in to the network Thursdays at 9:30 PM for Fox Sports channel to catch the explosive launch of the channel’s newest automotive lifestyle show, presented by charismatic hosts Sam YG and Rhian Ramos.

Nabunturan Independent Film Exhibition at Compostela Valley | September 21-24, 2016

Nabunturan Independent Film Exhibition will be held at the Municipal Plaza, Nabunturan, Compostela Valley on September 21-24, 2016. There are 24 film entries chosen coming from the regions of Visayas and Mindanao.

Here are the twenty-four (24) official entries:

CineMet features Brillante Mendoza Exhibition at MET Museum | September 5 to October 1, 2016

Internationally-acclaimed Filipino director Brillante Mendoza will be featured in the first of a series of exhibitions lined up in the last quarter of the year to celebrate the Metropolitan Museum of Manila’s 40th anniversary. The exhibition will be on view from September 5 to October 1, 2016.

About The Exhibition

Brillante Mendoza: A Contemporary Filipino Filmmaker will showcase the full length films, documentaries and other productions like television commercials that have made Mendoza the celebrated filmmaker that he is today. This will be complemented by film posters and video production equipment that the director himself designed and utilized in his work. Curated by Prof. Leo Abaya, this exhibition is organized in partnership with SM and Center Stage Productions, with the support of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Epson Philippines, PowerMac Station, Max's Restaurant and Manny O Wines.