NCCA celebrates ingenuity and advocates inclusivity for NAM 2024

In honoring the artistic excellence and acclaiming the uniqueness and diversity of Filipino heritage and culture, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), led by its chairman Victorino Mapa Manalo, executive director Oscar G. Casaysay, and deputy executive directors Marichu Tellano and Bernan Joseph Corpuz, will spearhead the celebration of National Arts Month (NAM) 2024 this February by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 683 issued in 1991.

Bannering the theme “Ani ng Sining, Bayang Malikhain,” NAM 2024 aims to outline the notion that the bountiful harvest of a Filipino creative nation is derived from collective human imagination, not just individual aspirations. Bayang Malikhain signifies a Filipino society that places a high value on imagination, innovation, and artistic expression as integral components of our identity and progress. In Bayang Malikhain, artistic pursuits are honored as vital contributions to the nation's development and cultural richness.

Warner TV new series: Miracle Workers and Whiskey Cavalier

Fans of Hollywood’s finest are in for a treat with two new TV series coming soon on Warner TV, exclusive and express from the US. Whiskey Cavalier and Miracle Workers both have a star-studded cast from the likes of Harry Potter, Boardwalk Empire, Scandal and The Walking Dead.

Solar Pictures brings "Citizen Jake" in cinemas nationwide

CITIZEN JAKE is finally screening in Philippine cinemas nationwide beginning May 23, 2018. This was confirmed by director Mike de Leon himself after several meetings with Solar Pictures in the past few weeks. 

The Normal Heart beats at the PETA Theater Center | June 3-5, 2016

PETA Theater Center partners with The Necessary Theatre to present an award-winning play that has captured the hearts of its audiences - Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart. It will be on a limited engagement on June 3-5, 2016.

A largely autobiographical piece by playwright and activist Larry Kramer, The Normal Heart follows the story of Ned Weeks, a passionate writer in New York in the early 1980s, as he rallies for recognition and cure of an epidemic that was plaguing his community. The play was first staged off Broadway back in 1985 and opened in Broadway in 2011 receiving numerous Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Play.

Audition for upcoming indie films to shoot starting September 2015

Auditions will be conducted for an upcoming indie films by the makers of Mga Batang Kalakal, Sirkulo, Mga Bata sa Kalye Trese, Takore, and Our Home. Shooting will start in September 2015.

Audition: HINABING PAKPAK film | June 21, 2015

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Audition: Ato Bautista's MABALASIK | February 28, March 1-7, 2015

CASTING CALL for Ato Bautista's upcoming film Mabalasik.

Audition Dates will be held on Feb 28, March 1, and 7 (2PM - 6PM)

Please inquire and email your portfolio at mabalasikfilm@gmail.com

RTL CBS Entertainment's October 2014 Highlights: X-FACTOR UK Season 11, SCORPION, YOUNG HOLLYWOOD’S GREATEST

THE X-FACTOR UK Season 11

Sundays and Mondays As Live Via Satellite at 10:30am (9:30am JKT/BKK)

Primetime Encore at 9:00pm (8:00pm JKT/BKK)

Bootcamp’s over and the judges bring the contestants to their houses for more intensive auditions that’ll determine who gets to the next stage of the competition and perform on the live shows. The £1-million dream is getting closer to reality.

Eugene Domingo takes on a powerful role in Jun Lana's "Barber's Tales"

After the critically-acclaimed film Bwakaw comes another powerful suspense drama, Barber's Tales written and directed by Jun Robles Lana. Barber’s Tales is a period drama, structurally a narrative made up of tales from the barbershop, vignettes about Filipino rural life held together by themes that have personal resonance, including sexuality, identity and self-liberation.

Barber's Tales is an old screenplay that Direk Jun had been developing when it won in a national screenwriting competition in 1997. Unlike Bwakaw, which is a very personal and intimate story of an old man, Barber's Tales covers the tumultuous years of the Marcos dictatorship.

The film is structurally a narrative made up of tales from the barbershop (popularly known as "kuwentong barbero" - stories being told and passed on in a barbershop), vignettes about Filipino rural life held together by themes that have personal resonance, including sexuality, identity and self-liberation.

History Channel's "Vikings" premieres September 29, 2013

History Channel comes up with another gripping tale, Vikings. Their world is brutal and mysterious, and HISTORY™ is about to take viewers right into it with its most ambitious series yet -- a US$40 million production that features an immersive view of history.

Award-winning director Michael Hirst is the creator of this 9-part series. Hirst is known for his feats as head writer, creator, and executive producer of drama series The Tudors and co-producer of hit series Camelot, among others.

Coming to television screens starting September 29, 2013 (10pm), and airing every Sunday at the same time thereafter, Vikings is HISTORY’s most anticipated series this year.

"My Husband's Lover" mall show at Robison's Place Imus | June 28, 2013

Dennis Trillo, Carla Abellana & Tom Rodriguez
(all photos courtesy of GMA Network)

The cast of My Husband's Lover had a mall show at Robinson's Place Imus (Cavite) last June 28, 2013. Fans of the evening drama were elated upon seeing their favorite actors. It was attended by Tom Rodriguez, Dennis Trillo, Carla Abellana, Kevin Santos, Karel Marquez, Bettina Carlos and Victor Basa.

Dulaang UP's "Adarna" at Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater | July 17-August 1, 2013

Adarna, the well-known and much-loved Filipino folk tale, opens another year of exciting plays from Dulaang UP which is now on its 38^th theater season. Adarna tells the story of Don Juan, the youngest of three princes who went on a journey to find the elusive mystical bird called Ibong Adarna believed to be the cure for their ailing father, the king of Berbanya. Don Juan’s quest whisks him to adventures in different lands, encounters with sage men and beautiful princesses and challenges that will test the young prince’s courage and mettle. 

Director José Estrella (Umaaraw, Umuulan Kinakasal ang Tikbalang) and her artistic team breathe new life into this dearly loved story of adventure, magic, courage, and love cherished by generations upon generations of Filipinos. This reimagining of this oft-told tale through a multimedia theatrical presentation blurs the distinctions between family dispute and love, home and faraway lands, and magical dreams and grim realities.