As a vibrant celebration of independent filmmaking in the Philippines, the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival showcases a diverse range…
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Several moments throughout Mira Shaib’s debut feature, “Arzé,” I found myself seeing some similarities that “Arzé” has with some of…
“Why do we always need misfortune to reunite?” Gaspard (Andranic Manet) asks his twin sister Louise (Noée Abita) in a…
In September 2020, the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) War erupted. When her family stopped hearing from her younger brother who was fighting…
“A forgotten past is a past that is yet to be. A forgotten history is a memory missing from our…
It’s interesting that the Korean word ‘mimang’ (미망) literally means ‘widow.’ With Kim Taeyang’s film “Mimang” (Hangul: ‘미망’), the director…
One film tells the real-life story of a young woman who risked her life to help Jews escape just as…
From that unforgettable feeling of seeing their first crush to the frustration over the realism around them, LGBTQ+ protagonists can…
With the end of Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency and his attacks on democratic institutions like a free independent press, some Filipinos…
If you had a chance to talk to someone that died that you love, would you take it? “Eternal You,”…