MANILA, PHILIPPINES, JANUARY 7, 2022 — To further engage with film workers, and develop and enhance their skills in the local film and audiovisual industry, the National Registry (NR) of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) will hold a series of free acting workshops for NR-registered background actors, talents, professional actors, directors, producers, and writers, to be facilitated by Star Magic director and acting coach Rahyan Carlos and his team starting February. 

The Film Development of the Philippines’ flagship international film lab for Filipino and Southeast Asian films and filmmakers is set for an exciting three years. The Full Circle Lab Philippines has announced not only its latest edition with applications opening this coming January, 2022 as a part of its three-year vision that will culminate into the FCL Horizons, but will also be introducing a new section—the Story Editor’s Lab and a bigger Fiction Lab welcoming twelve participants, four more from the previous years’ eight. 

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, DECEMBER 28, 2021 —  The Berlinale Co-Production Market of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), through the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), has opened the call for applications for the Visitors Programme 2022 for Filipino producers. 

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, DECEMBER 14, 2021 — In continuing its support to the development of quality Filipino films, CreatePHFilms, the film funding program of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) returns with another cycle to provide assistance to Filipino filmmakers in the development and production of their films.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, DECEMBER 10, 2021 — One of Asia’s biggest gathering of media industry leaders welcomed the Philippine delegation at Singapore Media Festival 2021 which started last November 25 and ended last December 5, 2021. 

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, DECEMBER 10, 2021 — The largest independent film festival in the United States selects a Filipino feature film and a short film to take part in its 38th edition of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah to be held from January 20 to 30, 2022. 

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, DECEMBER 6, 2021 — One of Europe’s leading documentary film festivals spotlight the Philippines for the upcoming Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival (IDFF)  in Jihlava, Czech Republic, in 2022. 

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, DECEMBER 3, 2021 — The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is offering an opportunity for budding producers to attend the international training and networking workshop Rotterdam Lab online of the 51st International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in the Netherlands from January 24 to 28, 2022.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, NOVEMBER 29, 2021 — After spending a substantial amount of time on Planet Earth learning and experiencing the culture of the “earthlings,” Heneral Tuna plots a new evil plan to successfully take over the planet in the last episode of “Heneral Tuna” on the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) Channel.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, NOVEMBER 26, 2021 — To honor the invaluable contributions of National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts Kidlat Tahimik to the development of independent Philippine Cinema, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) Public and Cultural Diplomacy arms will hold free screenings and a talkback session on November 28 to December 8.