MANILA, PHILIPPINES, JUNE 21, 2021 — Eight Filipino films, featuring five titles in the Eddie Garcia Retrospective section, are selected to participate in Italy’s Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine from June 24 to July 2 in a hybrid form with both in-person and online showings.

Interested producers may still apply for FilmPhilippines incentives this year in the ongoing Cycle 2 from May 3 to July 30 and Cycle 3 from Sept. 1 to Nov. 29

The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) mourns the demise of former Philippine President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Cojuangco Aquino III, who passed away on June 24, 2021, at the age of 61.

​​​​​​​MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MAY 18, 2021 — After its successful first run last April with a total of 45 graduates, the Safe Filming Program of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment – Occupational Safety and Health Center (DOLE-OSHC), is now accepting participants for the 2nd Safety and Health Officers Training Seminar (SHOTS).

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MAY 17, 2021 — In line with its thrust to promote Filipino documentary films and projects around the world, for the first time, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has partnered with the 28th edition of the Sheffield Doc/Fest to bring a country of up-and-coming documentary projects looking for international partners.

MAYNILA, PILIPINAS, HUNYO 28, 2021 — Aabot sa 1,500 na film at audiovisual (AV) workers ang mababakunahan sa “Bakuna Nights para sa Film at Entertainment Workers” ng Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) at Quezon City (QC) Government sa pamamagitan ng programang #QCProtekTODO.

Mit Out Sound, the country’s first film lab on silent filmmaking, will culminate with a Silent Short Film Competition at the International Silent Film Festival Manila in November

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, JULY 2, 2021 — Carlo Francisco Manatad’s first feature film “Kun Maupay Man It Panahon (Whether the Weather is Fine)” is part of the official selection of the 74th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, where it will have its world premiere in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente (Filmmakers of the Present) section.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MAY 10, 2021 — Filipino film archiving recently marked a milestone when the Philippine Film Archive (PFA), a division of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), became an Associate Member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF).

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MAY 6, 2021 — Ten (10) young filmmakers have been selected as finalists in the 4th edition of the Sine Kabataan Short Film Competition and will each receive a PHP 100,000 grant as fund to use in the production of their respective short films.