MANILA, PHILIPPINES, APRIL 7, 2022 —- The book Ang Daigdig ng mga Api: Remembering a Lost Film written by noted author, playwright, screenwriter, and film scholar Clodualdo “Doy” Del Mundo Jr., and co-published by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) with the De La Salle University (DLSU) Press, was launched yesterday, April 6, 2022 in an in-person program held at the Cinematheque Centre Manila. 

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, APRIL 5, 2022 – The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is looking for Filipino audiovisual companies (producer, services, animation, distributors, or agents) to be part of the Philippine delegation at Marché du Film (MDF), the business arm of the Cannes International Film Festival, this coming May 2022 as it returns as an in-person gathering. Delegates supported by the FDCP will be provided a Marche du Film market badge which grants them access to the entirety of Cannes Film Festival program of screenings and exclusive reruns, Marché du Film screenings, Marché du Film online platform, and to the thematic speed meetings throughout the week-long gathering.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MARCH 1, 2022 — Marché du Film, the business side of the Cannes Film Festival and one of the largest film markets in the world, features the Philippines as its Spotlight Country this year. The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), as an international presenting partner of the film market, has opened its call for applications for the Cannes Producers Network happening from May 19 to 23 in France.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, APRIL 4, 2022 — The Full Circle Lab Philippines (FCL PH), a development program of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in partnership with Tatino Films, has revealed its full lineup of participants as it return to its first onsite event after two years of holding it through virtual platforms. To be held in Cebu, Philippines from April 26 to 30, the lab will be welcoming 15 projects and 11 talents along with the 11 international industry mentors from Tatino.  

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MARCH 26, 2022 — In line with Austria’s continuous global efforts to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the Austrian Embassy Manila and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), in partnership with the University of Santo Tomas (UST), will hold a film week featuring free screenings of six Austrian documentary films on the FDCP Channel from March 27 to April 2. 

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, 25 MARCH 2022 — In its second year, The Philippine Embassy in Portugal, in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), will be holding Cine Filipina Lisbon in celebration of National Women’s Month on March 25-27, 2022 via the Agency’s online streaming platform, the FDCP Channel.

Fact — the Philippine film industry has always been a women-dominated industry. The Philippine cinema has always carried the indelible mark of the Filipina since the beginning.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MARCH 22, 2022 – In celebration of the International Women’s Month this March 2022, the Philippine Embassy in Syria in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is holding two film events in Damascus, Syria.