It was a night of celebration with music, visuals, and warm company among the local film industry as the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) held its Film Ambassadors’ Night last February 10 at Samsung Hall, Taguig City.

The Camera Obscura Artistic Excellence Award is the highest honor given by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) during the annual Film Ambassadors’ Night to films, filmmakers, and artists whose outstanding achievements and breakthroughs have positively inspired the Philippine film industry to aspire to greater heights.

After last year’s incredible participation of the Philippine Delegation in Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) as Country of Focus, Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) continues the momentum with a powerhouse lineup in the BIFF 2019 starting this October 3. The Agency once again leads the delegation at BIFF, as well as the Asian Film Market and its several programs, like the Asian Project Market and Platform BUSAN.

The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) will give recognition to eighty-six (86) filmmakers, artists, and films that brought prestige to the country in 2018 by winning in globally recognized film festivals during the third FDCP Film Ambassadors’ Night on February 10, 2019 at the Samsung Hall at SM Aura Premier in Bonifacio Global City.

Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is bringing two restored classics, Ishmael Bernal's “Himala” and Marilou Diaz Abaya’s “Moral”, to be showcased in the special restored classics featured of the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy this April 26-27, 2018. This is in celebration of the Philippines as the Country of Focus this year’s Festival and the One Hundred Years of Philippine Cinema.

Petersen Vargas, the director of the 2016 Cinema One Originals Best Picture 2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten, has been selected for the third edition of the Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab (SEAFIC), making him the program's first Filipino participant.

In recognition of decades of incredible work and service to Philippine Cinema, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) staged Sine Sandaan: Celebrating the Luminaries of Philippine Cinema’s 100 Years to honor the most remarkable and critically-acclaimed Filipino artists and film workers in front of and behind the camera, as well as the oldest living Filipino actors, actresses and professionals as legends of Philippine Cinema.

It’s a promising start for Philippine Indigenous cinema this year as a Palawán-Filipino filmmaker will serve as an advisor for the NATIVe – A Journey into Indigenous Cinema special series and Kidlat Tahimik's debut film will have a screening at NATIVe in Berlinale.

NETPAC Jury Prize winner and QCinema Film Festival finalist Dog Days will have its international premiere at the 48th International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR) in the Netherlands starting January 30.

Twenty-one (21) short films that exemplify Mindanao's unique stories and narratives will be screened at the Cinemagis Northern Mindanao’s Digital Short Film Festival happening at Xavier University (XU) Little Theater, SM City Cagayan de Oro (CDO) Cinema 1, and Kiosko Kagawasan from January 23 to 26, 2019.