Cinemalaya

Cinemalaya 2026 Shorts A: Mirrors of the nation
02
Sep
By The Flame Literary
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Cinemalaya 2026 Shorts A: Mirrors of the nation

SPOTLIGHTING RELEVANT sociopolitical themes and giving exhibition to the nation’s finest filmmaking, this year’s Cinemalaya Shorts A demonstrated why local cinema remains vital as an authentic reflection of the country with subject matters ranging in gender, disability and poverty. The Shorts A collection of the 22nd Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film…
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Hand of God: A volley to the heart
24
Aug
By Ron Kyle Gabrielle Reyes
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Hand of God: A volley to the heart

CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE is often lost in translation. As people grow older, they often forget the simple joys that once made the world feel boundless: a game, a friendship and a field to run across.  In the harsh realities of adulthood, these fleeting pleasures become distant memories. Yet for children caught…
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Kono Basho: Displaced by a Place
14
Aug
By Alyanna Ysabel Sacramento
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Kono Basho: Displaced by a Place

https://youtu.be/E8CW82o4kqY?si=Pb6kQPPZQ633Yz_A WHEN THE only way to move forward is to look through the past no matter how painful it was—how does one brave through this place of memory without feeling displaced? Located at a point where stretched waves meet the shore, Kono Basho (This Place) coasts through Rikuzentakata City to tell the…
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Pan de Salawal: The Irony of Pain
18
Aug
By Ryan Piolo Veluz
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Pan de Salawal: The Irony of Pain

FROM THE torpid state of slumber, Salvador (Bodjie Pascua) disturbs the serenity of night with gasps of pain as he urinates with struggle and droplets of blood. He looks up at the ceiling with tears in his eyes, contemplating his miserable life spent alone while enduring the torments of a…
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ML: Reliving the Pandemonium
14
Aug
By Adrian Paul Tañedo
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ML: Reliving the Pandemonium

TIME has taught people that the history of the Philippines is written with blood. Ever since colonial masters invaded the land, natives have taken up arms to try and defend it. All of this is written in the pages of history books and is widely accepted. However, injustices and atrocities…
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Liway: A Celebration of Victorious Resistance
14
Aug
By Ryan Piolo Veluz
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Liway: A Celebration of Victorious Resistance

IN A confined arena of outlaws and insurgents, children are living under imperceptible chains of suppression that inhibit their freedom to prosper and taint the purity of their youth. Governed by their naivety, the children are indifferent to the reality of living inside a world of transgressions. However, through the…
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Kusina: Where the Heart Rests
28
Aug
By The Flame Literary
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Kusina: Where the Heart Rests

IN TRADITION, Filipinos believe that there is life after death—an afterlife in which an individual’s identity and consciousness continue to exist even after the passing of a body. Kusina defamiliarizes Heaven as the holy realm that reveals all that is expected it would be like: a room where there is…
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