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Safeguarding the moving images of Mindanao
Photo courtesy of Philippine Information Agency Mindanao cinema has grown exponentially in the last decade with its ma…
Lingua Franca: A trans-immigrant’s search for love and home
Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca continues the current trajectory in contemporary film that signals this forward shift …
Pride 2020
From bayot to mareng: Queer identities in films from the Philippine regions
Arnel Mardoquio's Ang Paglalakbay ng Mga Bituin Sa Gabing Madilim (2012) features a lesbian Tausug couple. The ad…
Review
The Intersections of Class, Race and Sexuality in Petersen Vargas’ 2 cool 2 be 4gotten
There is a seamless intersection of sexuality and Philippine postcolonial issues in the story of Petersen Vargas’ full-…
Review
Of love, border realities and migration
A still from Tsai Ming Liang's I Don't Want To Sleep Alone Over a week ago, Facebook users in the Philippines…
Obituary
Anita Linda, dame of Philippine cinema
Appearing in the titular role of Adela (Adolf Alix, 2008), Anita Linda starred as an old woman everyone has forgotten. S…
Review
Nostalgia and Regional Landscapes in Petersen Vargas’ Lisyun Qng Geografia
Petersen Vargas’ short film Lisyun Qng Geografia (Geography Lessons, 2014) highlights two interconnecting aspects of…
Pride 2020
Of myths and goddesses: Trans visibility in Mindanao cinema
Ram Botero's Pamalugu (In Limbo) heralds the trans voice in Mindanao cinema Trans woman filmmaker Ram Botero dir…
Pride 2020
The changing landscape of queer cinema in the Philippines
Alvin Yapan's Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa (Dance of the Two Left Feet) The landscape of queer cinema in th…
Commentary
Uncle Boonmee who we still recall 10 years on
Photo still from Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Ten years ago…
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