February 7, 2020 was a historic day for the film and audiovisual industry in the Philippines because finally, a government issuance governing the working conditions and occupational safety and health of workers in the audiovisual production was finalized.

Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 1, Series of 2020 between the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) was signed by no other than Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and FDCP Chairperson and CEO Liza Diño-Seguerra.

As work has resumed in the film and audiovisual (AV) industry, the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) want to remind stakeholders that the health and safety of workers must be paramount. 

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, SEPTEMBER __, 2020 — With the signing into law of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 by President Rodrigo Duterte, film and audiovisual workers displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic stand to receive financial assistance from the country's fiscal stimulus package.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 — During the first public session that kicked-off FDCP’s 2020 edition of the Film Industry Conference, speaker Aleksandra Swierk opened her talk by discussing film labs as essentially being a platform for “exchange.” Swierk emphasized the way that such labs fundamentally serve as a medium for exchanging ideas, opinions, stories, and talent.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 -- In its latest act of support towards a national effort against the the COVID-19 pandemic, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has now assisted the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in their recently launched campaign, ‘BIDA Ang May Disiplina.’ This latest campaign between the DOH and the DILG is the product of a partnership between the two executive departments combining the DOH’s BIDA Campaign and the DILG’s Disiplina Muna campaign. 

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, SEPTEMBER 21 — In a surprise announcement made on Monday, September 21, the animated feature film “Hayop Ka! The Nimfa Dimaano Story” is set to be the first animated film from the Philippines to stream on Netflix.