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.