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34 articles available in total starting from 13/02/2012. Last article published on 30/01/2026.

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Review: Filipiñana

Review: Filipiñana

Expanded from a 2020 short into a 100-minute feature, Rafael Manuel’s debut is an exercise in visual control, but its slow-burn ambitions collapse under their own weight  

30/01 | Sundance 2026 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: Magellan

Review: Magellan

Lav Diaz enjoys his first star collaboration in this epic focusing on the Age of Discovery, with Gael García Bernal playing the famed explorer Ferdinand Magellan  

09/07/2025 | Filmfest München 2025

Chie Hayakawa • Director of Renoir

Interview: Chie Hayakawa • Director of Renoir

“What I tried to bring from myself was the myriad emotions I was experiencing that I was not able to put into words”

CANNES 2025: The Japanese director shares her thoughts about art, life and death, and describes how her movie parallels her own life journey  

20/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Review: Renoir

Review: Renoir

CANNES 2025: Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa weaves an infinitely delicate work on childhood’s look at the tortured world of adults  

17/05/2025 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Chie Hayakawa’s Renoir jumps into the race for the Palme d’Or

Chie Hayakawa’s Renoir jumps into the race for the Palme d’Or

The Japanese writer-director returns to the Croisette with her sophomore feature, an emotional coming-of-age tale set in late-1980s Tokyo  

18/04/2025 | Production | Funding | Japan/France/Singapore/Philippines/Indonesia

Review: The Garden of Earthly Delights

Review: The Garden of Earthly Delights

Morgan Knibbe’s film explores Manila’s youth, trapped in poverty, crime and postcolonial exploitation, through stunning cinematography and a non-judgemental narrative  

02/04/2025 | Movies That Matter 2025

Review: Where the Night Stands Still

Review: Where the Night Stands Still

BERLINALE 2025: Liryc Dela Cruz plays with the shadows of exile and memory for a personal and controlled debut feature about Filipino siblings reuniting in Italy  

15/02/2025 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

Review: Some Nights I Feel Like Walking

Review: Some Nights I Feel Like Walking

The newest film by Petersen Vargas is an attempt at blending social drama and urban road movie, set on the fringes of Manila  

22/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Review: Don’t Cry, Butterfly

Review: Don’t Cry, Butterfly

VENICE 2024: Vietnamese director Dương Diệu Lính’s debut is a magic elixir of maternal angst, filial rebellion and creature-feature horror  

03/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

Review: Electric Child

Review: Electric Child

Swiss director Simon Jaquemet explores the highly topical theme of AI and its seductive potential, whilst placing particular focus on the fears it incites  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

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