Monday, December 8, 2025

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At Maculangan, Thomasian artist and photographer, dies at 60

Anthony Tendido, “At” Maculangan, photographer and UST fine arts alumnus, died on Oct. 14. He was 60. Maculangan’s death was announced two days later by...

MMFF 2025: UST alumni helm films in festival’s 51st run

Following the success of its golden year, the 51st iteration of the Metro Manila Film Festival is anchored on the theme “A New Era...

Philippine theater is flourishing, says PETA artistic director

The comeback of Philippine theater, after two years of restrictions brought by the pandemic, is not just marked by the number of newly formed...

‘Alipato at Muog’ nabs trophies at the 2025 Gawad Urian

JL Burgos, a UST alumnus from the old College of Architecture and Fine Arts, took home grand prizes at the 48th Gawad Urian held...

Artlets alumni win awards at Cinemalaya 21

TWO films by Artlets filmmakers brought home awards from the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival awards held on Oct. 12 at Shangri-La Plaza in Mandaluyong. The...

READ: Full list of Cinemalaya 21 winners with citations

THIS YEAR’S Cinemalaya Independent Festival concluded with an awards ceremony on Oct. 12 at Shangri-la Plaza in Mandaluyong.  “The Next 24 Hours,” produced by Thomasian...

CINEMALAYA 21: ‘Child No. 82’ unmasks illusions of hero worship and machismo

Tim Rone Villanueva’s full-length debut “Child No. 82 (Son of Boy Kana)” reimagines the fantasy genre as a mirror reflecting a society that puts...

Cinemalaya 21: ‘Bloom Where You Are Planted’ encourages Filipinos to be seeds of liberation

Gawad CCP awardee and director Noni Abao depicts the realities of three Filipino land rights activists who stand between justice and family.  “Bloom Where You...

Cinemalaya 21: ‘Paglilitis’ sheds light on complicated nature of workplace sexual harassment

A Thomasian director, Cheska Marfori, sheds light on the struggles of workplace sexual harassment victims in “Paglilitis.”  The film tells the story of Jonalyn Samuel...

CINEMALAYA 21: Cinemartyrs revisits ‘forgotten’ history

Filmmaker and director Sari Dalena again blurs the line between cinema and history in "Cinemartyrs," a docudrama that interrogates how history functions as a...