The Filipino Audio-Visual (AV) industry was one of the first casualties and the most terribly hit by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic due to the cancellation of events, performances, production work and activities, especially when the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) was implemented in different parts of the country.

 

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MARCH 5, 2021 — The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) welcomes the great news that cinemas may reopen in both general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified GCQ (MGCQ) areas as stated in a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) memorandum circular (MC).

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MARCH 12, 2021 — The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) celebrates National Women’s Month as it holds Cine Filipina this March.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MARCH 16, 2021 — The Philippines and the Province of Córdoba in Argentina are joining forces to encourage cooperation between their film and audiovisual industries through the virtual Córdoba-Philippines Film & TV Production Industry Roundtable and Networking Event from March 17 to 18.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MARCH 19, 2021 — After the success in 2019 of “Being Leonardo da Vinci, an Impossible Interview” by writer, producer, and actor Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, the Philippine Italian Association (PIA), Dante Alighieri Society in Manila (SDA), and Italian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines (ICCPI), under the auspices of the Embassy of Italy in the Philippines, join forces with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), National Library of the Philippines (NLP), and many other partners to present the latest production of Finazzer Flory’s production of Dante Alighieri and the “Divine Comedy” entitled “Dante Per Nostra Fortuna (Dante, Our Luck).” 

The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) through its Procurement, Bids and Awards Committee (PBAC) invites interested bidders to apply for eligibility and to bid for the Development of the FDCP Online Learning Portal and App.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, APRIL 30, 2021 — The 4th Entertainment Editors’ Choice (Eddys) awarding ceremony, which was held virtually for the first time, hailed the best in Pilippine Cinema from 2020 and gave out special recognitions to industry partners, greats, and icons. 

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, APRIL 27, 2021 — There are spectacular hero stories in Philippine history, and there are also simple accounts of heroism that are just as inspiring. Such unheard stories of heroism also deserve the spotlight, and these will be showcased at Kidlat Tahimik's Unsung Sariling Bayani (USB) Short Film Competition.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, APRIL 23, 2021 — The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) amps up its continued partnership with the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland by supporting the Match Me! Program for the first time.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, APRIL 15, 2021 — The third and final leg of the Southern Voices Film Lab (SoVo Lab) is set to commence this month as the inaugural run of the intensive script and development lab for Mindanaoan filmmakers is nearing its culmination.