The current landscape is quickly evolving but we are all adapting to the new challenges presented by our changing times. For our film industry, the direction is going toward learning and relearning new viable ways to distribute films beyond and in addition to the traditional distribution models. One of them is screening in top film festivals to increase the value and attract distribution deals for your film. In this area, Filipino films are taking great strides.
Philippine cinema is hitting the ground running. This January, not one but two Filipino films will be having their world premier at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. "Leonor Will Never Die" (with Filipino title "Ang Pagbabalik ng Kwago") by writer-director Martika Escobar will premier under the World Cinema Dramatic Competition and compete against a roster of nine other films from Australia, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Brazil, among others. The second entry from the Philippines is short film "The Headhunter's Daughter" by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan and will be competing in the Shorts Program 4 section.
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