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TARGET
➢ Familiarize yourself with film in the Philippines

Lesson 7: ➢ Enumerate national artists for film and identify

their achievements
Who are the ➢ Recognize film spaces, programs, and their
functions
Prominent ➢ View a Filipino film and analyze its visual
Filipino Artist in elements featured issues and messages
➢ Analyze trends in movie viewing and
the Field of determine how they will affect the future of
the local movie industry
Film and
Broadcast Arts?
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS Lesson 7:
FROM THE REGIONS Who are the Prominent Filipino Artist in the Field of
Film and Broadcast Arts?

National Artists for Film and Broadcast Arts

Lamberto Avellana (1972)
The first recipient of the Order for National Artist
for Film was also touted as “The Boy Wonder of
Philippine Movies.” He is a director for both
theater and film. One of his most prominent films
was "Anak Dalita” in 1956, which realistically
portrayed how Filipinos coped with the aftermath
of the 2nd World War. This also garnered the first
prize as Best Film at the 1956 Asia-Pacific Film
Festival.
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS Lesson 7:
FROM THE REGIONS Who are the Prominent Filipino Artist in the Field of
Film and Broadcast Arts?

National Artists for Film and Broadcast Arts

Lino Brocka (1997)
His film, “Bayan Ko, Kapit Sa Patalim,” was
nominated in the 1984 Cannes Film Festival and won
the Sutherland Trophy as Best Film in the British Film
Institute Awards that same year. He co-founded
Concerned Artists of the Philippines, a mass
organization of artists, filmmakers, musicians, and
other masters of their craft with similar political and
social convictions.
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS Lesson 7:
FROM THE REGIONS Who are the Prominent Filipino Artist in the Field of
Film and Broadcast Arts?

National Artists for Film and Broadcast Arts

Ishmael Bernal (2001)

His most notable films include “Nunal sa
Tubig: (1976), “City After Dark” (1980), and
“Himala” (1982). Besides garnering awards
for movies, he was named Outstanding
Director in a Drama Series for his television
series, “Ang Makulay Na Daigdig ni Nora” in
1979.
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS Lesson 7:
FROM THE REGIONS Who are the Prominent Filipino Artist in the Field of
Film and Broadcast Arts?

National Artists for Film and Broadcast Arts

Eddie Romero (2003)

He won five screenplay awards from the Film
Academy of Movie Arts & Sciences (FAMAS),
which later included him in the FAMAS "Hall
of Fame." His most celebrated film, “Ganito
Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon,” is a period
drama set amidst Spanish Colonial Rule
followed by the American Period.
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS Lesson 7:
FROM THE REGIONS Who are the Prominent Filipino Artist in the Field of
Film and Broadcast Arts?

National Artists for Film and Broadcast Arts

Fernando Poe Jr. (2006)

“The King of Philippine Movies” is actually
Ronald Allan K. Poe in real life. This Filipino
Cinema icon has also been fondly referred to
as FPJ, “Da King” to his fans and peers in
show business.
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS Lesson 7:
FROM THE REGIONS Who are the Prominent Filipino Artist in the Field of
Film and Broadcast Arts?

National Artists for Film and Broadcast Arts

Manuel Urbano (2009)
Also known as Manuel Conde, was an actor, director,
and producer awarded the National Artist award
posthumously in 2009. He had used the name “Juan
Urbano” when he worked as an actor in the 1930s, but
“Manuel Conde” became his famous moniker. He
wrote, starred, and directed the movie “Genghis
Khan” which was nominated for the Venice Award
Film Festival in 1952.
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS Lesson 7:
FROM THE REGIONS Who are the Prominent Filipino Artist in the Field of
Film and Broadcast Arts?

National Artists for Film and Broadcast Arts

Eric Oteyza de Guia (2018)
Also known as Kidlat Tahimik, is a film
director, installation artist, professor, and
head of a non-government organization
dedicated to documenting indigenous
wisdom. In 2018, he became the recipient
of the National Artist of the Philippines
Award for Film
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS Lesson 7:
FROM THE REGIONS Who are the Prominent Filipino Artist in the Field of
Film and Broadcast Arts?

Programs and Spaces for Local Films

Metro Manila Film Festival

In 1975, the first annual Film Festival was
held where all local theatres exclusively
showed Filipino Films. This is a week-long
festival which starts on Christmas Day until
the first weekend of January.
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS Lesson 7:
FROM THE REGIONS Who are the Prominent Filipino Artist in the Field of
Film and Broadcast Arts?

Programs and Spaces for Local Films

Cinema Centenario
Local filmmakers created this venue in 2017
who wanted to make quality local films
accessible to the public. Their mission is to
contribute to the positive shaping of
Philippine Cinema by building a home for
quality Filipino-made films.
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS Lesson 7:
FROM THE REGIONS Who are the Prominent Filipino Artist in the Field of
Film and Broadcast Arts?

Programs and Spaces for Local Films

Maginhawa Film Festival

The Maginhawa Film Festival is the
pilot program of Cinema Centenario,
which started as a showcase of Filipino
films in 2017. Later on, it evolved into a
competition festival in its second year,
showcasing the best Filipino films of
2018
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS Lesson 7:
FROM THE REGIONS Who are the Prominent Filipino Artist in the Field of
Film and Broadcast Arts?

Programs and Spaces for Local Films

Cine Crítico Filipino

Cine Crítico Filipino is a growing community of young film
critics who created a venue where filmmakers could
dialogue with critics and sharing their respective reviews,
insights, production notes, and backgrounds about
independent and commercial films of choice.
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS Lesson 7:
FROM THE REGIONS Who are the Prominent Filipino Artist in the Field of
Film and Broadcast Arts?

Programs and Spaces for Local Films

MOOV
In2020, theatre viewing was restricted as a safety measure.
As an alternative, MOOV, a virtual cinema, was launched
wherein, for a fee, their featured films could be viewed in
the safety of one’s home. MOOV is also considered an
extension program of Cinema Centenario.