Key Points
- Six Filipino films are screening at Marché du Film and three projects are featured at the Festival de Cannes from May 16 to 26 in France.
- Popular children's TV Show Sesame Street introduces the first Filipino-American muppet named TJ.
- One of the Filipino's favourite breakfasts, the tasty juicy hotdog, is creating a buzz within the Filipino community in Melbourne.
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The 76th annual Cannes Film Festival is taking place in France from May 16 to 27, 2023.
The FDCP is the Philippines' national agency in creating and implementing policies and programs to upgrade the art and craft of film-making and ensure the economic, cultural, and educational development and growth of the Philippine film industry.
The four Filipino films screening at Marché du Film from May 16 to 26, 2023. Credit: Film Development Council of the Philippines
While the documentary films Tens Across the Borders by Chan Sze-Wei and Asog by Sean Devlin are included in the Cannes Docs 2023 program.
Filipino Projects and Representatives at Festival de Cannes. Credit: Film Development Council of the Philippines
Hum's director and award-winning Filipino filmmaker and writer Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan is taking part at the Cannes Cinéfondation Résidence, which offers directors a tailored program designed to assist them in scriptwriting and production, empowering them to bring their creative projects to life.
While, esteemed Filipina filmmaker and actress, Isabel Sandoval, has been chosen as one of the jurors in Queer Palm, an independently-sponsored award recognising films showcased at the Cannes Film Festival, that have made remarkable contributions to LGBTQIA+ cinema.
