MANILA, PHILIPPINES, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 — “Tuloy ang Pista 2020!” declared the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) as it gears for the fourth edition of its flagship event, the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP).
This declaration comes in the move of FDCP to help sustain the Filipino film industry and support Philippine Cinema in light of the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to the country. The PPP, which aims to be a solidarity event, will screen more than 100 films online in an exclusive FDCP-sponsored platform (FDCPchannel.ph) from October 31 to November 15.
PPP Online 2020 is an FDCP-led omnibus project featuring a curation of films from local film festivals like the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, Sinag Maynila Film Festival, Cinema One Originals Film Festival, CineFilipino Film Festival, ToFarm Film Festival, QCinema International Film Festival, and Metro Manila Film Festival as well as from various producers and regional film festivals, plus FDCP’s PPP, CineMarya Women’s Film Festival, and Sine Kabataan.
“PPP4, Sama All” is the new slogan of the nationwide film festival. It is a play on the famous “sana all” catchphrase to indicate that PPP Online 2020 will host different film festivals in one platform, therefore welcoming a wide range of filmmakers and audiences. It will have a total of 13 curated sections: Premium, Classics, Documentary, Romance, Youth and Family, Genre, Regional Full-Length, Philippine Submissions to the Oscars, PPP Retro, LGBT, and Tributes to departed industry pillars, along with CineMarya and Sine Kabataan.
The Premium section will feature films that had limited release or have never been released to the Philippine audience while the Classics section will screen works by National Artists for Cinema or Film from the FDCP’s Philippine Film Archive Collection such as “Genghis Khan” (1950) by Manuel Conde, “Manila by Night” (1980) by Ishmael Bernal, and “White Slavery” (1985) by Lino Brocka.
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