Proven dramatic actor Xyriel Manabat goes up against rising wildcard Sassa Gurl in a tight festival race.
All seven feature films and 20 student shorts to screen in six Ayala Malls cinemas across Metro Manila.
New section offers completed Filipino short films a chance at theatrical premiere and ₱100,000 prize.
Michael Baylon makes his directorial debut with the Puregold CinePanalo entry.
Aside from romance, the film centers on the role of archives in preserving stories that might otherwise disappear.
A Mindanaoan queer short at the Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival reframes pageantry as a space of identity, tension, and quiet transformation
The third edition ups the stakes with funding, equipment, and APFI scholarships.
