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By 2006 and 2007, more Filipino filmmakers started making movies using digital media. [64] Filipino digital films, made in almost no time and with meager budget, were strongly represented in international film festivals, [65] [66] including Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Vienna and Rotterdam. [59] [67] with several winning prizes and awards.
The Philippines has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] since the inception of the category in 1956, when it became the first independent nation in Southeast Asia to join the competition.
Nata de coco was originally invented in 1949 by Teodula K. Kalaw as an alternative to the traditional Filipino nata de piña which is made from pineapples. Macapuno was first cultivated commercially in the Philippines after the development of the "embryo rescue" in vitro culture technology in the 1960s by Emerita V. De Guzman.
He produced the first Filipino silent film entitled Dalagang Bukid in 1919. The film starred Atang de la Rama, a future National Artist of the Philippines. [2] He also directed Un (El) Capullo Marchito ("A Wilted Rosebud") in 1920. It starred Luisa Acuña, who then became a famous leading lady in Filipino silent films. [3]
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Malayan Movies: Romance: The Filipino Woman: José Nepumuceno: Juanita Angeles, Gregorio Fernandez, Eva Lyn: Malayan Movies: Drama: The Three Tramps: Manuel Silos: Augusto Silos, Octavio Silos, Manuel Silos: Wack-Wack Pictures: Comedy: first feature-length comedy film and first Filipino comic trio La Mujer Filipina: Malayan Movies: Produced by ...
Heneral Luna (lit. ' General Luna ') is a 2015 Filipino epic war film starring John Arcilla as the titular character Antonio Luna who led the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the early phases of the Philippine–American War.
Real American and Filipino POWs were used as "extras" in this film, which was a clear violation of the Geneva Convention. A scene was filmed showing the withdrawal of American forces from Manila during the Japanese invasion. Large crowds of Filipino civilians showed up for the filming, and the Japanese authorities were pleased at the turnout.