2025 QCinema International Film Festival

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2025 QCinema International Film Festival
Opening film Couture
by Alice Winocour
Location Quezon City, Philippines
Festival dateNovember 14–23, 2025
Website qcinema.ph
QCinema International Film Festival

The 2025 QCinema International Film Festival is being held from November 14 to 23, 2025 in Quezon City, Philippines. [1] It highlights the theme of "Film City", which celebrates Quezon City's recognition as UNESCO's City of Film this year. [2] The festival opened with Alice Winocour's drama film Couture and is set to close with Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke's supernatural comedy film A Useful Ghost , the winner of Asian Next Wave Best Picture. [3]

Contents

Juries

Asian Next Wave

QCShorts International

RainbowQC

New Horizons

Official selection

Asian Next Wave

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Diamonds in the Sand 砂の中のダイヤモンドJanus VictoriaJapan, Malaysia, Philippines
Family Matters我家的事Ke-yin PanTaiwan
Ky Nam Inn Quán Kỳ NamLeon LeVietnam
Lost Land Harà Watan Akio Fujimoto Japan, France, Malaysia, Germany
Luz 花明渡Flora LauHong Kong, China, France
Open EndingsNigel SantosPhilippines
Renoir Chie Hayakawa Japan, France, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia
A Useful Ghost ผีใช้ได้ค่ะRatchapoom BoonbunchachokeThailand, France, Singapore, Germany
The World of Love 세계의 주인 Yoon Ga-eun South Korea

New Horizons

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Amoeba Tan SiyouSingapore, Netherlands, Spain, France, South Korea
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari Canada, Hungary, United States
Brand New Landscape見はらし世代Yuiga DanzukaJapan
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart United States, Latvia, France
DJ Ahmet Диџеј АхметGeorgi M. UnkovskiNorth Macedonia, Czechia, Serbia, Croatia
Lucky Lu Lloyd Lee Choi Canada, United States
Manas Marianna Brennand FortesBrazil, Portugal, France, Belgium
On Your Lap Pangku Reza Rahadian Indonesia, Saudi Arabia
The President's Cake مملكة القصبHasan HadiIraq, United States, Qatar

RainbowQC

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
3670Park Joon-hoSouth Korea
Bel Ami漂亮朋友 Geng Jun France
The Little Sister La Petite Dernière Hafsia Herzi France, Germany
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo La misteriosa mirada del flamencoDiego CéspedesChile, France, Spain, Belgium, Germany
On the Road En el camino David Pablos Mexico
Skin of YouthỒn ào tuổi trẻAsh MayfairVietnam, Singapore, United States, Japan
Strange River Estrany RiuJaume Claret MuxartSpain, Germany
Summer's Camera여름의 카메라Divine SungSouth Korea

Screen International

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Couture (opening film) Alice Winocour United States, France
Divine Comedy کمدی الهی Ali Asgari Iran, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey
Father Mother Sister Brother Jim Jarmusch United States, Ireland, France, Italy, Japan
Hamnet Chloé Zhao United Kingdom, United States
The History of Sound Oliver Hermanus United Kingdom, United States, Sweden
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Amélie et la métaphysique des tubesMaïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho HanFrance, Belgium
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt United Kingdom, United States
Once Upon a Time in Gaza Tarzan and Arab Nasser France, Portugal, Palestine, Germany, United States
The Portuguese House Una quinta portuguesa Avelina Prat Spain, Portugal
Sirāt Óliver Laxe Spain, France, Morocco
The Things You Kill Öldürdüğün Şeyler Alireza Khatami Canada, France, Poland, Turkey, Singapore

Before Midnight

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
The Garden of Earthly DelightsAng Hardin ng Makalupang KasiyahanMorgan KnibbeNetherlands, Philippines, Belgium
Rabbit Trap Bryn ChaineyUnited States, United Kingdom
The Ugly Stepsister Den Stygge StesøsterenEmilie BlichfeldtDenmark, Norway, Poland, Sweden

QCinema Selects

The first two episodes of HBO Max's comedy series Call My Manager were screened during the festival. [4]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Call My Manager(episodes 1 and 2) Erik Matti Philippines
Human Resource Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Thailand
The Kings of the World Los reyes del mundo Laura Mora Colombia, France, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway
Lakambini, Gregoria De JesusArjanmar Rebeta, Jeffrey Jeturian Philippines
Rental Family Hikari United States
The Richest Woman in the WorldLa femme la plus riche du mondeThierry KlifaFrance, Belgium
Shadow TransitPedring LopezPhilippines, Hong Kong, Canada

Rediscovery

2000 film Almost Famous was set to screen at the festival, but cancelled due to technical issues. [5]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Linda Linda Linda (2005)リンダ リンダ リンダ Nobuhiro Yamashita Japan
Showgirls (1995) Paul Verhoeven United States, France

Dokyu Days

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
10s Across the BordersChan Sze-weiPhilippines, Singapore, Germany, United Kingdom
2000 Meters to Andriivka 2000 метрів до Андріївки Mstyslav Chernov Ukraine, United States
Below the Clouds Sotto le nuvole Gianfranco Rosi Italy
The Road to SydneyBenito BautistaPhilippines
The Treasure HunterGiacomo GexUnited States, Philippines
The Voice of Hind Rajab صوت هند رجب Kaouther Ben Hania France, Tunisia, United States, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Italy

Focus on Sandra Hüller

This year's special program is focused to showcase the work by German actress Sandra Hüller, presented with Goethe-Institut. [6]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)Anatomie d'une chute Justine Triet France
Requiem (2006) Hans-Christian Schmid Germany
Toni Erdmann (2016) Maren Ade Austria, France, Germany, Romania
Two to One (2024)Zwei zu eins Natja Brunckhorst Germany
The Zone of Interest (2023) Jonathan Glazer United Kingdom, Poland, United States

Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival: [7]

Asian New Wave

New Horizons

RainbowQC

QCShorts

References

  1. ↑ Mateo, Janvic (November 17, 2025). "QCinema International Film Fest set this month". The Philippine Star . Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  2. ↑ "QCinema International Film Festival's 13th edition centers on theme 'Film City'". GMA Network . November 16, 2025. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ "13th QCinema International Film Festival – Opening Film 2025". Asian Film Festivals. November 13, 2025. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  4. ↑ "First 2 episodes of Erik Matti's 'Call My Manager' to screen at QCinema". ABS-CBN . November 6, 2025. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  5. ↑ @QCinemaPH (November 14, 2025). "Due to technical issues, Almost Famous will no longer be part of the lineup. It will be replaced by DJ Ahmet at Eastwood on November 15 and Strange River at Gateway on November 16. The replacement for November 20 will be announced soon" (Tweet). Retrieved November 20, 2025– via Twitter.
  6. ↑ Villamente, Jing (November 16, 2025). "QCinema opens 13th edition, celebrates Quezon City as UNESCO Creative City of Film". Daily Tribune . Retrieved November 20, 2025.
  7. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (November 22, 2025). "Cannes Winner 'A Useful Ghost' Takes Top Honors at QCinema in Philippines". Variety . Retrieved November 23, 2025.
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