Alessandra de Rossi is an Italian-Filipino actress and the younger sister of actress Assunta de Rossi. She won the FAMAS Awards Best Supporting Actress for her role in Azucena. She starred in Mga Munting Tinig and Homecoming, in which she portrayed a Canadian-based domestic worker who visited her home in a rural town in the Philippines, bringing with her the deadly disease SARS which she spreads among the residents.
There are many institutions, academies and fellowships in the Philippines that hands out awards, citations and recognitions to outstanding film achievements for a certain calendar year.
Pablo S. Gomez, was one of the top komiks writers in the Philippines. He was also a screenwriter and director. His most popular works include Kurdapya and Petrang Kabayo among others.
Janine Marie Elizabeth de Leon Gutierrez known professionally as Janine Gutierrez, is a Filipino actress, television host, commercial model, and singer. She is currently an exclusive talent of ABS-CBN, albeit the absence of its fresh, legislative franchise.
Allen Dizon, is a Filipino actor, model and producer in the Philippines. A former member of the Viva Hot Men, Dizon has transitioned from his early years in daring roles to become an independent film actor and producer.
Joselito Altarejos is an accomplished Filipino filmmaker having won several prestigious awards in the Philippines as well as internationally. He is well known for his ground-breaking openly gay-themed film features like The Man in the Lighthouse, Antonio's Secret, Kambyo, The Game of Juan's Life, Pink Halo-Halo, Unfriend, The Commitment. His 2017 film Tale of the Lost Boys was filmed in Taiwan. His films were celebrated at international LGBT film festivals. With his newly formed production, 2076 Kolektib, his ultimate goal is to create and produce multimedia contents that will arouse, educate, and inspire his audiences to become more vigilant and conscious of the social issues and challenges they face in the age of yet another strongman rule. In the true spirit of independent filmmaking, Altarejos’ decades of experience and continued quest to acquire more profound knowledge and creative enrichment is geared towards marshaling the sentient and jolting the uninformed – while still very much adhered to forming the Brockanian concept of the Great Filipino Audience. Altarejos has also worked for Filipino television doing series and anthologies including the long-running TV series Legacy on the GMA Network. In most of his television work, he is credited as Jose Altarejos and Jay Altajeros.
Matthew Victor Pastor is an Australian film director. His feature films explore Asian Australian identity, and tell Filipino Australian stories. An alumnus of the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne Faculty of VCA and MCM, his feature film Melodrama/Random/Melbourne had its Australian premiere at the 2018 Adelaide Film Festival. Part one of his 2020 Trilogy of feature films about the COVID-19 pandemic The Neon Across the Ocean had its world premiere at the 44th São Paulo International Film Festival in the International Perspective section. In 2021 A Pencil to the Jugular had its world premiere at the FIAPF accredited 43rd Moscow International Film Festival.
Joshua Espineli Garcia, known professionally as Joshua Garcia, is a Filipino actor, dancer, and commercial model. He began his professional acting career in 2015 after being part of the reality show Pinoy Big Brother: All In as a contestant. He rose to prominence for his critically acclaimed performances in the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival top-grosser Vince and Kath and James and in the primetime series The Good Son. Garcia has starred in various TV series such as Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan Kita (2015), The Greatest Love (2016), Ngayon at Kailanman (2018), The Killer Bride (2019), Viral Scandal (2021), and Darna (2022). He has also starred in the films Love You to the Stars and Back (2017), Unexpectedly Yours (2017), I Love You, Hater (2018), and Block Z (2020).
Jossette Campo-Atayde, better known as Sylvia Sanchez, is a Filipino actress and comedian. She is the wife of Art Atayde and the mother of actors Arjo Atayde and actress Ria Atayde.
Alvin Lorenz Cristobal Anson is a Filipino actor, producer, director, TV host and musician. His works includes his portrayal of General José Alejandrino in the Philippine film Heneral Luna and TV series Dolce Amore as Favio De Luca.
Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino, abbreviated as PPP, is a film festival held in the Philippines in celebration of the Buwan ng Wika. It is organized by the Film Development Council of the Philippines. Similar to the Metro Manila Film Festival, only shortlisted films will be shown in cinemas except in select 3D cinemas, VIP cinemas and IMAX theaters.
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness is a 2017 Filipino film directed by Khavn De La Cruz and one of the circle competition entries to the 5th QCinema International Film Festival or QCinema. This movie shows, in the eyes of an eight-year-old, the tragedy that occurred in the days of 1901 when the Americans were supposed to identify with the Balangiga and other parts of Samar, including the events following the brutal massacre of several Samarnon and how they fled elsewhere to the neighboring island. The movie's shooting location took place in different parts of Samar, Leyte and Zambales. Although there were various issues the movie received just before its release to the public, it still managed to receive several top recognition from various prestigious award-giving bodies in the Philippines, including the highest "Best Picture" award. The director of this movie receives “Best Director” as well as the movie stars who were based in Tacloban City.
Dwein Ruedas Baltazar is a Filipina filmmaker. She is best known for directing the films Gusto Kita With All My Hypothalamus (2018) and Oda Sa Wala (2018). She has also directed a number of iWantTFC series, such as Past, Present, Perfect? (2019) and I Am U (2020).
