OctoArts Films

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OctoArts Films
Company type Private
Industry Theatrical distribution
film production
marketing
Founded1989;35 years ago (1989)
FounderOrlando R. Ilacad
Headquarters
OctoArts Building, 108 Panay Avenue, Barangay South Triangle, Quezon City
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Area served
Worldwide
Products Motion pictures

OctoArts Films (also known as OctoArts Films International for foreign films) is a Filipino film production and distribution company founded in 1989 by Orly R. Ilacad. [1] A veteran record producer, Ilacad only decided to establish the film company when producer Simon Ongpin agreed to be its head. [2]

In 2024, OctoArts Films established its YouTube channel making available online the movies they have produced and released since 1990. In addition, the production company also acquired some of the film libraries from defunct movie productions (CineSuerte, Moviestars Production (co-distributed with Solar Pictures with few exceptions), Four-N Films, Tagalog Ilang-Ilang Productions, Lea Productions, etc.) making them available also online.

List of films

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References

  1. Flores, Wilson. "What our movie industry can do to save Philippine cinema". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 5, 2021. Ilacad is the low-key entrepreneur behind OctoArts Music and OctoArts Films. A former musician in the 1960s, he was the lead singer of Orly Ilacad and the Ramrods, the Eraserheads of their time"... ..."Ilacad founding OctoArts
  2. Villanueva, Nena Z. (November 15, 1990). "Gretchen's well-programmed career". Manila Standard . Kagitingan Publications, Inc. p. 17. Retrieved November 7, 2022.