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‘Our cinema is globally acknowledged, our storytellers among the greatest on the earth. Hollywood is the following frontier Pinoys can lay declare to,’ says Movie Academy of the Philippines Director-Common Paolo Villaluna
MANILA, Philippines – Movie Academy of the Philippines (FAP) Director-Common Paolo Villaluna remains to be “pleased with the herculean efforts” of the groups behind the movies Magellan, Meals Supply: Contemporary From the West Philippine Sea, and Vox Humana regardless of there being no Filipino movies within the 2026 Oscars shortlist.
The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences introduced the record of nominees in 12 classes for the 2026 version of the Oscars on Wednesday, December 17. Lav Diaz’s Magellan was the Philippines’ official entry to the distinguished awards ceremony.
It will have been the primary Filipino movie to get shortlisted within the Greatest Worldwide Characteristic class, and hopefully, make Oscars historical past. However though Magellan missed out on advancing to the following step, it nonetheless garnered a lot recognition elsewhere.
“Magellan got here actually near getting shortlisted; incomes acclaim from TIFF, NIFF and [Valladolid], getting a standing ovation this yr at Cannes, getting picked up by Janus Movies and being written about by main trade retailers like Selection, the New Yorker, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, and several other others!” Villaluna exclaimed in a Fb put up on Wednesday.
Magellan received the Golden Spike (Greatest Image award) at Spain’s Valladolid Worldwide Movie Competition, popularly generally known as SEMINCI.
In the meantime, Meals Supply: Contemporary from the West Philippine Sea was additionally one of many movies FAP shortlisted because the Philippines’ entry to the 98th Academy Awards. It had defied censorship, receiving a global award regardless of initially being axed by a neighborhood movie competition.
Villaluna emphasised how the documentary had been introduced by Child Ruth Villarama and Chuck Gutierrez from “Scarborough Shoal to Hawaii, LA, New York, Amsterdam, Taiwan and London.”
Vox Humana, a brief movie directed by Don Eblahan, additionally offered a powerful exhibiting on the worldwide stage. It premiered on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition (TIFF) in September 2024.
“It might be the primary time na nakapag-submit ang isang Pinoy quick movie sa Academy portal — that alone is a feat, as a result of their voters ay na-expose sa Pinoy quick movie. And regional quick pa!” Villaluna wrote.
(It might be the primary time {that a} Pinoy quick movie was submitted to the Academy portal — that alone is a feat, as a result of their voters had been uncovered to a Filipino quick movie. And it’s a regional quick, too!)
“Our cinema is globally acknowledged, our storytellers among the greatest on the earth. Hollywood is the following frontier Pinoys can lay declare to, at naniniwala ako (and I consider) our chances are high higher subsequent yr due to these 3 movies, dahil aggressive ang efforts nila (as a result of their efforts are aggressive), and Hollywood is beginning to take discover,” Villaluna added.
The 98th Academy Awards are set to occur on March 16. A number of the upcoming version’s most notable nominees within the Greatest Worldwide Characteristic Movie class are:
- Argentina, Belén
- Brazil, The Secret Agent
- France, It Was Simply an Accident
- Germany, Sound of Falling
- India, Homebound
- Iraq, The President’s Cake
- Japan, Kokuho
- Jordan, All That’s Left of You
- Norway, Sentimental Worth
- Palestine, Palestine 36
- South Korea, No Different Alternative
- Spain, Sirât
- Switzerland, Late Shift
- Taiwan, Left-Handed Woman
- Tunisia, The Voice of Hind Rajab
– Rappler.com
