Meanwhile, there will also be webinars and online discussions that will be attended by the directors of the films featured in the festival. On 5 October there will be a round-table discussion about “Marketing Asian Cinema in Europe and Spanish Cinema in Asia”; and on 9 October, the directors of Spanish, Thai and Filipino major film festivals will hold a discussion to answer the question: “[Is There] Any Future for Film Festivals?”. These may be accessed free of charge as well.

Lastly, there will also be an interactive section on 10 October dedicated to short films, called En Corto", in which four recent short films from the Philippines, Thailand, Australia, and Spain will be screened and directors will take part in an online discussion afterwards. This is made in the spirit of one of the film festival's main objectives, which is to organise programs that could foster dialogue and joint projects between filmmakers from the Philippines and Spanish-speaking nations.

Just like in the previous editions, Película viewers may vote which of the eight feature films is worthy of being awarded with the Premio del Público or the Audience Choice Award. The winning movie will be screened once again on 11 October at 6 PM, closing this year's edition of the film festival.

PELÍCULA is presented by Instituto Cervantes, the Embassies of Spain in the Philippines, Thailand, and Australia, AECID, with the collaboration of the ICAA, the Maala Film Festival, the Film Development Council of the Philippines, the UP Film Institute, and Intramuros Administration.

For more information, please visit pelikula.es, or manila.cervantes.es, or the Facebook page of Instituto Cervantes