Local film goers will get to enjoy a limited run of several movies that played in the Cannes Film Festival and other high-profile international film festivals this October
Every year, QCinema brings award-winning movies that local filmgoers would otherwise not have any access to. In the sixth edition, 2018 Palme d’Or winner "Shoplifters" by Hirokazu Kore-eda will open QCinema on October 21, while Sundance title "Piercing" starring Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska will close the festival in spooky fashion.
This year, the festival will feature 40 films from both competition and non-competition sections.
Under Circle Competition, five independent features of new and seasoned homegrown storytellers will vie for the award. The films are Samantha Lee’s “Billie & Emma,” Timmy Harn’s “DOG DAYS,” Dan Villegas’ “Hintayan ng Langit,” Gutierrez Mangansakan’s “Masla A Papanok,” and Dwein Baltazar’s “Oda sa Wala.” Each of them were given grants of one and a half million pesos for production.
On the other hand, the Asian Next Wave section will showcase once more award-winning works from across the continent. This year, the films in competition are Yeo Siew Hua’s “A Land Imagined,” Bi Gan’s “Long Day Journey Into Night,” Anoocha Boonyawatana’s “Malila: The Farewell Flower,” Huang Hsin-yao’s “The Great Buddha+,” Ashleigh Mayfair’s “The Third Wife,” and Kamila Andini’s “The Seen and Unseen.”