“[W]e are determined to push for the country and for the Filipino story to be told, and also to pitch for the Philippines as a viable destination to tell stories from around the world,” she said of her meetings with representatives of HBO Max, Disney Branded Productions, Relativity Media, A+E Studios, Cinema Sala, Janelle So Productions, Inspire Studios, and Electric Entertainment, among others.
Nevertheless, the country’s film industry has been cited abroad, since the postwar era, for its body of work and for its filmmakers and actors—from Manuel Conde’s “Genghis Khan” , which earned acclaim at the 1952 Venice Film Festival, to actor John Arcilla’s best actor win last year also in that prestigious festival, for his performance in Erik Matti’s “On the Job: The Missing 8.”