“Sabungero”: An independent dramatic film in Philippine cockfighting

“Raise your bets! Choose your roosters!” bet collectors call off as they begin raising bets in a cockpit arena in Pasig City. Roosters clashing. Cockfighting aficionados shout their bets. At a snap, roosters fitted with “tare” sharp blades on their legs fly up in the air and battle for supremacy to the thundering delight of [...]

La Paloma: Ang Kalapating Ligaw indie film at CCP Theater November 26

For the second leg of its series “Underrated Films, Forgotten Filmmakers,” the Society of Filipino Archivists for Film (SOFIA) presents La Paloma: Ang Kalapating Ligaw by Joey Gosiengfiao, to be screened for free at the Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theater) on Thursday, November 26, at 4 pm. Shot in 1974 in black and white, [...]