Beginning this year, the country will officially celebrate and commemorate the heritage, significance, and legacy of Philippine Cinema through the Philippine Film Industry Month in September.
The annual month-long observation is as mandated by President Rodrigo Duterte.
He has tasked the Film
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A close-up of the sculpture of Enrique de Malacca, which was part of Ahmad Fuad Osman s exhibition At The End Of The Day Even Art Is Not Important at the National Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur in late 2019. Photo: The Star/Kamarul Ariffin
Contemporary artist Ahmad Fuad Osman shares his thoughts and long journeys behind his
Enrique de Malacca Memorial Project in an online panel session tonight (June 26), which is part of
Fuad’s
Enrique de Malacca Memorial Project (EDM) is an ongoing research-based work. It was shown at the Singapore Biennale in 2016, the Sharjah Biennial in 2019 and also at Fuad s mid-career survey show
THY WILL BE DONE
Thy Kingdom Come (diptych), pen and ink, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 40 in, by Iggy Rodriguez
In September 1521, in a fleet of five ships and 270 men called the Armada de Maluco, Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain to discover a westward route across the world in search of spices. It has been half a millennium since that voyage reshaped world trade and our idea of the size and shape of our world.
Since March 2021, 500 years later, there have been many activities constituting a global commemoration of this first circumnavigation, which opened up what Portugal considers “the Magellan Route,” a Portuguese feat, Magellan being Portuguese, and which Spain considers its own, even if it has all these years been credited mainly to a Portuguese explorer, not only because it was sponsored and financed by King Charles I, but more because, Magellan only made half the trip He was killed in the Philippines and it was Spanish navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano who made it back
Six must-attend film screenings and art events at the 2021 Images Festival
Six must-attend film screenings and art events at the 2021 Images Festival
This story is sponsored by Images Festival. By Rachel Moore
Expatriate Dreamer, Yihao Zheng (2020). Video still. Courtesy of the artist.
Over the past year, many people have leaned on art for a sense of comfort and to express their feelings during the pandemic. Canada’s Images Festival understands the profound impacts of all art forms, especially in the current socio-political moment.
For the second consecutive year, Images Festival will take an entirely virtual format. The thought-provoking film screenings and inspiring exhibitions can now be enjoyed by audiences as they remain safe at home. From May 20 to 26, online attendees are invited to experience new and independent voices from Canada and across the globe at its 34th edition via livestream at imagesfestival.com.