European Philippine International Film Festival is back to Italy, from June 10 to 12, with a chosen selection of Philippine-Italian films.

EPIFF still VIRtuAL

Now in its 5th edition, EPIFF will continue to feature the Philippines and the Philippine society in Cinema, through a variety of genres, styles, and points of view. We will have short and full length films, contemporary and classic, documentary, drama, horror, both, from the Philippines and Italy.

This year, EPIFF will present a chosen selection of films, from shorts to feature films, from contemporary to classics. All films will be available on demand, from Italy and the Philippines, and, to better navigate the program, viewers can let themselves be guided by a suggested schedule.

https://www.epiff.org/


Overview on the program

FILIPINO SHORT AND FULL LENGTH FILMS

Alon (Wave), full length, documentary by Gabriel Fernandez

Bakit Ako Sinusundan Ng Buwan? (Moon Under My Feet), short, by Richard Soriano 

Bayan Ko: Kapit sa Patalim (This is my Country), full length, classic, by Lino Brocka

Lorna, short, by Noel Escondo 

ITALIAN and PHIL-ITALIAN SHORT AND FULL LENGTH FILMS

Of Sinners and Saints, full length, drama, by Ruben Soriquez

The other self, short, horror, by Paolo Bertola

Princess, short, docu-fiction, by Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino

The entire program will be accessible on https://iwatchmore.com/, free of charge, without registration, movies will be in the original language with English subtitles. All Filipino movies will be viewable only in Italy and in the Philippines.



The festival, a brainchild of filmmakers Ruben Sorquez and Maurizio Baldini, is produced and organized together with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), the National Commission of Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Philippine Italian Association (PIA). This year the festival is organized also with the PATRONATO ACLI, who has recently started its activities in Manila. Further more, the festival has the honor to be presented under the auspices of the Embassy of Italy in Manila. EPIFF is organized in partnership with See Thru Pictures, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines (ICCPI) and the social Philippine association OFW Watch Italy.