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Prime Cruz’s supernatural horror feature “The Sacrifice” has wrapped principal photography in the Philippines and revealed its complete cast lineup.

The production has unveiled the full cast joining acclaimed filmmaker Lav Diaz in a rare acting appearance. Leading the ensemble are Lovi Poe, Enchong Dee and Timothy Granaderos.

The newly revealed supporting cast includes Max Collins, Louie Chapman, Pokwang, and Tommy Alejandrino.

The film, scripted by Jerrold Tarog, follows a group of vloggers who venture into a remote Philippine village in search of a mysterious substance harvested only once a decade. Their content-driven expedition transforms into a nightmare as they become entangled in sacred rites and face off against an ancient entity from Filipino folklore.

Cruz previously helmed “Sleepless” and “The Other Wife.”

Montgomery Blencowe and Mark Stewart (“Escape Plan”) are producing under C’est Lovi Productions and Kind Hearts Entertainment, with Cmb Film Services also on board. Jaime G. Baltazar...

Production has commenced on the psychological horror film The Sacrifice in the Philippines, Deadline has learned.

It follows a group of travel vloggers who find themselves in a remote village haunted by ancient rituals and a terrifying legend.

Timothy Granaderos (“13 Reasons Why”) stars along with filmmaker Lav Diaz (The Woman Who Left), Lovi Poe, Enchong Dee, and Marietta Subong.

Supported by the Film Development Council of the Philippines, Prime Cruz directs from a script by Jerrold Tarog.

Poe also serves as producer alongside Montgomery Blencowe (Escape Plan 2: Hades) under the C’est Lovi Productions banner, with Mark Stewart (Escape Plan) producing for Kind Hearts Entertainment.

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Exclusive: The Sacrifice, a psychological horror flick from filmmaker Prime Cruz and led by Filipino actress and singer Lovi Poe (Seasons) has begun production in the Philippines.

Veteran director Lav Diaz also stars in the flick alongside Timothy Granaderos (13 Reasons Why) and Enchong Dee (GomBurZa). Marietta Subong also stars.

The film follows a group of travel vloggers who find themselves in a remote village haunted by ancient rituals and a terrifying legend.

Directed by Cruz from an original screenplay penned by Jerrold Tarog, The Sacrifice is produced by Montgomery Blencowe (Heist) and Poe under the C’est Lovi Productions banner, with Mark Stewart (Escape Plan) serving as producer under Kind Hearts Entertainment. The film has support from the Film Development Council of the Philippines (Fdcp). Casting is by Thomas Sullivan.

The film will be shot entirely on location in the Philippines. Poe stars following her recent turn as Attorney...

There’s no doubting the ambition of this Cannes 2024 short from the Directors’ Factory written and directed by Filipino Maria Estela Paiso and India’s Ashok Vish. They blend a realism of everyday life in the Philippines with a mythical tale of the Tagalog bird god Tigmamanukan - who would grant certain flightless birds wings.

We meet the god (Bob Jbeili) looking mostly human, with just his head that of a bird. He’s chatting with fellow bird deities about a woman named Ivy who they are aiming to help. The head is rendered using CGI - which does betray the budget somewhat, but as the film runs along there are some nice animated flourishes used with it, including a puff of feathers as a wallet is opened.

It’s easy to see why the bird god might have a vested interest in Ivy’s welfare beyond the...

Director Jun Robles Lana is a committed advocate of all queer aspects of life, which he has portrayed in his body of work with contrasting tones of voice, from the theatrical colorfulness of “Die Beautiful” to the dark realism of “Kalel, 15”. “Becky & Badette” sits without a doubt in the former group and, despite not being strictly (no pun intended) a gay story, is as camp as Christmas. A mix of classic comedy of errors and the familiar “high school reunion” genre, peppered with many innuendos and Filipino in-jokes, “Becky & Badette” is pure fun from start to end, and also one of those films you can imagine the cast and crew having a great time while shooting it.

Becky & Badette is screening at UdineFar East Film Festival 2024

Becky (Eugene Domingo) and Badette (Pokwang) are two women in their forties, working as janitors in an all-colourful-girl office and living...

Nominated for seven awards at the 2019 Famas, “Ode to Nothing” is a rather unusual film that lingers between the black comedy and the drama and mostly focuses on the “relationship” between an embalmer and a cadaver.

“Ode to Nothing” is screening at Fantasia 2019

The embalmer mentioned is Sonya, a former maid who lives a life with no friends, desperately trying to keep her family-owned funeral home afloat, while living in a large house just with her rather strange father. Her financial situation is awful, and the presence of a constantly nagging usurer named Theodore, makes matters even harder. Sonya’s only solace is to hear the Chinese folk song “Mo Li Hua” over and over again.

Her luck, however, seems to change when a pair of strangers appears in the parlor with a bloodied corpse, and ask her to take care of it, no questions asked. Sonya reluctantly agrees, but...

Sometimes a kiss is just not enough. After the redundancy and tedium of romancing, fighting, and forgiving that has been the standard storyline of most if not all recent romantic comedies, the pay-off of seeing the onscreen lovers lock lips in slow motion has been quite unrewarding. Tradition demands that the only acceptable conclusion to any romance is a wedding. Veronica Velasco's I Do endeavors to innovate on traditions by telling the tale, which according to her and co-writer Jinky Laurel is based on a true story, of a couple whose attempts at being wed are often foiled.

 

Yumi (Erich Gonzalez) is a hopeless romantic whose mission in life is to find the one to tie the knot with in the dream wedding that she has been obsessing over since her younger years. Lance (Enchong Dee), her Chinese boyfriend, is suddenly faced with the decision of marrying her to...