With the gradual reopening of cinemas, Cinephiles have more reasons to nourish an inflow of excitement. QCinema International Film Festival returns with a hybrid edition from November 26 to December 5 with in-person screenings at Gateway Cineplex 10 and online streaming via KTX.ph.
“This will be the first film festival to be held after cinemas opened their doors again and we are very happy to be part of the jump start of our much-loved industry” says Ed Lejano, Festival Director.
Gateway Cineplex 10 Theatrical Screenings
The 10-day festival opens with Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria,” Cannes Festival 2021 Jury Prize winner and Colombian entry to the 94th Academy Awards. The film, which stars Tilda Swinton, is the acclaimed director’s first English language film. Its Southeast Asian premiere is with QCinema 2021.
Memoria will be screened at Gateway Cineplex 10 with other much-acclaimed films.
The films under Screen International, which is one of QCinema’s most awaited sections, are “The Worst Person in the World,” “The Box,” “Happening,” “Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash,” “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy,” and “Drive My Car.”
Premiering in Asia is Scandinavian folk-horror film “Lamb” by Valdimar Jóhannsson, Cannes Un Certain Regard Prize of Originality award winner and Icelandic entry for the 94th Academy Awards.
The biopic of a World War II holdout in the Philippines will have its Southeast Asian premiere at QCinema 2021. “Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle” by Arthur Harari is about a Japanese soldier who spent 30 years hiding in the Philippine jungle unaware that World War II was over. The film opened the Un Certain Regard of the Cannes Film Festival 2021. Angeli Bayani is part of this film.
Completing this section list is Lav Diaz’ “Historya ni Ha,” for its Asian premiere. The John Lloyd Cruz starrer film had its world premiere at the prestigious 65th BFI London Film Festival in the United Kingdom.Aside from these films, QCinema will also screen for free select Patrick Alcedo films. These are the “A Will to Dream” and short film “They Call Me Dax” and “Am I Being Selfish.”
