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Classic Filipino films up for rewatching

by Justinne Punsalang

CALLING all cinephiles! 

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), 50 Filipino movies will be screened in selected cinemas nationwide for just 50 pesos!

The aptly named Sine Sigla sa Singkwenta will feature fan favorites like Ang Tanging Ina Mo, Ang Panday (both 1980 and 2009 versions), and Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo.

Classic Filipino movies will also be shown like Insiang, Himala, Tanging Yaman, and Markova.

While some more recent movies also made the cut like Firefly, Gandarrapido Revenger Squad, and Die Beautiful.

And just in time for Halloween, horror classic Shake, Rattle, and Roll movies will also be screened.

This special screening will be from September 25 to October 15.

Here is the complete list of movies for Sine Sigla sa Singkwenta:

  • Agila ng Maynila
  • Ang Alamat ng Lawin
  • Ang Babae sa Septic Tank 2
  • Ang Larawan
  • Ang Panday (1980)
  • Ang Panday (2009) 
  • Ang Tanging Ina Mo
  • Atsay
  • Bad Bananas sa Puting Tabing
  • Big Night
  • Blue Moon
  • Bonifacio ang Unang Pangulo
  • Brutal
  • Bulaklak ng Maynila
  • Captain Barbell (1986)
  • Crying Ladies
  • Darna (1991)
  • Die Beautiful
  • Feng Shui II
  • Firefly
  • Gandarrapido Revenger Squad
  • Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon
  • Himala
  • Imortal
  • Insiang
  • Jose Rizal
  • Karma
  • Karnal
  • Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo
  • Kung Mangarap Ka’t Magising
  • Kung Mawawala Ka Pa
  • Langis at Tubig
  • Magic Temple
  • Manila Kingpin the Untold Story of Asiong Salonga
  • Mano Po
  • Markova
  • May Minamahal
  • Mga Bilanggong Birhen
  • Minsa’y Isang Gamu-Gamo
  • Miracle in Cell No. 7
  • Moral
  • Okay Ka Fairy Ko 
  • One More Try
  • Rainbow’s Sunset
  • Shake, Rattle, and Roll
  • Shake, Rattle, and Roll II
  • Sunday Beauty Queen
  • Tanging Yaman
  • Walang Forever
  • Yamashita: The Tiger’s Treasure

Dekada ‘70 free screening

Another classic Filipino movie, Dekada ‘70, will be screened on Thursday, September 19 for free.

The film adaptation of the novel with the same title written by 2020 Gawad CCP Para Sa Sining Awardee Lualhati Bautista and directed by Chito S. Roño will be shown at the GSIS Theater at 1 o’clock.

In a post by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Film, Broadcast and New Media, they announced that following the screening of Dekada ‘70, there will be a talkback session with some of the people behind the movie.

While attending the screening and talkback is free, audience must first register via this link: 

https://bit.ly/Dekada70-August19-GSISTheater

The project is initiated by the Sentrong Pangkultura ng Pilipinas, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), in partnership with ABS-CBN Sagip Pelikula.

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