Paul Schrader's master class, held under intimate makeshift lighting at Market Market cinema 7, was the talk of a survivor.
Market Market's cinema floor isn't just for cinema.

The second Young Cinema Night was pretty successful, offering a pretty good variety of shorts.

This year’s festival, being held in the vast openness that is the Fort, took the opportunity to hold outdoor screenings at Bonifacio High Street.
The weather’s been pretty good lately, and those screenings ought to go off without a hitch.
What’s clear is that Taguig is taking the hosting of Cinemanila seriously. It feels like the city has something to prove.

The guest of honor at this year's Cinemanila is screenwriter and director Paul Schrader.

Outside the main competition, the festival gets pretty interesting as well.

Cinemanila opens and closes with two local cinematic heavyweights.

Machinima is just the latest tool, turning gamers into filmmakers, programmers into virtual puppeteers.
This year's roster proves to be nothing but exciting.