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Ang pelikulang Filipiñana ni Rafael Manuel ang ipapadala ng Pilipinas sa 99th Academy Awards.

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Two critically-acclaimed Filipino movies will carry on making film festival rounds before getting a theatrical run in the Philippines.

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Rafael Manuel's feature directorial debut, based on his 2020 short film of the same name, won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision.

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Nathan Studios begins 2026 with strong momentum as a co-producer of two films selected for this year's Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema Dramatic Competition.

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