GORGY RULA
Bago nagsimula ang media conference ng 3rd Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival noong Huwebes, September 17, 2026, pinakiusapan na kami kung puwede ay huwag nang pag-usapan ang tungkol sa mag-asawang Vincent Co at Bea Alonzo.
Si Chris Cahilig ang festival director ni CinePanalo at bagong manager ni Bea.
Pero iniwasan niyang pag-usapan ang tungkol kina Bea at Vincent.
Sa opening speech ni Chris ay binanggit niya si Vincent na presidente ng naturang chain ng supermarkets.
Nagpasalamat siya sa lahat na tulong para maisakatuparan ang CinePanalo na umabot na ng tatlong taon.
Bahagi ng talumpat ni Chris: “Nais naming magpasalamat sa lahat na naging bahagi nang paglalakbay na ito.
“Una sa lahat, sa Puregold. Sa butihing pangulo nitong si Mr. Vincent Co, na mula pa lamang sa simula ay naniniwala at tutulong upang isakatuparan ito.
“Wala siya dito sa atin ngayon, pero ramdam na ramdam natin kung gaano niya sinusuportahan ang industriya.”
WILL BEA AND VINCENT ATTEND THE CINEPANALO AWARDS NIGHT?
Nagbato pa rin kami ng safe na tanong na may konek sa CinePanalo at taga-showbiz naman si Bea.
Tinanong namin kung dadalo ba sa awards night sa September 30 ang mag-asawang Vincent at Bea.
Pero hindi ito sinagot ni Chris.
Ang sinagot niya ay ang sumunod naming tanong: Sa loob ng tatlong taon ng naturang filmfest, at siyempre dahil na rin kay Bea, lalo bang napalapit si Mr. Vincent Co sa showbiz o sa movie industry?
Safe na sagot ni Chris: “Ako, isa lang masasabi ko. From, the time na na-conceptualize yung Teatro Panalo, CinePanalo, may isang taong sumusuporta diyan talaga. Naniniwala at tumutulong sa industriya.
“Kung mapalapit man ang industriya sa kanya or whatever, I think it’s because nakikita kung ano yung ginagawa. At iyon yung pinakamagandang part dun, e.
“May mga taong tahimik lang, pero nakikita mo kung sino sila sa action at output ng kanilang mga programa."
"And Puregold, siyempre sa buong organisasyon, hindi lang si Mr. Vincent Co.
“Ang organisasyon... kitang-kita mo, nandito talaga sila para itulak ka, kasama namin sa puyatan. Kasama namin sa pagpili ng mga pelikula...”
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NOEL FERRER
Magsisimula ang CinePanalo sa September 23, Miyerkules, at tatagal hanggang October 4, Linggo.
Maasahan ba sa mga sinehan ang mag-asawang Vincent at Bea Co para makasabay silang manood?
Pero malayo ang sagot ni Chris.
May nagtanong din kung gaano ba ka-hands on si Vincent sa naturang filmfest.
Nilinaw ni Chris na siya ang may-ari ng CinePanalo Film Festival, at ang Puregold ang presentor at supporter nito.
Kaya sa kanila raw ipinagkakatiwala ang lahat ng dapat gawin.
“Kagaya ng sinabi ko kanina, kung walang naniwala, at kung walang nagtiwala… sila yun,” pakli ni Chris.
Muling nilinaw ni Chris na all-out ang suporta ni Vincent, hanggang sa pangatlong taon ng naturang filmfest.
“Ever since, he’s always been all-out. Siyempre nag-iiba rin ang perspective every year.
“Kasi, every year pinapatunayan ng CinePanalo at ng audiences na ito’y isang tamang programa.
“Na ang programang ito ay lumalapit lalo sa audiences. Paganda nang paganda ang kalidad ng pelikula.
“So siyempre, as a brand supporting an activity like this, mas nai-inspire sila na tulungan at lalong palalagauin ito,” saad ni Chris.
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JERRY OLEA
Naka-three years na ang CInePanalo Film Festival, at napansin naming hindi napapanood sa mga streaming service kagaya ng Netflix ang mga pelikulang kalahok nito.
Ang reaksiyon si Chris Cahilig kaugnay rito: “Actually, gusto naming mag-streaming. Kasi lahat ng paraan, mas maabot ng tao ang pelikula namin. Gusto namin yun.
“Kaya lang, for the past few years, nakakaligtaan yata kami ng mga streaming platforms,” pakli ni Chris.
Sa pagkakaalam niya, iniiwasan daw ng mga streaming service yung mga produktong nakikita sa pelikula nila.
“May pag-aakala yata ng mga streaming platforms na ang CinePanalo ay puro branded,” sambit ni Chris.
“Ang punto ko, puwedeng panoorin niyo? I mean, nakita niyo naman, di ba?
“Sobrang daming magaganda for the past two years. And this year… pero siyempre, may kanya-kanya silang prayoridad.
“Hindi ko alam kung paano nila pinipili, kung ano ang ilagay nila sa platform nila.
“Platform nila yun, choice nila yun, nirerespeto ko yun, choice nila yun.
“Ang punto ko lang, dapat na i-consider din nila kung anong meron kami. Sapagkat yun nga yung parang paganda nang paganda ang CinePanalo.
“And malaking tulong kung gusto talaga nilang suportahan ang film industry na bigyan naman nila kami ng chance na maipalabas sa kanilang platform, kung ano man sila,” saad ni Chris.
Ipinaliwanag din ni Chris ang tungkol sa product intrusion sa mga pelikula ng CinePanalo.
Aniya: “Lahat ng mga pelikula namin, actually kahit ang Hollywood, punung-puno ng product intrusions.
“Ang difference lang talaga namin is ang product intrusion namin, napaka-subtle.
“Actually, halos hindi mo mararamdaman. Unless, hanapin mo talaga siya.
“Bawal sa amin ang masakit sa mata na product intrusion. It has to be organic to the scene.”
Ang pitong full-length features ng CinePanalo 2026 ay Patay Gutom, Multwoh: Patay na Patay sa ‘Yo, Stuck On You, Beast, Wantawsan, Apol of My Ai, at Mono No Aware.
Simula Miyerkules, Setyembre 23, mapapanaood ang mga ito at ang apat na sets ng student short films sa Gateway Cineplex 18, Trinoma, Fairview Terraces, Feliz, Ayala Malls Circuit, Ayala Malls Manila Bay, and Market! Market!.
Ang regular price ng tiket ay PHP250, samantalang ang discounted price ay PHP200 para sa PWD, senior citizens, students, national athletes, at Aling Puring cardholders.
STUDENT SHORT FILMS
Ang labinsiyam (19) na student short films na grinupo sa apat na set ay ang mga sumusunod:
STARFISH
Director: John Clite Apolinar
Starring: VR Relosa, Nour Hooshmand, Jake Ulan, Floyd Tena, and Dads Valencia
Logline: Forced to return to his provincial hometown, a male sex worker confronts his estranged father, sister, and a town where oppression wears a more familiar face.
KUN HAIN, BISAN DIIN (ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE)
Director: Jomarie Reyes
Starring: Pau Baluyan, Carla Zarcal, and Anton Nolasco
Logline: A young lawyer returns to Samar to look for her estranged activist mother before her wedding.
KANIBAL
Director: Michael Baylon
Starring: Rowen Jean Ledesma, Roselle Lao, and Ma. Lourdes Maculada
Logline: Sa palengkeng hindi maiwasan ang pagbabago, kasabay nito na magbabago ang paniniwala at katawan ni Lea.
SA MGA NAGDAAN AT LUMIPAS
Director: Ezaldea Carla Fernandez
Starring: Darelle Tiu, Aly Torres, and Karla Dipasupil
Logline: Ella, a queer archivist in mourning, reminisced about her lover by preserving a historical video documenting the first Pride March in the Philippines in 1994, in which they are both featured.
LIMLIM
Director: Samantha Beatriz Acoja Palaje
Starring: Zoey Madison Presentacion Lim and Angela Salga
Logline: A ten-year-old girl and her mother move into seclusion at an old chicken farm, where they are forced to confront their grief while starting a new life.
ALUMAHAN
Director: Christian Melvin M. Arejola
Starring: Don Rishmond Cerbito, Zoey Madison Lim, and Jeremy Mayores
Logline: In a small provincial fishing town, 13-year-old Unyok, a grieving fish port helper bullied by his peers, seeks to belong in a violent youth gang and faces a brutal initiation rite.
WHEN HEAVEN INCHED TOWARDS EARTH
Director: Vinh Marco
Starring: André Miguel and Kaleb Ong
Logline: In a Catholic high school in Bulacan, a farm boy’s bond with a sacristan forces him to grapple with faith, shame, and the space between heaven and earth.
NO MAD IS AN ISLAND
Director: Carl Geronimo
Cast: Arjhay Mangulabnan and Vic Romano
Logline: In a vibrant fishing town, Matmat dreams of dancing like a fish, yet the world keeps casting nets around him.
TINGI
Director: Rowan De Aro
Starring: Jero Andrey Marcelino and Evangeline Argete Gigante
Logline: Inside a neighborhood sari-sari store where every transaction tells a story, a graduating student quietly saves every coin for college until an unexpected turn challenges the future he has carefully built.
ANG HULING BANLAW NI SUSAN
Director: Hezekiah M. Estorque
Starring: Jonalyn Mateo, Ian Laczi, Chayl Flores, and Jeffrey James
Logline: A Filipina labandera’s vivid fantasies slowly take over her reality, exposing the hidden cost of surviving in a broken system.
PULIS DUNGGAB
Director: Maxine Dela Bajan
Starring: Van Jordan Gacayan, Elj Seth Tababa, and Richel Ann Basiga
Logline: While playing his favorite game of Pulis Dunggab, 9-year-old Dongkoy stumbles into an encounter that transforms childhood make-believe into something all too real.
THE SOUND OF K
Director: Jay Gabriel A. Cañada
Starring: Jay Gabriel A. Cañada
Logline: A young boy burdened by the fear of speaking discovers that finding his voice may require confronting the very sound he’s spent his life avoiding.
NAKABINBIN
Director: Carlo Gula
Starring: Soliman V. Cruz
Logline: A widowed father must secure a death certificate to bury his daughter, only to learn that without proof she was ever born, the law leaves him no choice but to break it.
NANG MATAKASAN ANG TAGAY
Director: Giancarlo Santiago
Starring: Chino Alfonso and Jovic Gabriel Cardano
Logline: On the eve of his departure, a seaman drifts between a farewell drinking session with his friends and quiet moments with his son, until the tension between machismo and tenderness pushes him toward a reckoning he can no longer postpone.
TEKS BATTLE: SHOOT PATI PATO!
Director: John Russel Capule
Starring: Trisha Nicole Corpus, Kenneth Mendoza, Rhandylle Marius Obra, and Samantha Gleo
Logline: In a small barangay where a children’s game of teks reflects real power, Maya challenges Rod, the reigning champion turned tyrant, in a teks battle that could change the fate of their community.
KAPAG TAPOS NA ANG UMPUKAN
Director: Justine Lee Estinor
Starring: Oz Kenshin Rodas
Logline: A young man trapped between family obligation and personal ambition finds himself at a crossroads when the rituals of lambanog-making and a night of celebration force him to confront the courage he has long been stalling.
12 SHOTS
Director: Minnesota Flores
Starring: Nor Domingo, Kyrie Samodio, and Ethan King
Logline: In a dying Manila photo studio, a teenage apprentice inherits her mentor’s vintage camera and his penchant for the past—until a debt turns deadly, and the only mercy left is to walk the hours back to where it began.
BUMTAK SARA TI NUANGEN (THE CARABAO’S HORNS HAVE CRACKED)
Director: Lloyd Pereira
Starring: Belle Francisco and Riya Miranda
Logline: A young woman determined to find her mother is about to become their town’s first OFW, sending the townsfolk into a frenzy of over-the-top reactions.
MISS INTRAMS
Director: Henri Marie C. Belimac
Starring: Mariella Cuerpo, Mika Hamajo, and Diana Palma
Logline: A queer transmasc college student enters the campus Miss Intramurals pageant not to win, but to understand: is this who she is? Or is this the farewell to who she was?
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