by Ace Miel | Mar 25, 2024 | Press Release
The Cultural Center of the Philippines in partnership with the Society of Filipino Archivists for Film (SOFIA), the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), and FPJ Archives presents CCP Cine Icons, which honors the 100th Birth Anniversary of the late National...
by Ace Miel | Mar 22, 2024 | News Feature, Press Release
For a mambabalagtas, verbal joust and poetry are so much more than a way to express complex emotions and stories. While it was born as a form of entertainment during the bleak era of American colonialism, Balagtasan – a form of traditional verbal jousting – became a...
by Ace Miel | Mar 19, 2024 | Press Release
Take the trip down the Ancient Babylon with Giuseppi Verdi’s Nabucco, premiering in the Philippines through the CCP The Met: Live in HD on April 2, 5:30pm, exclusively at Greenbelt 3 Cinema 1 located in Makati City. Verdi’s third opera is a stirring drama about the...
by Ace Miel | Mar 19, 2024 | Press Release
Like the unexplainable urge to say po and opo as a sign of respect, watching opera should be a part of the Filipino’s national consciousness, something that the Cultural Center of the Philippines has been working on and addressing through various programs. For...
by Ace Miel | Mar 14, 2024 | Press Release
Shakespeare’s most compelling and enduring tragedy, Othello, comes to Philippine cinema through the CCP’s National Theater Live on March 26, 2024, 5:30pm, at Greenbelt 3 Cinema 1. A tragedy in five acts by English national poet William Shakespeare, Othello...
by Ace Miel | Mar 8, 2024 | Press Release
A special screening and talkback of The Flor Contemplacion Story marks the first anniversary of the CCP Cine Icons, slated on March 15, 1 pm, at the GSIS Theater in Pasay City. Free and open to the public, this event is also CCP’s contribution to National...
by Ace Miel | Mar 8, 2024 | Press Release
When the country bore the brunt of the pandemic in 2020, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) ensured to the public that it could still fulfill its mandate to promote and preserve the best of Filipino arts and culture. Back on March 13, 2020, the CCP complied...
by Ace Miel | Mar 8, 2024 | Photo Release
The Cultural Center of the Philippines lights up the Tanghalang Pambasan (CCP Main Building), the Bamboo Pavilion at Liwasang Kalikhasan, and the Tanghalang Ignacio B. Gimenez (CCP Blackbox Theater) in purple to celebrate the National Women’s Month this March....
by Ace Miel | Mar 7, 2024 | Press Release
In a nation that centers its social foundation on family, it is not surprising to see numerous films centered on family stories. Whether it is about complicated familial situations, the sacrifices that parents make for their children, and heart-warming moments among...
