Press Room
CCP MET OPERA IN HD FEATURES VERDI’S FALSTAFF IN SEPTEMBER
FALSTAFF, a Shakespearean comedy by Giuseppe Verdi is the featured opera at CCP’s The Met: LIVE in HD Season 8 on September 5, 2023 at Cinema 1, Greenbelt 3, in Makati City at 5:30pm. This comedic opera that takes place in 14th century England talks about Sir John...
BACKSTAGE PASS: A HOMAGE TO PEOPLE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENE
Most often, audiences perceive the hard work that the actors, musicians, and rest of the cast – the so-called front liners of any production – put into a successful performance. But little do they know that the backliners – the backstage and production crew – spent...
ANYWHERE WE SING IS HOME: CCP CELEBRATES ITS 54TH ANNIVERSARY
On its 54th anniversary, the CCP continues to celebrate art, pay tribute to Filipino artists, and bring their creativity to a greater audience. Despite the closure of its Main Building, the relocation of its offices, and changes in leadership and systems, the...
CCP OUT OF THE BOX SERIES: FIGARO! FIGARO!! PRESENTS TAGALIZED ABRIDGED OPERAS
Back-to-back abridged versions of Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro take the centerstage in the second installment of the CCP Out-Of-The-Box Series, the newest program of the Cultural Center of the...
ARTISTIC STAKES ARE HIGHER WITH CINEMALAYA 2024 FINALISTS
Still on the high from the Cinemalaya 19 fever, the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Cinemalaya Foundation Inc are already gearing up for the 20th edition of the country’s biggest independent film festival in 2024. Upholding its vision to develop and support...
ANIMATED FILM ITI MAPUKPUKAW NAMED BEST FILM IN CINEMALAYA 19 MIKOY MORALES, PAT TINGJUY, DOLLY DE LEON RECEIVED ACTING AWARDS
Animated film Iti Mapukpukaw made history as it brought home the Balanghai trophy for Best Film in the Full-Length Category of the 19th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. The film directed by Carl Joseph Papa was cited for “for boldly taking on the...
PPO INTRODUCES ITS NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR
The search for the new music director and principal conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) has come to a close as the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) announces Polish conductor Maestro Grzegorz Nowak will assume the management of the...
CCP LAUNCHES GRANT PROJECTS AT CINEMALAYA 19
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) launches the completed digital projects, under its Comics, Animation, and Game Development Grant Program, on August 12, 2023, 3pm, at the Cinema Palma, located at the 2/F Philippine International Convention Center (PICC)....
DWEIN BALTAZAR’S THIRD WORLD ROMANCE CAPS CINEMALAYA 19
A romance film written and directed by Dwein Baltazar, starring Carlo Aquino and Charlie Dizon, caps Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival 2023 on August 12, 2023, 9 pm, at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC). “Third World Romance (Love on...
CINEMALAYA 19 AT THE AYALA CINEMAS
The Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Cinemalaya Foundation Inc renewed its partnership with Ayala Malls Cinemas to bring this year’s edition of Cinemalaya Philippines Independent Film Festival closer to film enthusiasts and reach wider audiences. Now in its...