Mel Tobias

RECENT STORIES

Filipino films flourish at VIFF

The Vancouver International Film Festival has a soft spot for Philippine-made movies. During the lean years of Tagalog films that lasted more than a decade, the VIFF managed to...

Filipino film industry reborn

Tagalog-language films from the Philippines remain relatively unknown because they’re produced primarily for the domestic market and have had only brief international attention. A...

Caregiver

Multi-award-winning actor-singer Sharon Cuneta made the right move by making a movie with Chito S. Roño about a subject close to the hearts of Filipinos: the lowly and socially...