From revolutionaries such as Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni to genre masters such as Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci to contemporary voices such as Alice Rohrwacher and Piero Messina, the world owes much to Italian cinema. However, as commercial theater franchises prioritize Hollywood blockbusters and local commercial releases and small cinematheques focus on local titles and independent films, there have been few avenues to discover and rediscover Italian cinema in the country.
As an answer to this, the MOVIEMOV Italian Film Festival has annually provided free access to Italian cinema to curious moviegoers in the Philippines. The festival is hosted by Play-Town, in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), the Philippine Italian Association, Embassy of Italy in the Philippines, and the Italian Ministry for Culture and Tourism…
