Filmmaking in the Philippines has long been centred geographically around the island country’s capital Manila and a handful of large production companies. Film watching in the Philippines is an immensely popular activity and at the box office the Hollywood blockbuster is king, perhaps reflecting many Filipinos’ enthusiastic enjoyment of American pop culture. Locally produced films that do well are generally the romance and action pictures from large Manila based film studios. However, independent films without financial backing from large studios are now beginning to gain ground and challenge the capital’s geographic monopoly on film production without the support of the major Philippine film studios.
Waverly Pictures and Independent film making in the Philippines by Eve Marguerite | A Nos Amours
