Pushcart Tales, a Puregold CinePanalo Gem, joins the prestigious Fantasporto 2025 in Portugal

 Filipino cinema continues to prove its world-class caliber
as filmmaker Sigrid Bernado’s Pushcart Tales earns an
esteemed spot in the Orient Express Official Section at
one of the world’s most prestigiousfilm festivals,
the 45th Fantasporto. 

The captivating power of Filipino storytelling will once again take global center stage as award-winning filmmaker Sigrid Bernardo’s Pushcart Tales secures a spot at the 45th Fantasporto, an event that is lauded by Variety magazine as one of the leading 25 film festivals globally.  

Set to run from February 28 to March 9 in Porto, Portugal, the prestigious event, also known as the Porto International Film Festival, attracts an audience of more than 110,000 annually. 

Puregold CinePanalo best picture “Under A Piaya Moon” comes home to Bacolod

Negrense director Kurt Soberano’s debut masterpiece Under A Piaya Moon, which bagged eight major awards at the 2024 Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival including Best Picture, will have a commercial screening run in the province that inspired it.

The award-winning film, starring Jeff Moses, Pau Dimaranan, Chart Motus, and veteran actor Joel Torre will open in Ayala Malls Capitol Central and SM City Bacolod on May 29. 

Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival Presents Full-Length Directors and Student Short Films Awardees

Left to right: Raynier Brizuela, Carlo Obispo, Sigrid Bernardo,
VJ Mendoza, Mina Cruz, Kurt Soberano, and Eugene Torres,
representing the full-length productions
participating in the Puregold CinePanalo.

Something big and exciting is happening with the upcoming Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival which will feature a great mix of up-and-coming student filmmakers and established directors to create new stories through cinema. With the support of Puregold which has also ventured into entertainment, this film festival attracts these creative talents and looking forward to making this their legacy in the entertainment industry.

In a press conference held at the Artson Events Place, representatives from Puregold, the film directors, their respective producers, and other key members of their teams are presented and shared the gist of their films which some are now in the works and just in time for the festival that will be held in March 2024. The group is collectively called Kuwentong Panalo — which means that they can touch the heart and remind us of the indomitable Filipino spirit.