Instituto Cervantes’ Film Fest PELÍCULA Ends with More than 6,000 Viewers

The 23rd edition of the PELÍCULA>Pelikula Spanish Film Festival, organized by Instituto Cervantes de Manila, concluded successfully after a dynamic week of Spanish and Latin American cinema at the Red Carpet Cinemas, Shangri-La Plaza. With over 6,500 attendees, the festival ran from October 5 to 13, 2024, offering a rich selection of different kinds of films and events that captivated Filipino viewers.

The closing weekend saw strong audience engagement, with back-to-back full-house screenings. The Festival wrapped up on 13 October with the awarding of the Premio del Público (Audience Choice Award), which went to Dani de la Orden's Casa en llamas (2024). The film, a dark comedy about a woman’s determined yet chaotic attempt to reunite her family, captured viewers' hearts. The movie has made waves in the cinematic world, bagging several national awards and becoming the highest-grossing Catalan film of all time. The recognition that this film has received underscores the importance of supporting and promoting such works, as they reflect the cultural mosaic of Spain and highlight the unique narratives that each region brings to the cinematic landscape.

ZALORA Philippines Opens First-Ever Digital Pop-Up Store

Asia’s leading online fashion destination, ZALORA Philippines, officially opened the doors of its ZALORA Pop-Up Store today at EDSA Shangri-la Mall. Recognized as the very first digital pop-up store in the Philippines, it represents the company’s latest efforts in continuing to build E-Commerce in the country using an omnichannel approach to ease customers into online shopping. 

“The ZALORA Pop-Up Store marks another milestone in our company’s young history. Since we started operations in 2012, we’ve continued to look for innovative ways to grow E-Commerce in the Philippines and through this initiative, we hope to widen our customer reach, educate them on the benefits of online shopping and dress them in the latest fashion trends, in the quickest and most convenient way possible,” said Paulo Campos, Co-Founder and CEO of ZALORA Philippines.

Scribe Opens In Sharngri La Plaza East Wing

Specialty store Scribe Writing Essentials who  caters to lovers of the art and craft of writing through various mediums and brands opens their flagship store in the new East Wing of Shangri La Plaza. It is a one of a kind store with a lot of international writing brands of top quality. Scribe recently launched their flahship store in the new East Wing of Shangri La Plaza.

Scribe opens new doors and keeps the tradition of reading and writing alive

In this day and age when everything is about high technology gadgets, there still thrives a store where one can   find traditional reading and writing products. Like every girl, the store owner went through a phase of collecting stationeries and cute knick-knacks and this is how the whole  business started.It actually started  only as a hobby in college where she and her sister-­-in-­-law would sell specialty items in bazaars during Christmas.