Cinema of the Philippines
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The Cinema of the Philippines (Filipino: Pelikulang Pilipino; Spanish: Cine Filipino) began with the introduction of the first moving pictures to the country on August 31, 1897, at the Salón de Pertierra in Manila. The following year, local scenes were shot on film for the first time by a Spaniard, Antonio Ramos, using the Lumiere Cinematograph.[5] While most early filmmakers and producers in the country were mostly wealthy enterprising foreigners and expatriates, on September 12, 1919, Dalagang Bukid (Country Maiden), a movie based on a popular musical play, was the first movie made and shown by Filipino filmmaker José Nepomuceno.[6] Dubbed as the "Father of Philippine Cinema," his work marked the start of cinema as an art form in the Philippines.[7]
Cinema of the Philippines | |
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No. of screens | 920 (2018)[1] |
• Per capita | 0.9 per 100,000 (2013)[1] |
Main distributors | Star Cinema 27.1% UIP 17.0% Disney 16.1%[2] |
Produced feature films (2013)[3] | |
Total | 53 |
Number of admissions (2014)[4] | |
Total | 78,300,000 |
• Per capita | 0.8 |
Gross box office (2017)[4] | |
Total | $218 million |
Even with the problems currently facing motion pictures around the world, films are still considered one of the popular forms of entertainment among the Filipino people, directly employing some 260,000 Filipinos and generating around ₱2 billion revenues annually.[8] Among its neighbors in Southeast Asia, Philippine cinema remains as the strongest in the Southeast Asian region with the majority of films made in the region came from the Philippines along with the film industries of Thailand and Indonesia.
The Film Development Council of the Philippines established a national film archive in October 2011.[9] Furthermore, their annually held Luna Awards honor the outstanding Filipino films as voted by their own peers. Meanwhile, the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino hands out the Gawad Urian Awards, which is well known due to its credible choices of winners.