Manila Film Center
Cultural archive and theater in Metro Manila, Philippines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Manila Film Center is a building located at the southwest end of the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Pasay, Philippines. The structure was designed by architect Froilan Hong where its edifice is supported on more than nine hundred piles[1] which reaches to the bed-rock about 120 feet below.
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General information | |
Architectural style | Brutalism |
Location | Pasay, Philippines |
Coordinates | 14.550556°N 120.981944°E / 14.550556; 120.981944 |
Construction started | 1981 |
Completed | 1982 |
Cost | $25 million (USD) |
Owner | Government of the Philippines |
Management | Cultural Center of the Philippines |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Froilan Hong |
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The Manila Film Center served as the main theater for the First Manila International Film Festival[2] (MIFF) January 18–29, 1982. The building has also been the subject of controversies due to a fatal accident that happened on November 17, 1981. At least 169[3][4] workers fell and were buried under quick-drying cement.[5][6]