Tag: Magellan

Filipino director Lav Diaz’s “Magellan” has won the Golden Spike, the highest honor at the 70th Valladolid International Film Festival (SEMINCI) in Spain. The...

Lav Diaz retells Magellan story in Philippines’ Oscars entry Lav Diaz is the most appropriate filmmaker to retell the story of Magellan (2025). After all,...

Award-winning filmmaker Lav Diaz’s “Magellan” will represent the Philippines at the 98th Academy Awards. On Monday, Sept. 1, the Film Academy of the Philippines shared...

The Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) confirmed the seven films vying to become the country’s official submission to the 2026 Academy Awards. On Monday,...

Cannes, France—Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal stars in a new film which re-examines the discovery of the Philippines by European explorers and questions the existence...

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"Here’s more of the essay by rising historian and diplomat, Raisa Mabayo."   (Part 2) Indeed, as we moved on from being a Spanish colony for over...