FDCP’s IAnimate Animation Film Festival kicks off April 24
FDCP’s IAnimate Animation Film Festival kicks off April 24
On April 11, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) teased its line-up of animated films by releasing a trailer for their much-anticipated ‘IAnimate: Animation Film Festival.’
The film festival centered on animated films was first announced last January 28 (presented as ‘Inanimate’), along with presenting projects and programs for the first quarter of 2025. It was first projected to be released in March, but as the month passed and with the release of the trailer video, it is now confirmed to be set from April 24 to May 7, 2025.
FDCP CEO and Chairman Joey Reyes shared in the January programs and project presentation that with this animated film festival “ We [at FDCP] wants to make audiences see that Filipino animators are really good (gusto namin iparamdam sa audience [na] ang gagaling na Filipino animators).”
Feature-length Lineup
Still from Iti Mapukpukaw
From the recent 2025 Oscar Award winner for Best International Film, Flow, to the 2023 Cinemalaya Best Film awardee, Iti Mapukpukaw, here are the films slated for the animated film festival:
Cleaners (2019) by Glenn Barit
Flow (2024) by Gints Zilbalodis
Ghost Cat Anzu (2024) by Yoko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita
Iti Mapukpukaw (The Missing) (2023) by Carl Joseph E. Papa
Read our review of Iti Mapukpukaw here: https://www.sinegang.ph/filmreviews/iti-mapukpukaw-jp
Le Petit Nicolas (Little Nicolas) (2022) by Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre
Loving Vincent (2017) by Hugh Welchman, DK Welchman
Memoir of a Snail (2024) by Adam Elliot
Robot Dreams (2023) by Pablo Berger
Read our review of Robot Dreams here: https://www.sinegang.ph/filmreviews/robot-dreams-lm
Saving Sally (2016) by Avid Liongoren
Weathering With You (2019) by Makoto Shinkai
Wolf Children (2012) by Mamoru Hosoda
Student Shorts Showcase
Still from Meow Meow Meow Meow: The Meowsical
Besides the list of feature-length films above, the festival will also feature numerous selections of Filipino-made animated short films from students and film veterans, including a thought-to-be-lost experimental short film Spit from veteran animator and FAMAS Lifetime Achievement awardee, Roxlee. Here are the list of short films per category:
All the Things Left Unsaid (2023) by Josh Van Ulric Campo
Ang Amomonggo sa Aton (2021) by Vincent Joseph Entuna
Ang Mga Sisiw sa Kagubatan (2022) by Vahn Leinard Pascual
Blinding Lights (2024) by Danica Sy, Angelo Lubao
CITSALP (2021) by Jean Evangelista
Dati (Before) (2022) by Arlo Jhan Bayot
IAmAannika (2021) by Dan Verzosa
Ili-Ili (Little One) (2024) by Clister Santos
I’m Best Left Inside My Head (2024) by Elian Idioma
Meow Meow Meow Meow: The Meowsical (2025) by Velocity Jade de Lumen, John Clarence Marnilego, Marion Christopher Fabian, Ana Isabelle Ramos, Carissa Marquez Tiangco
Lola Loleng (2016) by Che Tagyamon
One Call Away (2024) by Ashley Mae D. Gonzaga
Tiket ni Lola (2024) dir. by Ana Cyrenea Caoile
Animated Shorts
Still from Hito
Brand X (2022) by Keith Deligero
Ella Arcanghel (2020) by Mervin Malonzo
Hito (2023) by Stephen Lopez
HM HM MHM (2022) by Kim Timan, Sam Villa-real
Jepoy (2019) by Avid Liongoren
Maski Papano (2020) by Glenn Barit, Che Tagyamon
From the Archives
Still from Roxlee’s Spit
ABCD (1985) by Roxlee
Agogo (2006) by Ricky Orellana
Anak Maynila (1993) by Nonoy Dadivas and Dange Desembrana
Aninag sa Dapithapon (1996) by Rica Arevalo, Pinky Ibarra
Ang Maikling Buhay ng Apoy Act 2 Scene 2: Suring at ang Kuk-Ok (1995) by Auraeus Solito
Ano Ang Trabaho ng Nanay Mo? (1995) by Tita Rosel
Balat II (1989) by Yeye Calderon
Junkzilla (1995) by Nonoy Dadivas
Movements (2001) by Arnel Telesforo (Dagat), Marcus Vito Nada (Propaganda #5), Breiner Medina (Five Years), Victor Balanon & Ferdilez Valencia (Terminus), Jason Jacobe Moss (Virga)
Spit (1988) by Roxlee
The Friendly Letter (1997) by Katrina Villa
The Great Smoke (1984) by Roxlee
The Last Fish in the World (1996) by Agustina Basco, Patricia Sim
Words and Outtakes (1988) by Roxlee
SPIT, WORDS AND OUTAKES…, AND OPTIK (1988) by Yeye Calderon, At Maculangan, Roxlee
FDCP Cinematheque Centres nationwide are set to screen the festival, except Cinematheque Center Manila, which is yet to be relocated as of February 3, 2025. Cinemas in SM Mall of Asia, Manila, Megamall, and North EDSA are also set to screen the animated film festival. Schedules are now posted in FDCP pages.
