Puregold CinePanalo 2025 promises “Bigger Dreams, Bolder Visions” following the unveiling of this year’s entries
Puregold CinePanalo 2025 promises “Bigger Dreams, Bolder Visions” following the unveiling of this year’s entries
Festival director Christopher Cahilig and festival chair Ivy Hayagan-Piedad proudly welcomed the attendees to the official presentation of the filmmakers in this year’s Puregold CinePanalo.
SINEGANG.ph published this press release sponsored by Puregold. No staff writer participated in writing this article.
Filmmakers who are set to participate at the upcoming 2025 Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival were recently presented in a press conference held at the Artson Events Place in Quezon City. With a fresh group of contenders and their entries riding on the momentum of last year’s hugely successful festival, Puregold CinePanalo is fast turning out to be a hotly anticipated event in the local film industry’s calendar.
Millions of pesos in production grants are a great part of the draw. In Puregold CinePanalo’s 2025 run, the bounty benefitted eight winning filmmakers who received P3,000,000 each, as well as twenty-four student filmmakers who received P150,000 each.
With Puregold CinePanalo once again raring to provide millions in production grants to select participants, aspiring new filmmakers were spurred to craft more uplifting stories with the theme, “Mga Kwentong Panalo ng Buhay”.
At the press conference, Puregold CinePanalo proudly presented these worthy participants to attendees that comprised festival organizers as well as representatives from the festival’s various partners such as the MTRCB, Gateway Cineplex 18, Mowelfund, Terminal Six, CMB Films, and MFP Rentals.
Ivy Hayagan-Piedad, senior marketing manager for Puregold, spoke enthusiastically about working with a fresh batch of filmmakers. “After an intensely competitive application period, these directors came out on top of the heap,” she said. “We know they will produce excellent, gripping work and we can’t wait to share these with the viewing public at the upcoming festival.”
The directors, stars, and crew behind the seven full-length films on the line up for the 2025 Puregold CinePanalo came out in force at the festival’s recent press conference.
The Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival will forthwith showcase directors and stars of varying experience and acclaim within the industry, with the star-studded 2025 edition highlighting the filmmaking domain’s rich reserves of talent.
Mes de Guzman directs Sepak Takraw, starring Enzo Osorio, Nicollo Castillo, Ruby Ruiz, and Acey Aguilar. JP Habac’s Olsen’s Day will feature Khalil Ramos, Romnick Sarmenta, and child actor Xander Nuda. Tara Illenberger helms the film Tigkiliwi starring Ruby Ruiz in her second Puregold CinePanalo feature, Gabby Padilla, and Julian Paul Larroder. Dynamic duo Christian Paolo Lat & Dominic Lat are directing Journeyman, starring JC Santos and Jasmine Curtis-Smith.
Official poster for Sepak Takraw
Official poster for Olsen’s Day
Official poster for Tigkliwi
Official poster for Journeyman
TM Malones will be working on Salum with stars Allen Dizon and Christine Mary Dimaisip. Jill Singson Urdaneta’s Co-Love will showcase KD Estrada, Alexa Ilacad, Jameson Blake, and Kira Balinger.
Official poster for Salum
Official poster for Co-Love
Meanwhile, Baby Ruth Villarama’s Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea will mark the first-ever documentary to join the Puregold CinePanalo line up. Another historic first sees noted producer Catsi Catalan making her directorial debut with the film Fleeting, starring Janella Salvador and RK Bagatsing.
Official poster for Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea
Official poster for Fleeting
Student Short Film Category
Festival director Christopher Cahilig (extreme left) and Puregold senior marketing manager Ivy Hayagan-Piedad (extreme right) posing with this year’s student filmmakers for the Puregold CinePanalo.
Also in attendance at the press event were twenty-four student filmmakers from universities across the country:
Adelbert Abrigonda (Polytechnic University of the Philippines)
Dan, En Pointe
Allan M. Balance Jr. (Polytechnic University of the Philippines)
Cancer Din Ang Zodiac Sign Mo?
Angel Allizon Cruz (University of Santo Tomas)
Dito, Dati
Roniño Dolim (University of Eastern Philippines) - Sine-Sine
Kenneth Flores (Far Eastern University)
1... 2... Strike!!!
Austine Rae R. Fresnido (FAITH Colleges)
Sa Susunod Sisikat si Susan
Clyde Cuizon Gamale (University of the Philippines)
Champ Green
Bjorn M. Herrera (Central Philippine University)
Nanay's Frankenstein
Maria Eleanor P. Javier (University of the Philippines Visayas)
Mother at Sixty
Producer Ivan Gentolizo representing Mae Malaya (University of the Philippines)
Sisenta!
Ira Corinne Esquerra Malit (University of Caloocan City)
SamPie
Naiah Nicole Mendoza (Polytechnic University of the Philippines)
Taympers
Vhan Marco B. Molacruz (Colegio de San Juan de Letran)
Uwian
Jadrien Morales (University of the Philippines)
Let's Go Somewhere Else
Regene Narciso (Dalubhasaan ng Lunsod ng San Pablo) - Papunta Ka Pa Lang, Naka-Bounce Na Ako
Alexie Nicole Pardo (Polytechnic University of the Philippines)
Checkmate
Kieth Earl B. Rebaño (University of the Philippines Visayas)
Daeaura
John Lester Rimorin (University of the Philippines)
Japan Surplus
Jose Andy Sales (University of San Carlos)
G!
Mark Joseph Sanchez (Polytechnic University of the Philippines)
Our One and Only Bab(o)y
Aubrey Soriano (Polytechnic University of the Philippines)
Si Nadia at ang Kanyang mga Kuro-Kuro
Jasper Tan (Far Eastern University)
Sa Pagbunga
Johannes Tejero (University of San Carlos)
Daog, Pildi
Sean Rafael A. Verdejo (National University Laguna)
Dela Cruz, Juan P.
With such a diverse lineup of filmmakers, the 2025 Puregold CinePanalo is primed to be another can’t-miss event for Philippine cinema. The completed films will be screened at Gateway Cineplex 18 from March 14 to 25, 2025.
