The Cinemalaya Foundation and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) have partnered with Ayala Malls Cinemas and SM Cinemas for the special screenings of the 18 films featured in this year's Cinemalaya Film Festival.
Starting Wednesday, August 10, to Tuesday, August 16, five branches of Ayala Malls Cinemas will participate in the film screening – Glorietta, TriNoma, Manila Bay, Capitol Central Bacolod, and CDO Centrio. Meanwhile, SM Megamall, SM City Baguio, SM City Clark, SM City Dasmariñas, and SM City Legazpi will be the ones participating under SM Cinemas.
Now on its 18th edition, Cinemalaya will go on for two months — from August 5 to October 31, with a full lineup of feature-length and short films. This year's theme is "Breaking Through The Noise."
Aside from the traditional venues inside the CCP and selected partner cinemas nationwide, the film entries will also have regional screenings in selected communities, and online screenings via Vimeo.
The exact dates of the festival runs are as follows:
- August 5-14: Festival proper at the CCP
- August 6-8: Gawad Alternatibo screenings at CCP Tanghalang Manuel Conde
- August 10-17: Screenings in select partner cinemas nationwide
- August 13: Gawad Alternatibo Awarding
- August 14: Cinemalaya Awards Night at Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)
- August 22-29: Regional screenings (selected communities)
- October 17-31: Online screenings via CCP on Vimeo
The competing entries for Cinemalaya 2022 include:
Full-length films
- 12 Weeks by Anna Isabelle Matutina
- Angkas (The Backride) by Rainerio C. Yamson II
- Bakit ‘Di Mo Sabihin? (Tell Her) by Real S. Florido
- Batsoy by Ronald Espinosa Batallones
- Blue Room by Ma-an L. Asuncion-Dagñalan
- Bula sa Langit (Trigger) by Sheenly Gener
- Ginhawa (Solace) by Christian Paolo Lat
- Kaluskos (Rustles) by Roman S. Perez Jr.
- Kargo (Cargo) by TM Malones
- Retirada (The Retiree) by Milo Alto Paz and Cynthia Cruz-Paz
- The Baseball Player by Carlo Obispo
Shorts A and B features:
- Ampangabagat nin Talakba ha Likol (It’s Raining Frogs Outside) by Maria Estela Paiso
- Black Rainbow by Zig Dulay
- City of Flowers by Xeph Suarez
- Dikit by Gabriela Serrano
- Distance by Dexter Paul de Jesus
- Duwa-Duwa (The Play) by Nena Jana Achacoso
- Kwits (Quits) by Raz dela Torre
- Mata Kang Busay (Vision of The Falls) by Nińo B. Maldecir
- Mga Handum nga Nasulat sa Baras (The Dreams That Are Written On The Sand) by Arlie Sweet Sumagaysay and Richard Jeroui Salvadico
- See You, George! by Mark Moneda
- Si Oddie by Maria Kydylee Torato
- Roundtrip to Happiness by Claudia Fernardo
The annual film festival was held virtually in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
