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Published April 18, 2025 4:27pm
The Film Development Council of the Philippines is set to hold the I Animate Animation Film Festival from April 24 to May 7.
The film fest is a celebration of animated films and the animators who create them. It will feature talkback sessions with figures from the animation industry, as well as screenings of acclaimed local and international animated films.
The films will be screened in select SM Cinemas in Metro Manila from April 24 to 29 and in FDCP's Cinematheque Centres in Iloilo, Davao, Negros, and Nabunturan from April 25 to May 7.
The festival's film lineup includes Cinemalaya 2023 Best Film "Iti Mapukpukaw (The Missing)" by Carl Joseph Papa, "Cleaners" by Glenn Barit, "Saving Sally" by Avid Liongoren, "Memoir of a Snail" by Adam Elliot, Oscar 2025 Best Animated Feature Film "Flow" by Gints Zilbalodis, "Robot Dreams" by Pablo Berger, "Le Petit Nicolas" by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre, "Weathering With You" by Makoto Shinkai, "Loving Vincent" by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, and "Wolf Children" by Mamoru Hosoda.
It will also screen various animated films under the Student Shorts Showcase, Animated Short Focus, and From the Archives categories.
Here's the screening schedule.
SM Manila, Mall of Asia, and North EDSA
April 25-29
- "Flow" - P250
- "Iti Mapukpukaw" - P250
SM Megamall
April 24
- 1 p.m. - "Robot Dreams" - Free
- 6:30 p.m. - "Memoir of a Snail" - Invite only
April 25
- 1 p.m. - "Little Nicholas" - Free
- 3:30 p.m. - Student Shorts Showcase - Free
- 5 p.m. - FDCP Film Talk on I Animate - Free
- 7 p.m. - "Weathering With You" - Free
April 26
- 11 a.m. - "Robot Dreams" - Free
- 1 p.m. - Animated Shorts Focus
- 3 p.m. - "Saving Sally" - Free
- 4:30 p.m. - FDCP Film Talk on I Animate - Free
- 6:30 p.m. - "Ghost Cat Anzu" - Free
April 27
- 11 a.m. - "Wolf Children" - Free
- 1 p.m. - From the Archives - Free
- 2:30 p.m. - FDCP Film Talk on I Animate
- 4:30 p.m. - "Loving Vincent" - Free
- 6:30 p.m. - "Cleaners" - Free
April 28-29
- "Flow" - P250
- "Iti Mapukpukaw" - P250
Cinematheque Centre - Iloilo
April 25
- 3:30 p.m. - Animated Shorts Focus - Free
- 6 p.m. - "Loving Vincent" - Free
April 26
- 1 p.m. - "Weathering With You" - Free
- 3:30 p.m. - "Flow" - P200
April 29
- 3:30 p.m. - Student Shorts Showcase - Free
- 6 p.m. - "Flow" - P200
April 30
- 3:30 p.m. - From the Archives - Free
- 6 p.m. - "Flow" - P200
May 2
- 3:30 p.m. - "Cleaners" - Free
- 6 p.m. - "Flow" - P200
May 3
- 1 p.m. - "Saving Sally" - Free
- 3:30 p.m. - "Flow" - P200
Cinematheque Centre - Davao
April 28
- 1 p.m. - Animated Shorts Focus - Free
- 3 p.m. - "Saving Sally" - Free
April 29
- 1 p.m. - Student Shorts Showcase - Free
- 3 p.m. - "Cleaners" - Free
April 30
- 1 p.m. - From the Archives - Free
- 3 p.m. - "Flow" - P200
May 2
- 1 p.m. - "Loving Vincent" - Free
- 3 p.m. - "Weathering With You" - Free
- 5 p.m. - "Flow" - P200
Cinematheque Centre - Negros
April 25
- 3:30 p.m. - Animated Shorts Focus - Free
- 5:30 p.m. - "Flow" - P200
April 26
- 1 p.m. - "Cleaners" - Free
- 3 p.m. - Student Shorts Showcase - Free
April 30
- 3:30 p.m. - "Flow" - P200
- 5:30 p.m. - From the Archives - Free
May 2
- 3:30 p.m. - "Flow" - P200
- 5:30 p.m. - "Weathering With You" - Free
May 3
- 1 p.m. - "Saving Sally" - Free
- 3 a.m. - "Loving Vincent" - Free
Cinematheque Centre - Nabunturan
April 28
- 3 p.m. - Animated Shorts Focus - Free
- 5:15 p.m. - "Loving Vincent" - Free
April 29
- 3 p.m. - Student Shorts Showcase - Free
- 5:15 p.m. - "Saving Sally" - Free
April 30
- 3 p.m. - From the Archives - Free
- 5:15 p.m. - "Weathering With You" - Free
May 5
- 3 p.m. - "Flow" - P200
- 5:15 p.m. - "Cleaners" - Free
—CDC, GMA Integrated News
