☀️In Filipiñana!☀️
August 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
☀️In Filipiñana!☀️
The new feature film "Filipiñana," set in an upscale golf country club outside Manila, is a dark satire that explores issues including inequality, colonialism, structural violence and patriarchy.
“Filipiñana”: Dark Satire Takes Aim at Inequality & Structural Violence in the Philippines
Filipino filmmaker Rafael Manuel discusses his debut feature film Filipiñana. Set at an upscale golf country club outside Manila, the film explores inequality, colonialism, structural violence and pat...
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August 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The new feature film "Filipiñana," set in an upscale golf country club outside Manila, is a dark satire that explores issues including inequality, colonialism, structural violence and patriarchy.
Seventeen-year-old Isabel tees up balls for golfers in a lush luxury oasis in Manila. It's the feature film debut of writer and director Rafael Manuel, and every shot of Filipiñana churns with life. n.pr/3SGITrx
See inequity through the eyes of a 'tee girl' at a fancy resort in 'Filipiñana'
Seventeen-year-old Isabel tees up balls for golfers in a lush luxury oasis in Manila. It's the feature film debut of writer and director Rafael Manuel, and every shot of Filipiñana churns with life.
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September 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Seventeen-year-old Isabel tees up balls for golfers in a lush luxury oasis in Manila. It's the feature film debut of writer and director Rafael Manuel, and every shot of Filipiñana churns with life. n.pr/3SGITrx
The movie “Filipiñana” pits a country club’s members against its staff, using a golf course to explore the Philippines’ deep divides over land and class.
Rafael Manuel’s Film ‘Filipiñana’ Makes a Golf Course a Villain
The movie “Filipiñana” pits a country club’s members against its staff, using a golf course to explore the Philippines’ deep divides over land and class.
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August 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The movie “Filipiñana” pits a country club’s members against its staff, using a golf course to explore the Philippines’ deep divides over land and class.
May 4, 2026 at 10:49 PM
FILIPIÑANA. Check out my mini review.
September 25, 2026 at 5:49 PM
FILIPIÑANA. Check out my mini review.
February 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Ms J is getting another award tomorrow! So she's going to wear a Filipiñana dress 👗
September 6, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Ms J is getting another award tomorrow! So she's going to wear a Filipiñana dress 👗
“Filipiñana,” the first feature by the Filipino director Rafael Manuel, “grabbed me from the very beginning, announcing itself as a masterwork,” @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/225bLk
August 27, 2026 at 4:10 PM
“Filipiñana,” the first feature by the Filipino director Rafael Manuel, “grabbed me from the very beginning, announcing itself as a masterwork,” @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/225bLk
“A film that should be seen in cinemas.” - Screen Daily
“A story for our times.” - NPR
“Darkly comic, visually inventive.” - The Hollywood Reporter
Executive produced by Jia Zhangke, Rafael Manuel’s award-winning debut, FILIPIÑANA, opens in theaters today in NYC: knlor.com/filipiñana
“A story for our times.” - NPR
“Darkly comic, visually inventive.” - The Hollywood Reporter
Executive produced by Jia Zhangke, Rafael Manuel’s award-winning debut, FILIPIÑANA, opens in theaters today in NYC: knlor.com/filipiñana
August 28, 2026 at 11:01 PM
“A film that should be seen in cinemas.” - Screen Daily
“A story for our times.” - NPR
“Darkly comic, visually inventive.” - The Hollywood Reporter
Executive produced by Jia Zhangke, Rafael Manuel’s award-winning debut, FILIPIÑANA, opens in theaters today in NYC: knlor.com/filipiñana
“A story for our times.” - NPR
“Darkly comic, visually inventive.” - The Hollywood Reporter
Executive produced by Jia Zhangke, Rafael Manuel’s award-winning debut, FILIPIÑANA, opens in theaters today in NYC: knlor.com/filipiñana
Listen up Seattle: Rafael Manuel’s fantastic feature debut FILIPIÑANA opens today @siffnews.bsky.social, the Tasveer Film Center, & @thegrandcinema.bsky.social. You should absolutely go see it. It's one of the best films of the year that I still haven't been able to shake. Read my rave review below📽️
FILIPIÑANA: Rafael Manuel’s magnificent, measured feature debut is a quiet knockout of a picture. Seen it twice & have determined it's the best discovery of the fest with a flooring final scene that'll stick with me forever 📽️
My final #Sundance2026 review at TheWrap: www.thewrap.com/creative-con...
My final #Sundance2026 review at TheWrap: www.thewrap.com/creative-con...
September 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Listen up Seattle: Rafael Manuel’s fantastic feature debut FILIPIÑANA opens today @siffnews.bsky.social, the Tasveer Film Center, & @thegrandcinema.bsky.social. You should absolutely go see it. It's one of the best films of the year that I still haven't been able to shake. Read my rave review below📽️
What shape should a movie be? I ask Eisenstein, Godzilla, and Rafael Manuel
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Eyemaxxing
All I want to talk about is the frame in Filipiñana, because it doesn’t work like any movie I’ve ever seen. But first, some backstory.
The Godzilla Minus Zero trailer dropped a couple weeks ago. It’s...
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September 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM
What shape should a movie be? I ask Eisenstein, Godzilla, and Rafael Manuel
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Not a single second, word, or shot is wasted in Rafael Manuel's Jia Zhangke-backed debut feature #Filipiñana, including the end credits.
Read @jaredmobarak.com's Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/filipinana-r...
Read @jaredmobarak.com's Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/filipinana-r...
August 27, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Not a single second, word, or shot is wasted in Rafael Manuel's Jia Zhangke-backed debut feature #Filipiñana, including the end credits.
Read @jaredmobarak.com's Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/filipinana-r...
Read @jaredmobarak.com's Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/filipinana-r...
seeing primetime tonight. very excited :) i love movie
September 25, 2026 at 1:54 PM
seeing primetime tonight. very excited :) i love movie
A Kino Lorber divulgou o trailer oficial de "Filipiñana", elogiado drama indie dirigido pelo cineasta filipino Rafael Manuel, que teve sua première no último Festival de Sundance e chega em setembro aos cinemas americanos.❤️🎥
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Filipiñana – Official Trailer
YouTube video by Kino Lorber
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July 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM
A Kino Lorber divulgou o trailer oficial de "Filipiñana", elogiado drama indie dirigido pelo cineasta filipino Rafael Manuel, que teve sua première no último Festival de Sundance e chega em setembro aos cinemas americanos.❤️🎥
youtu.be/Mq-7rJqNJ4I?...
youtu.be/Mq-7rJqNJ4I?...
i want to see FILIPINANA but im already in a grumpy mood and am concerned it will leave me enraged
September 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM
i want to see FILIPINANA but im already in a grumpy mood and am concerned it will leave me enraged
ugly phase (sketch) vs final (still a WIP)~
its just Hatsune Miku in a Filipiñana
#art #wip #hatsunemiku
its just Hatsune Miku in a Filipiñana
#art #wip #hatsunemiku
November 20, 2024 at 9:44 AM
ugly phase (sketch) vs final (still a WIP)~
its just Hatsune Miku in a Filipiñana
#art #wip #hatsunemiku
its just Hatsune Miku in a Filipiñana
#art #wip #hatsunemiku
Stopped by Pop Culture Happy Hour with @aishaharris.bsky.social and @bedatri.bsky.social to share our thoughts on FILIPIÑANA
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'Filipiñana' is not your average 'eat-the-rich' tale : Pop Culture Happy Hour
Are you tired of the same eat-the-rich narratives churned out by Hollywood? There is a great new film Filipiñana offering a new take about the inner-workings of a country club in the Philippines. It’s...
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September 17, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Stopped by Pop Culture Happy Hour with @aishaharris.bsky.social and @bedatri.bsky.social to share our thoughts on FILIPIÑANA
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Good thing I checked the Siskel Film Center website before heading down there — tonight's screening of "Filipiñana" is sold out! Good to see this movie selling tickets. www.siskelfilmcenter.org/filipinana
Siskel Film Center | Chicago's Home for Great Cinema | FILIPIÑANA
Amid stifling heat and pervasive drought, Isabel (Jorrybell Agoto), a 17-year-old Ilokana from the rural north, works at a posh country club outside Manila. New to the job, she wanders the immaculate ...
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September 7, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Good thing I checked the Siskel Film Center website before heading down there — tonight's screening of "Filipiñana" is sold out! Good to see this movie selling tickets. www.siskelfilmcenter.org/filipinana
MANILA, Philippines — Actress Jorrybell Agoto, one of the stars of the Philippines’ Oscar entry “Filipiñana,” is seeking financial and public support as she undergoes critical care while battling cancer.
Read more: https://mrf.lu/2m34M
Read more: https://mrf.lu/2m34M
September 25, 2026 at 5:28 AM
MANILA, Philippines — Actress Jorrybell Agoto, one of the stars of the Philippines’ Oscar entry “Filipiñana,” is seeking financial and public support as she undergoes critical care while battling cancer.
Read more: https://mrf.lu/2m34M
Read more: https://mrf.lu/2m34M
#LetterboxdFriday: #sacramento & #elkgrove #theaters: #Filipiñana a great quite #satire about a place;which I usually don't like @ #Cinemark & #lasttraintofortune its ok;lacks much chemistry #TowerTheatreCA & #zodiac2007 compelling @ #Regal & #MaskofthePhantasm enjoyed #crestsac : #lastfourwatched..
September 19, 2026 at 4:55 AM
#LetterboxdFriday: #sacramento & #elkgrove #theaters: #Filipiñana a great quite #satire about a place;which I usually don't like @ #Cinemark & #lasttraintofortune its ok;lacks much chemistry #TowerTheatreCA & #zodiac2007 compelling @ #Regal & #MaskofthePhantasm enjoyed #crestsac : #lastfourwatched..