00:00From the streets of Manila to the red carpet of Cannes,
00:03five Filipino-produced films are set to make waves at this year's prestigious film festival,
00:09with most projects proudly crafted through international co-productions
00:12that spotlight the Philippines on the global cinema stage.
00:16Making its debut in the non-competitive Cannes premiere category,
00:19Love Dia's latest film tackles the life of the titular Portuguese colonizer Ferdinand Magellan,
00:25played by Gael Garcia Bernal, Rory Lazaro and Hazel Orencho will play Raja Humabon and Juana,
00:32alongside Bong Cabrera as Raja Pulambu.
00:35Rounding out the Filipino actors in the cast,
00:38Renoir is a Japanese film which Sylvia Sanchez and Rhea Taide's Nathan Studios and the Luyong Studios
00:45are involved as producers, making this a co-production between Japan, the Philippines, France, Singapore and Indonesia.
00:52This marks the return of the Philippines to the main Palme d'Or competitive category.
00:58The last time the Philippines participated in the category was with Maria Rosa in 2016,
01:03which earned the late Jacqueline Jose her Best Actress award.
01:07Meanwhile, Filipino filmmakers Arvin Villarino and Kaila Daniel Romero will have two entries in the Cannes short film competition.
01:15One they directed and the other they wrote.
01:18A Capito is a 15-minute story focused on a group of pin setters working in a dying bowling alley.
01:25Meanwhile, Alley is a co-production with Bangladesh.
01:28Villarino and Romero wrote the script with Adnan Al-Rajiv directing a 15-minute tale set in a town where women are not allowed to sing.
01:37While the Blit is a co-production between the Philippines, through epic media productions, Malaysia and France,
01:44the black and white short film centers on a Malay-Tamil couple who discover that the male goat they were supposed to sacrifice for a religious ceremony is pregnant.
01:54As they try to uncover the truth behind the goat's impregnation,
01:57they must decide whether to proceed with the ritual or face the consequences from their gods.
