“Pangarap Amerikano: Farmer-Migrants Behind the Camera” features home movies shot by a farmer-migrant Nicholas Viernes, the unofficial documentarian of the Filipino immigrant community in Chicago. Since his arrival in the US in 1926, Viernes filmed events, gatherings, travels, and various slices of life. The films curated for this program were all from the 1930’s […]
Watch the premiere of the #TechTalesYouth: Films about Digital Rights in the Asia-Pacific on December 7 (Thursday) from 2pm-5pm at the UPFI Film Center. Produced by EngageMedia, seven short films created by young and talented filmmakers from Thailand and the Philippines feature stories on digital labour, new money and platform accountability, access to the […]
FREE SCREENING One of the largest in the world, the Filipino Diaspora is a complex phenomenon of a people spread-out in the world seeking opportunities and opening new ways of seeing both the outside world and the land they came from. Don’t miss the chance to watch Kung Saan Man Tayo (2021) and Naglalakbay (2022) […]
The Goethe Institut with the UPFI Film Center presents the Science Film Festival for the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030. The theme is a rallying call for the protection and revival of ecosystems all around the world. Watch the films for free! ~~ Science Film Festival 2023 Presented by Goethe Institut With UPFI […]
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
