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We’re excited to share what’s coming up: FAC Film Festival this weekend!. Also, the TV Creator Lab in kicking off and the FilAm Creative Anthology on TFC is still on! As always there are so many ways to get involved!

09/25/2026

The FilAm Creative Film Festival is October 2-4, 2026 in Los Angeles. Get your tickets now

09/24/2026

The FilAm Creative Film Festival is next week! Get your tickets https://filamcreative.org

This Filipino American History Month, join the FilAm Creative Film Festival in discovering inspiring films, insightful educational panels, filmmaker conversations, networking opportunities, and a special Awards Night honoring FilAm creativity and excellence in film.

WHEN and WHERE:
• October 1, 2026 - NBC Universal Filmmaker Round Table, and Filmmaker Welcome and Mixer, Patriot Pictures, West Hollywood, California, USA
• October 2-4, 2026 - Educational Panels and Film Screenings, Cal State LA Downtown, 801 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA
• October 4, 2026 - Awards Night, Cal State LA Downtown, 801 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

From the stories we tell to the voices we amplify, Filipino-American filmmakers continue to showcase the richness of our culture and experiences. Bring your friends, fellow film lovers, and the whole FilAm community for four days of cinema, connection, and celebration.

GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, and GMA News TV are proud media partners of this event.

09/24/2026

09/19/2026

Join our Filamcreative Family as we come out to support Jannelle So Jannelle So-Perkins and her newest LIVE TALK TV Series on Saturday September 26th at The Noypitz Bar & Grill Long Beach Longbeach. Jannelle will speak to the founders of Noble Creations Cafe 86 Teofilo Coffee Company on their unique and inspiring journeys to get to where they are today.

Admission is free once you sign up using the QR code on the flyer.

SEE YOU THERE!

09/17/2026

🎬 REEL LIFE

Real stories. Real struggles. Real reasons to keep going.

REEL LIFE brings together films that reflect life as it is—capturing resilience, perseverance, and the relentless pursuit of purpose through life's challenges.

Featuring:
🎬 Reach Out
In an intergenerational collaboration between Los Angeles-based band Bootleg Orchestra and singer Roger Rigor from iconic Filipino band VST & Co, this short documentary explores the creative process of producing a song that calls for international solidarity for climate justice and highlights the role of music in giving life to a movement.
Director(s): John Zafra Haas

🎬 Time Crisis
Three times a week, Eddie Esguerra goes to Los Angeles arcades to play Time Crisis. Day after day, he hones his unique ability to play alone in two-player mode. As we follow Eddie, we learn that his ultimate goal is not just to master the game, but to make friends and find a community.
Director(s): Brooke Palmieri and Zac Weathers

🎬 Diminishing Returns
A young filipina celebrates her birthday away from home for the first time.
Director(s): Debbie Su

Watch REEL LIFE​, part of THE CROSSING: Finding Our Way Home Through Stories.

📺 Saturdays & Sundays on TFC
Also available on MYX, ANC, and Cinema One.

09/11/2026

When things go wrong, sometimes all you can do is laugh.

LAUGH & CHAOS is a collection of films where disorder meets humor, bringing wild, unpredictable, and laugh-out-loud stories to the screen.

Featuring:
🎬 Party Favor
A Filipino-American woman grapples with going behind her strict Catholic sister's back to buy condoms for her 14-year-old niece.
Director(s): Yasmine Gomez

🎬 Three Ates and a Wedding
Three vastly different sisters try to make it through their younger brother’s chaotic Filipino-Canadian wedding. When one of them steals a family heirloom, they must put it back without their overbearing mother noticing.
Director(s): Kevin Ang

🎬 Everything Good
Gabi has to deliver some disappointing news to her family. To curb her anxiety, she enlists the help of her mischievous cousin and some psychedelics.
Director(s): Roni Canieso

🎬 Brain Dump
When you beg your mind to stop thinking, what are you trying to suppress?
Director(s): Iya Baclagan and Francisco Yun

Watch LAUGH & CHAOS part of THE CROSSING: Finding Our Way Home Through Stories.

📺 Saturdays & Sundays on TFC
Also available on MYX, ANC, and Cinema One.

09/03/2026

⏳ PAST PRESENT

The past never truly stays behind.

PAST PRESENT is a collection of films that explore how memories, wisdom, and lived experiences continue to shape the people we are today.

Featuring:
🎬 Dahil Sa'yo (Because of You)
""Dahil Sa'yo"" tells the story of a Filipino immigrant father teaching his son a game of running to the store for coconut juice, while also teaching him self-reliance and love.
Director(s): Isabella Andaya

🎬 Lola
A thirteen-year-old science prodigy journeys into her grandma's deteriorating mind to save one precious memory they have together.
Director(s): Grace Hanna

🎬 Thank You for Breaking My Heart
A heartbroken artist seeks to end her life with the Administration of Souls in Sorrow (ASS); she dives into her past relationship through nostalgic home videos that spark a new vision of love and loss in this lifetime.
Director(s): Rachel Leyco

🎬 Desync
A young Filipina filmmaker attempts to overwrite a painful memory of her mother with a perfect narrative.
Director(s): Minerva Navasca

🎬 Lola Mama Nanay
Through reliving formative moments with her grandmother, a young woman learns that not all is lost when someone is gone.
Director(s): Tyaela Nieves

Watch PAST PRESENT, part of THE CROSSING: Finding Our Way Home Through Stories.

📺 Saturdays & Sundays on TFC
Also available on MYX, ANC, and Cinema One.