We stand on the shoulders of these giants … We wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for them.” Thus said Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) chair Jose Javier Reyes in his speech at the ...

Installation view of Kidlat Tahimik: Magellan, Marilyn, Mickey & Fr. Dámaso: 500 Years of Conquistador RockStars at the Palacio de Cristal, Madrid (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) MADRID — ...

For Kidlat Tahimik, his life choices have been as unconventional as his name. With an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, he could have been Eric de Guia, businessman ...

Not even howling winds and incessant rains could stop indie filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik from donning his bahag (g-string) and leading a “ritual” to inaugurate an exhibit of his art installation, dubbed ...

MANILA, Philippines -The Caligari Film Prize for a film in the Berlinale Forum goes to Kidlat Tahimik’s (photo) Balikbayan #1 Memories Of Overdevelopment Redux III. From the Berlinali website: ...

There’s always been a subversive magic (mischievousness?) to Kidlat Tahimik’s work, from the juxtaposition of munching carabao and NASA space launches in Perfumed Nightmare, to his more recent ...

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATED) Like flashes of quiet lightning, Kidlat Tahimik‘s (KT) film, Balikbayan #1 ( Memories of Overdevelopment) which recently won the Caligari Prize at the 65th Berlin Film ...

cinema of wanderlust and adventure; it’s no surprise that one of the central figures in his oeuvre is Magellan’s Filipino slave Enrique of Malacca, who rightfully deserved the title of first ...

Filipino director and National Artist Kidlat Tahimik has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement posted by the Baguio Chronicle on December 20, the Perfumed Nightmare director revealed that he’s ...

A GIANT driftwood ship fills a hall of the National Museum of Anthropology, ceramic mosaic “waves” crashing along its sides. It is a version of the Victoria, the only ship to make it back to Spain ...