Puregold CinePanalo selects 10 films forfirst-ever Panorama Shorts Section

Ten original short films have been selected for the inaugural Panorama Shorts Section

of the 2026 Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival, with all ten primed for showing on the

big screen this September.

The new section was created to discover completed short films from around the country,

thereby providing selected filmmakers with a significant theatrical platform as part of the

annual film festival.

“The Puregold CinePanalo has proven to be an important platform for local filmmakers

who may now bring their work to a passionate and discerning audience,” said Ivy

Hayagan-Piedad, Puregold CinePanalo’s festival chair. “Through the Panorama Shorts

Section, we have found ten recently completed gems and will premiere them on the big

screen.”

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Images courtesy of Puregold Cinepanalo

Selected for the first Panorama Shorts Section are:

“Alien Girl!” — Juliana Skye Q. Estaris

“Aninaw” — Arthur Benedict Dugan Eustaquio

“Gatecrashers” — Mark Francis Daniel T. Vicente

“Lip Skimming” — Gian Arre

“Narito Ako: A Digital Afterlife” — Miguel Lorenzo Peralta

“pansamantagalan” — Jiean Lanz Llave

“PINAGKAISAHAN” — Angela Jed Silvestre-Placino

“Plop” — Angela Isabelle Colada

“The Other Side of Reality” — Zig Dulay

“Unti-unti” — Genevieve Gallaga

The ten films were chosen from submissions received from filmmakers across the

Philippines. Unlike the festival’s student shorts competition, Panorama Shorts focuses

on recently completed works that have not yet been screened in the country, giving

them an opportunity to reach audiences through a theatrical premiere.

The lineup brings together emerging and established filmmakers and reflects the range

of work currently being produced in the Philippine independent film scene.

Through Panorama Shorts, Puregold CinePanalo is expanding its platform beyond films

developed specifically for the festival and opening its screens to independently

produced works seeking a wider audience.

The ten Panorama Shorts will be shown throughout the Puregold CinePanalo Film

Festival from September 23 to October 4, 2026, with exclusive screenings at Gateway

Cineplex 18.

Tickets are priced at ₱250 for regular admission and ₱200 for discounted admission.

PWDs, senior citizens, students, national athletes, and Aling Puring and Perks

cardholders qualify for the discounted rate.

A ₱2,000 festival pass will also be available for moviegoers who want to watch the

festival’s full-length films and student shorts. The pass may be purchased at Gateway

Cineplex 18 beginning September 22 and at Trinoma, Fairview Terraces, Ayala Malls

Feliz, Ayala Malls Circuit, Ayala Malls Manila Bay, and Market! Market! beginning

September 23.

The addition of Panorama Shorts bolsters Puregold CinePanalo’s efforts to provide

Filipino filmmakers with theatrical exhibition opportunities and bring more original local

stories to movie audiences.