Four films by Benilde faculty members and alumni are competing at Cinemalaya 2026: The River Flows in Different Places , A.ni.mál , Status: Rejected , and Elenita Elena Elaine . Composite image by Unsaulicited using posters courtesy of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. Benilde will not be represented by just one film at Cinemalaya this August. Four works by members of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde faculty and alumni community are in competition, and they could hardly be more different from one another. One follows two Filipino-Palestinian mothers rebuilding their idea of home after fleeing Gaza. Another turns political complicity inside a provincial family into black comedy. The other two follow an older woman looking for love after another visa rejection and three women moving through a Manila where people can no longer dream. Quick facts Festival: Cinemalaya 22: Reel Reflections Dates: August 6...

Two alumni of the  De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde  Digital Filmmaking program ( BenildeFilm ) will vie for the Best Short Film award at the  41st Gawad Urian  to be held on June 14, Thursday, at the ABS-CBN Vertis Tent in Quezon City. Kim Timan 's  Caramel Child  and  Carl Chavez 's  Sorry for the Inconvenience  are nominated in the short film category along with Glenn Barit's  Aliens Ata,  Keith Deligero's  Babylon,  TM Malones'  Bawod,  Dennis Hubag's  Empyreus,  Kiri Dalena's  Gikan Sa Ngitngit Nga Kinailadman  (From the Dark Depths), Carlo Francisco Manatad's  Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month,  Maje Papin's and Ef Orpiada Jr.'s  Lutab,  Kyle Fermindoza's  Manggagarab,  Roan na Mercado's  Piko,  Edmund Telmo's  Redempsyon , Christian Candelaria's  Sa Saiyang Isla  and Xeph Suarez's  Si Astri Maka Si T...