The first film to be shown in the Philippines was shown in 1897.

Filipino films have ranged from silent movies to talkies; black and white to color.

Most films made in the Philippines are in Tagalog. Sex and violence are major themes in films.

The credit of being the first Filipino to make a film goes to Jose Nepumuceni, whom historians dub as
the “Father of Philippine Movies”. Nepumuceno’s first film was based on highly-acclaimed musical play
of that day, Dalagang Bukid (Country Maiden) by Hemogens Iagan and Leon Ignacio.

The 1950’s were considered a time of “rebuilding and growth”. Critics now clarify that the 50s may be
considered one “Golden Age” for the Filipino film not because film content had improved but because
cinematic techniques achieved an artistic breakthrough in that decade. The 1950s was a time when films
matured and became more “artistic”. The studio system, though producing film after film and venturing
into every known genre, made the film industry into a monopoly that prevented the development of
independent cinema.

If the 1950s were a ubiquitous period for film, the decade that followed was a time of decline. There
was “rampant commercialism and artistic decline” as portrayed on the following: In the 1960s, the
foreign films that were raking in a lot of income were action pictures sensationalizing violence and soft-
core sex films hitherto banned from Philippine theater screens.

The 1970s and 1980s were turbulent years, bringing positive and negative changes. From the decline in
the 60s, films in this period now dealt with more serious topics following the chaos of the Marcos
regime. Also, action and sex films developed further introducing more explicit pictures. These years also
brought the arrival of alternative cinema in the Philippines.

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1. 1919-1929 Dalagang Bukid

2. 1929-1939 Punyal an Guinto
3. 1939-1949 Orasang ginto
4. 1949-1959 Prinsipe Amante
5. 1959-1972 Uhaw
6. 1972-1979 Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag
7. 1979-1989 Himala
8. 1989-1999 The Flor Contemplacion Story
9. 1999-2009 Magnifico
10. 2009-20019 Buybust

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