SEASON 2024-2025
AUGUST 27 - SEPTEMBER 15, 2025
BAKUNAWA FEST XI
VENUE GUIDE
CENTRO DE TURISMO August 28-30, 2025
Address: Old San Ignacio Church, Arzobispo St, Intramuros, Manila, 1002 (Metro Manila, National Capital Region)
Centro de Turismo is one of the newest major sites in what is known as the 'walled city' or Intramuros, located in the City of Manila. Managed by the Intramuros Administration, It is considered the central hub of Manila as Intramuros is the premier historical, cultural, and tourism destination for thousdands of tourists and especially locals. This comprehensive tourist hub features a museum that offers an immersive experience into the rich history, vibrant present, and sustainable future of Intramuros. Exhibits and historical artifacts will take visitors on a journey through the Walled City’s pre-colonial roots, its role as a Spanish colonial center, the devastation of World War II, its ongoing revitalization, and its future development. Bakunawa Fest makes history as the first film festival to screen in this venue with its giant curved screen in fruitful and exciting collaboration with NCCA;s Sentro Rizal Filipinas.
CINEMATHEQUE CENTRE NEGROS September 5-6, 2025
Address: Gatuslao Street, Bacolod City, 6100, Negros Occidental (Negros Island Region) This is located beside The Negos Museum
Cinematheque Centre Negros is located in Bacolod City - roughly an hour's flight from Manila. Administered by The Negros Museum and the Film Development Foundation of the Philippines, it is one of Bacolod's prime venues for art films, film educational screenings and film lectures. Cinematheque Centre Negros is one of the main venues of Bakunawa Fest's 9th edition. This year on our 11th edition, the Cinematheque once again becomes a home for Bakunawa Fest, the country’s pioneering festival for fantastic cinema. Here, the festival’s spirit of discovery and experimentation comes alive, transforming the space into a crossroads of imagination, from genre-defying shorts and world premieres to wild 'Excessive Dawns' and bold local visions.
UP FILM INSTITUTE'S VIDEOTHEQUE September 11-12, 2025
Address: 2nd Floor, Ishmael Bernal Gallery, Osmeña Ave. UP, Diliman, Quezon City (Metro Manila, National Capital Region)
Tucked inside the University of the Philippines Film Institute, the Videotheque has long been a hub for adventurous cinema; a space where students, cinephiles and the curious gather to explore films that challenge and inspire. Intimate and charged with energy, it’s a room that thrives on discovery. Every screening feels like an invitation to dive deeper into cinema’s possibilities. This year, the Videotheque once again becomes a stage for Bakunawa Fest, bringing the festival’s brand of daring, genre-bending films right into the heart of UP Diliman. Here, Excessive Dawn shines brightest: midnight movies, unruly visions, and outrageous spectacles that embody Bakunawa’s love for the excessive, strange and free expression. The space amplifies the festival’s spirit of experimentation, proving that the boundaries of cinema are best tested where curiosity, education and community come together.
THE NEGROS MUSEUM September 2025
Address: Gatuslao Street, Bacolod City, 6100, Negros Occidental (Negros Island Region) located beside the Cinematheque Centre
Known as a cultural landmark in Bacolod, The Negros Museum is a keeper of heritage; a living space where art, history and imagination converge. Within its walls, local stories are preserved and given new life, making it a vital ground for creativity in the Negros Islands Region. For Bakunawa Fest, the museum becomes a home for the festival’s Fringe exhibitions where cinema extends beyond the screen into installations, performances, and cross-disciplinary encounters. Here, the spirit of the festival spills into the visual, turning galleries into portals for the fantastic, the uncanny, and the experimental. By hosting Bakunawa Fest’s Fringe, The Negros Museum highlights its role as a cultural bridge: connecting tradition with innovation, and the community with the boundless landscapes of art.
THE FIRST ISLATEL August 30, 2025
Address: Alaminos - Lucap Rd, Alaminos City, 2404 Pangasinan (Region I, Ilocos Region)
Alaminos City's first and only integrated leisure hotel, The First Islatel is also venue for many activities of the Hundred Islands Film Festival - a sister festival of Bakunawa Fest. For the eleventh edition, two of Bakuna Fest's programs which was curated exclusively for screening during their filmmakers lab will be screened for the first time. This strengthens the partnership of the two festivals as both are also aimed at providing venue and voices for the young filmmakers and their visions. During Bakunawa Fest's tenth edition dubbed as 'X' (2023), all filmmakers of Alaminos City travelled to QC to attened its Closing Film Program and watch the closing films. We are very excited to screen in Alaminos City, Pangasinan in Ilocos Region - a five hour drive from Manila. Alaminos is best known for the Hundred Islands National Park, the first national park in the Philippines. Also recognized as the center of commerce, education, finance and industry in Western Pangasinan.