Philippine Popular Art

• Komiks - considered to be one of the most read forms of literature in the country
• Pedro Cortez Ravelo - Darna, Captain Barbell, Dyesebel
• Carlo J. Caparas - Ang Panday
• Pol Medina - Pugad Baboy
• Washington Young - Pupung
• Pocketbook - romance novels in paperback editions have proliferated in bookstores and have acquired many readers
• Some love stories from these paperbacks published by local companies such as Precious Hearts have been adapted as TV series
• Wattpad - an internet publishing site that has recently been a platform for aspiring Filipino writers to publish and for readers to read new materials
• OPM = Original Pinoy Music
• OPM - the music talent and prowess of Filipinos shine bright in the country's local music scene
• OPM - still dominated by balladeers that show our romantic inclinations
• Dance - an important social activity in the Filipino community
• A barangay or town fiesta is not complete without a morning parade or caracol
• Movies being produced today are romantic comedies, comedies, and horror films
• The year 1977 was the birth of Philippine Independent Cinema
• The Experimental Cinema of the Philippines (ECP) was created through Executive Order No. 770 in 1982
• Baguio-based filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik won the International Critics' Prize in the Berlin Film Festival for his film Mababangong Bangungot
• Independent films diverge from mainstream productions by established companies like Star Cinema and Regal Films
• Brilliante Mendoza - a neorealist, and his film depict lives of ordinary people in extraordinary situations, set against the universal struggle of life, love and death
• Masahista (Won the Interfaith award at the 15th Brisbane international Film Festival)
• Tirador (Won the Caligari Film Prize at Berlin Film Festival)
• Serbis (Won the Golden Kinnaree Award at the 2008 Bangkok InternationalFilm Festival)
• Kinatay (Won the Prix de la mise en scene at the 2009 Canne Film Festival)
• Thy Womb (Won the La Navicella Venezia Cinema Award at 29th the Venice Film Festival)
• Adolf Alix: Donsol
• Lav Diaz: Melancholia
• Dante Nico Garcia: Ploning
• Donsol (Special Jury Prize, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, and the Asian Marine Film Festival)
• Ploning (Best Director, Asian Festival of First Film Award.)
• Melancholia (Orizzonti Grand Prize at the 25th Venice International Film Festival)
• Film Festivals - Sponsored by the Philippine government include the Metro Manila Film Festival, the Film Development Council of the Philippines' Sineng Pambansa, Cinema Rehiyon, the CCP's Cinemalaya, privately initiated film festivals such as Cinema One Originals and CineFilipino.