“Maria”: Wrapping Things Up

by Diem ~ January 5th, 2009

Last December 2009, SineBuano cast and crew prepped and produced “Maria”, a barrio drama staged in an unused audio-visual hall at a prominent school in Cebu City.

Here are some photos during the production and some screencaps (sorry, it’s a bit dark) of the raw footage.

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Happy New Year To All

by Tagdumala ~ January 2nd, 2009

A healthy and prosperous New Year wish from SineBuano. May this new year all your dreams turn into reality and all your efforts into great achievements and success.

Awesome Actress!

by Diem ~ November 6th, 2008

I’ve always considered Lea Salonga as a national treasure of the Philippines when it come to acting and felt it such a shame that her talent were not as often as captured in film as often it is given out by her on the theatrical stage.

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And the Nominees are…

by Diem ~ October 30th, 2008

SineBuano.com has been shortlisted for this year’s Digital Filipino Web Awards! Waaahooo!

In the category of Music/Movie/Film, SineBuano.com has been recognized by DigitalFilipino as one of the best websites from the Philippines for the year 2008!

This is just great. Just to be appreciated is already a pleasure. Makes me want to do try better from now on!

Life Exposure

by Diem ~ October 27th, 2008

It has been quite a hectic couple of weeks for me I believe I’ve never had more busy, outgoing weeks in years.

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Mother Flower Power

by Diem ~ October 9th, 2008

“Be passionate and love what you are doing because your work will love you back.

The passion which I put in each of the thousand movies I have produced is the same passion I felt as a movie fan when I was 10, the same passion I had for movies like ‘All Mine to Give,’ and the same passion I put in the ‘Mano Po’ trilogy which I made now that I’m in my ’60s.”

–Mother Lily

Mother Lily, also known as Lily Monteverde, is a prominent Filipino businesswoman and film producer who has has produced nearly 300 films in the Philippines since the early 1960s.

She is the face, head and heart of Regal Films Entertainment.