Manila International Film Festival

The Cinemanila International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Manila the Philippines .It was founded by Filipino filmmaker Amable "Tikoy"Aguiluz in the year of 1999.
The focus of the festival is on the cinema of the Philippines as well as Southeast Asian cinema.
In the festival's competitive section the top award is the Lino Brocka Award given in the honor of the acclaimed Filipino director.Lino Brocka.Another awars the Ishmael Bernal Award for the Young Cinema wa firt given at the 2000 festival in honor of the Filipino director Ishmael Bernal to young independent Filipino filmmaker.
One of Cinemanila's running components i Sine Barangay-a three-day event with free film appreciation and education workshops,culminating in an outdoor screening to barangay residents.It was previously held at the Marikina Riverbanks and Bonifacio High Street.

The Night life in Manila

There are lots of bars in Manila the popular place in Manila is Malate formerly known for its bars and night clubs.Malate is now known for its world class restaurants and international bars.Still one of the best social areas in Manila,its frequented by tourists,business peope and celebreties who want to relax and have a good time
Makati-some of the best and modern international bars,world class restaurants and lounge night clubs can now be seen in the business center of Metro Manila,Makati.Highly urbanized and thriving.Makati is home to some of the best shopping malls,night clubs and hang outs spots.Expats,business people,foreigner and tourists will find almost anything they need and want here.

History of Manila

Manila was first known as Ginto (gold) or Suvamadvipa by neighboring settlements and was officially the Kingdom of Manila.The Kingdom flourished during the atter half of the Ming Dynasty as a result of direct trade relations with China. Ancient Tondo was maintained as the traditional capital of the empire with its rulers as soveriegn kings and not mere chieftains and were addressed wariusly a panginuan or panginoon(lord) anak banwa (son of heaven) or lakandula(lord of the palace)In the 13th century the city consisted of fortified settlement and trading quarter at the shores of the Pasig River,on the top of previous older towns .There is also early evidence of Manila being invaded by the indianized empire of Majapahit referenced in the epic eulogy poem Nagarakretagama which inscribed its conquest byt Majaraha Hayam Wuruk Saludong or Selurong which isa historical name for the city of Manila is listed in Canto 14 alongside Sulot which is now Sulu and Kalka.

about manila

Manila-The people born in Manila called  Manileno.
The city of Mania is located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay and it is bordered by the cities of Navotas and Caloocan to the north Quzn City to the northeast San Juan and Mandaluyong to the eat Makati to the southeast and Pasay to the south.

Listed as a global city.Manila has its strengths in the arts commerce education entertainment,finance,healthcare,media,professional ervices,research and development tourism and transport making it the hitorica,cultura,political and economic center of the Philippines

The City of Manila proper is the national capital of the Philippines.The wider  Metropolitan Manila area is the seat government.The executive and judicial branches of government are based in Manila as represented by Malacanan Palace,the official office and residence of the President of the Philippines respectively.However the upper house of the legislature the Senate of the Philippines,is based in Pasay and the lower house,the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City.

Manila

Manila is the capital of the Philippines.It is one of the 16 cities comprising Metro Manila
As early century,Manila was recorded to have had trade relations with Japan and China and other kingdoms in Southeast Asia.In 1521 it was founded by the Spanish conquistedor Miguel Lopes de Legazpi the city of Manila in what today is Intramuros.Manila was designated as the capital of the Philippine Islands,which Spain would colonize for over 300 years.In 1898,Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States,which initiated the expansion and modernization of Manila.The Second World War visited severe devastation upon Manila.Since then,the city has been rebuilt into what is now.