25/10/2025
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agbiagka, Pelikula Ilokana!
๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐-๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ, ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง๐!
Oktubre 25, 2013 โ Oktubre 25, 2025
Twelve years ago, on October 25, 2013, Pelikula Ilokana was born. It began as a humble film production group founded by a passionate team of high school students from Paoay, Ilocos Norte, led by Melver Ritz Gomez. What started as a simple dream to tell stories has now grown into a dynamic movement that continues to celebrate and preserve Ilokano culture, language, and tradition through the powerful art of cinema.
For more than a decade, Pelikula Ilokana has served as a platform for storytelling that captures the heart and soul of the Ilokano people. Through short and feature films, the group has become a voice for the region and a testament that Ilokano cinema exists, thrives, and inspires. Even after twelve fruitful years, Pelikula Ilokana remains active and steadfast in its mission. The production continues to create at least two films every year, bringing Ilokano stories to film festivals across the country. Beyond producing films, the group has extended its passion to the community through outreach screenings and partnerships that make cinema more accessible to everyone.
Among its notable community endeavors are the community film screening in Nueva Era, in partnership with the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation - Nueva Era led by Hon. Neljan Earl Gubac, which marked the beginning of Pelikula Ilokanaโs grassroots film outreach. Another memorable event is the Pelikula Ilokana Film Screening at the University Library of Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU), in collaboration with the MMSU University Library System, with Mrs. Maria Cristeta Llacuna as Library Director and Ms. Charie Kaye F. Colar as American Corner Coordinator. The screening of an Indigenous Film in Uguis, in partnership with the Mary Mother of the Church Quasi-Parish - MMCQP led by Rev. Fr. Metchell Valdepena, also brought Ilokano storytelling closer to local communities.
In 2023, Pelikula Ilokana achieved another significant milestone with the launch of the Pelikula Ilokana Film Festival, founded by Melver Gomez and co-founded by Mr. Kevin Jude Lasaten. The festival brought together a vibrant community of talented Ilokano filmmakers from Cagayan, Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela, Ilocos Norte, La Union, Baguio, and Pangasinan, all united by a shared passion for storytelling and cultural preservation. It became a true celebration of unity, creativity, and Ilokano pride, and stands as living proof that Ilokano cinema continues to grow, flourish, and inspire new generations of storytellers.
๐๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ด 12๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ.
Twelve years have passed, yet the passion remains strong. Pelikula Ilokana continues its mission to tell stories, preserve heritage, and remind the world that Ilokano cinema lives on.
๐๐ด๐๐๐น๐๐๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ถ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ ๐ฝ๐๐น๐ถ. Agbiag, Pelikula Ilokana!
