Ang Margaha: Itom nga balas, bulong sa lawas... lugar sang aton mga sintas. The first and only Philippine Regional Film Festival by the Sea.
27/05/2025
Thank you very much Cinema Rehiyon and National Committee on Cinema for showcasing Margaha produced films in this year's edition.
We are also grateful to the Local Government of Butuan City for their warm accommodation and hospitality they gave to our filmmakers who attended this week-long event.
Madamo gid nga salamat!
19/05/2025
Siete! 💨💨
Stay tuned! 🎬
17/03/2025
Happy Sinigayan Festival! Catch the SineMargaha short films at the Dagway Sagay Arts Village at the Old Terminal (fronting Maria Lopez Elementary School).
See you!
We are inviting everyone for the Day 2 of our FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING at Dagway Sagay: Arts and Culture Village (in front of Maria Lopez Elementary School) tonight, March 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM!
Catch 10 Sagaynon-centric Short Films for this years Margaha Film Festival!
Kitakits!!!
13/03/2025
Margaha Film Festival is featured in today's issue of the Visayan Daily Star! Thank you so much, VDS, for this opportunity.
13/03/2025
SineMargaha is featured! Check today's issue of the Negros Now Daily.
13/03/2025
IN THE NEWS | "The showcase of the films in competition at the Margaha Film Festival extends its screenings through the Film Development Council of the Philippines’ online streaming platform “JuanFlix” from March 10 to 16.
After its official kick-off on Feb. 22, “SineMargaha” films are still being showcased through public screenings at the Sagay City Plaza and on JuanFlix: The FDCP Channel, featuring 10 films from the Sagaynon Shorts Programme and seven from the Philippine Shorts Programme."
Thank you so much, Negros Now Daily for this feature!
The showcase of the films in competition at the Margaha Film Festival extends its screenings through the Film Development Council of the Philippines’ online streaming platform “JuanFlix” from March 10 to 16.
13/03/2025
IN THE NEWS | Margaha Film Festival extends screenings until March 16. Thank you so much, Digicast Negros for this feature!
The filmmakers together with the jurors, officials, and guests during the during the Margaha Film Festival Awards Night at the Sagay City Gymnasium.* The
11/03/2025
WE ARE FEATURED! Thank you so much, The MANILA BULLETIN and Ma'am Rica Arevalo for featuring the 6th Margaha Film Festival in your arts and culture column.
The Margaha Film Festival 2025 is presented by the City Government of Sagay under Mayor Narciso Javelosa, Jr., the NCCA– National Committee on Cinema, the FDCP, the Office of Vice Mayor Bebo Cueva, and SYANO Artlink.
This is made possible through partnerships with the Office of Neg. Occ. Rep. Alfredo Marañon, III, Rotary Club of Sagay- Sinigayan led by Joemarie Katalbas and the State University of Northern Negros led by its President Renante Egcas.
10/03/2025
Watch A Crab From A Conch Shell and other SineMargaha films in JuanFlix now! 🌊
10/03/2025
Watch the Margaha Films from March 10 to 16!
05/03/2025
In Memoriam
Today, the Greatest Creator welcomes a gifted Margaha Filmmaker and creative soul.
Nelson "KieKie" Emnace passed away peacefully in the early morning of March 5, 2025. A three-time Best Production Design awardee at the Margaha Film Festival, he was a dedicated and visionary designer. His artistry shone through his work with the Sinigayan Choreographers and Designers Association and the films of the Anggulo Community film production group of Sagay National High School.
We extend our deepest sympathies and prayers to his family and friends. May KieKie find eternal peace in the comforting embrace of our Lord. +
04/03/2025
Margaha Film Festival 2025 opening at the Margaha Beach, Feb. 22.
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“Margaha” is a local term called by the residents to the 1-kilometer black sand coastline of Barangay Old Sagay in Sagay City. The locals believe that the black sand has healing properties, thus an expression “itom nga balas, bulong sa lawas” are often heard in the community.
The Margaha coastline is fronting the 32,000-hectare Sagay Marine Reserve, overlooking the Panal, Macahulom, and Carbin Reefs, as well as the Suyac mangrove island. Also, Margaha owes its name to resident and artist, Nunelucio Alvarado. Thus, the area is considered as one of the important heritage of Sagay City.
Art Epicenter
The Margaha coastline has become the epicenter of arts and culture movement in the city, where Alvarado established his “Atalyer” or his art studio and painted his recent “Nawong” and “Palagpat” series, the and the local arts group “Syano Artlink”.
Margaha is also the seat of his bamboo art gallery and coffee shop, “Kape Albarako”, where local artists gather and display their works that ultimately became a tourist spot in Sagay. In this area also stands the “Haligi” installation art of Alvarado that depicts the seven foundations of art, as well as Sagaynon’s resilience after typhoon Yolanda that struck the city.
Margaha’s host barangay, Old Sagay, and the city government also partnered with Alvarado and his group to paint the house facades along the road going to the black sand beach. This project called “Painted Matters” incorporates the loud and vibrant Filipino colors according to Alvarado.
With this development in the Sagaynon art movement, Margaha has been the venue for several arts and cultural events in Sagay, like the annual Arts Month, and art workshops, and the Tourism Month.
The Margaha Film Festival
The Margaha Film Festival is the first of its kind in Sagay City that encourages all homegrown writers and directors to create a film depicting the Sagaynon heritage and lifestyle through film. With the vision of making Sagay as the seat of arts and culture in North Negros, Margaha Film Festival is an event that inspires collaboration, ingenuity and artistry of the Negrenses.
