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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1772526806306BeFunky-collage.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/></div>MANILA -- In celebration of National Women&#x27;s Month, QCinema will screen three powerful films showing women&#x27;s stories shaped by history, resistance, memory and identity will be screened this March.The special screenings will be held at Gateway Cineplex 18 in Quezon City.It will open on March 4 at 6 p.m. with a by-invitation screening of the 2025 Philippine historical thriller film &quot;Sisa,&quot; which was written, co-produced and directed by Jun Robles Lana. The film, set during the final years of the Philippine-American War, follows a woman driven to madness after witnessing a brutal massacre.The film stars screen veteran Hilda Koronel,  with a supporting cast that includes Eugene Domingo, Jennica Garcia, Tanya Gomez, Barbara Miguel, and Romnick Sarmenta. &quot;Sisa&quot; had its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia, where it competed in the Official Selection section. Its Philippine theatrical release is scheduled for the same date.Then on March 11 at 4 p.m., QCinema will present a free screening of documentary &quot;The First Women,&quot; directed by Adriana Yañez and sponsored by the Embassy of Brazil in Manila, in partnership with Instituto Guimarães Rosa. The film centers on a group of women now in their 60s who once formed the foundation of Brazil’s first women’s soccer team.It will conclude on March 11 at 7 p.m.  with the screening of &quot;The Little Sister,&quot; or &quot;La Petite Dernière,&quot; written and directed by Hafsia Herzi and presented with the support of the Embassy of France in Manila. Adapted from Fatima Daas’s novel &quot;The Last One,&quot; the coming-of-age drama follows Fatima, a young lesbian woman of Algerian descent in Paris, as she grapples with faith, family expectations and her emerging sense of self.The film premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Queer Palm and the Best Actress prize. Tickets for the screening are priced at P200.All screenings will be held at Gateway Cineplex 18 in Quezon City.Last Valentine&#x27;s Day, QCinema also celebrated National Arts Month with a free screening of select QCShorts at the Quezon Memorial Circle.

In celebration of National Women's Month, QCinema will screen three powerful films showing women's stories shaped by history, resistance, memory and identity will be screened this March.

In celebration of National Women's Month, QCinema will screen three powerful films showing women's stories shaped by history, resistance, memory and identity will be screened this March.

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QCinema marks Women’s Month with 3 empowering films

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Published Mar 03, 2026 04:35 PM PHT

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