[2][3] As of 2017, the venues for the festival are Trinoma, Gateway Mall, Robinsons Galleria, and U.P.

Trinoma Mall Cinemas was selected as the venue for the first edition of the film festival.

Only three filmmakers reached the Circle Competition, each winning a seed grant of ₱800,000 (US $10,000~).

Their films were selected for promoting nationalism, gender sensitivity, freedom, and excellence.

Additional events included film workshops and talk-back sessions with the winning filmmakers.

The festival opened with "Loving Vincent" and closed with the restored version of "Batch ’81”.