Film Academy of the Philippines Brings Services Directly to Audiovisual Workers at SANGGA 2026
In the Photo. This inaugural assembly gives film and audiovisual workers a day to access registration, consultation, and support services from the government and partner organizations.
DILIMAN, QUEZON CITY, May 27, 2026 — The Film Academy of the Philippines convened SANGGA 2026, the Solidarity Assembly for National Growth of Audiovisual Workers, on May 27, 2026, bringing government programs and services directly to film and audiovisual workers. The event featured a day of legal consultation, welfare registration assistance, and other services.
In his welcome remarks, Film Academy of the Philippines Director General Paolo Villaluna said the assembly was part of the new agency’s effort to introduce its programs to non-guild workers. The Academy received its budget from the national government in October 2025, and after first engaging the leadership of the industry’s guilds in March during the Luzon Guild Summit, it is now reaching out directly to individual workers.
“Sana ay maging siklab ito ng pagbabago sa atin— kung saan ang mga manggagawa ay mas maalam, mas professional, may integridad at higit sa lahat ay protektado.” He also urged workers to share the Academy’s programs with their peers for wider awareness of their benefits.
“Nawa’y maging simula ang araw na ito ng mas matibay na samahan,” said Film Worker Development Division Chief Mackie Galvez in his opening remarks, “Isang kolektibong nagtutulungan, nakikinig sa isa’t isa, at sama-samang nagtataguyod ng mas makabuluhan at pinagtibay na industriyang Pilipino para sa lahat.”
The day’s events included presentations explaining the Academy’s programs and the services available to workers, and the signing of two new partnership agreements. The Academy signed a memorandum of agreement with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines Quezon City Chapter, and a memorandum of understanding with PhilHealth PRO-NCR, formalizing cooperation that puts legal assistance and social health insurance within closer reach of the audiovisual workers.
In the afternoon, participants moved among a line-up of service booths and helpdesks run by the Academy and its partners. The Film Academy operated its own booth alongside a membership registration booth, while PhilHealth PRO-NCR staffed a booth for workers enrolling in or updating their social health insurance. Legal help desks were provided by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines Quezon City Chapter and by the Academy’s own legal team, while
the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines offered a help desk on rights and registration and protections for creative work. Tax and accounting consultation was available through Reyes King Ajero/ProAcct Services.
