With the 98th Academy Awards set for 15 March 2026 in the U.S. (16 March in the Philippines), the Film Development Council of the Philippines’ (FDCP) latest World Cinema lineup arrives at the perfect time—bringing major festival winners and Oscar nominees to Philippine screens just days before Hollywood’s biggest night.

FDCP’s World Cinema slate returns for Round 2, running 11 to 17 March 2026 in select cinemas nationwide for P250 a ticket. Here’s what’s on deck:

Case 137 (Dossier 137)

If you follow the Cannes circuit, Dominik Moll’s name isn’t exactly random. The French director — working again with co-writer Gilles Marchand — brought Case 137 to the main competition at Cannes on 15 May 2025, where it was in the Palme d’Or race. The crime drama, led by Léa Drucker alongside Jonathan Turnbull, Mathilde Roehrich, Guslagie Malanda and Stanislas Merhar, kept its momentum going at home: eight César nominations, with Drucker taking Best Actress.

The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)

Then here’s the big one. Written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, The Secret Agent is a 2025 neo-noir political thriller set during Brazil’s military dictatorship. Wagner Moura plays a former professor trying to escape persecution, with Maria Fernanda Cândido, Gabriel Leone, Alice Carvalho, Hermila Guedes, Isabél Zuaa and Udo Kier (in his final film role) rounding out the cast.

It premiered in competition at Cannes on 18 May 2025 — and basically swept. Best Director, Best Actor, FIPRESCI Prize, Art House Cinema Award. And it didn’t stop there. At the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, it became the first Brazilian film nominated for Best Motion Picture — Drama, winning Best Actor (Drama) and Best Foreign Language Film. Now it’s headed to the 98th Academy Awards on 13 March 2026 with nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Casting and Best International Feature Film.