Philbert Dy

{{short description|Filipino film critic}}

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Philbert Ortiz Dy is a Filipino film critic who has become known for his reviews of Philippine New Wave films for prominent{{Cite web|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/02/23/19/attention-trollsphilbert-dy-is-now-a-vlogger|title=Attention trolls—Philbert Dy is now a vlogger|first=Patricia|last=Chong|website=ABS-CBN News}} publications such as Rogue Magazine, the Philippine edition of Esquire, and the entertainment website clickthecity.{{Cite web |url=https://ph.news.yahoo.com/film-critic-philbert-dy-says-044954192.html |title=Film critic Philbert Dy says he's skipping this year's Metro Manila Film Festival |website=ph.news.yahoo.com |language=en-PH |access-date=2019-12-28}}

He is co-curator of the New Filipino Cinema program at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sfarts.org/event.cfm?Event_Num=72937 |title=New Filipino Cinema 2017 |website=SF/Arts.org |language=en |access-date=2019-12-28}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/17207 |title=TEDxXavierSchool 2015 |website=www.ted.com |access-date=2019-12-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://philnews.ph/2017/08/23/erik-matti-philbert-dy-fistfight/|title=Director Erik Matti Challenges Reviewer Philbert Dy to a 'FISTFIGHT'|first=Director Erik Matti Challenges Reviewer Philbert Dy to|last=a ‘FISTFIGHT’|date=August 23, 2017|website=Philippine News}}

He has criticized the selection process of the Metro Manila Film Festival, having published a 2015 expose{{Cite web|url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/movies-and-tv/confessions-mmff-selection-committee-member-a1527-20161125-lfrm|title=Confessions of a former MMFF Selection Committee Member}} of how the films to be featured in the festival were selected, with a focus on profit over other considerations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesummitexpress.com/2016/11/confessions-how-mmff-films-were-selected-last-year.html|title=CONFESSIONS: How MMFF films were selected last year}}{{Cite news |url=https://cnnphilippines.com/life/entertainment/film/2016/12/06/moira-lang-mmff.html |title=MMFF execom member on why 'indie vs. mainstream' should stop |work=CNN Philippines |access-date=2019-12-28 |language=en |archive-date=2019-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222110242/https://cnnphilippines.com/life/entertainment/film/2016/12/06/moira-lang-mmff.html |url-status=dead }}