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IT’S two days before Christmas and that means it’s also time for the annual Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) though with the pandemic, the country’s largest film festival has shifted online via Filipino streaming service Upstream.ph.

SHIFTING to an online platform may have led the annual Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) to introduce a greater variety of films for this year’s pandemic edition. While the requisite family films such as Magic Kingdom and Mang Kepweng: Ang Lihim ng Bandanang Itim are still part of the programming, it has been seven years since the festival last included a biopic on a religious figure, 2013’s Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir. While Pedro Calungsod tells the life (or what little is known about the life) of the second Filipino saint who lived in the 1600s, Joven Tan’s Father Suarez: Healing Priest explored the life of a modern-day subject, the so-called healing priest, Father Fernando Suarez.

THE METRO Manila Film Festival (MMFF) festival organizers held a “MMFF Zoom Roadshow” with celebrities to invite Filipinos from all over the world to watch this year’s line-up of films.

THIS year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) — which will be held online because of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic — is proving to be one of the most diverse installments of the country’s largest film festival owing to the variety of genres of the 10 movies which will be screened starting Dec. 25.

THE 10 official full-length films that will be featured in the wholly digital version of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) have been named and will include the typical mix of fantasy, comedy, romance, and drama that the festival is known, as well as some of the official entries of the canceled Summer MMFF.

AFTER GIVING the Film Development Council Chairman and President Mary Liza B. Diño the boot, the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) announced on Wednesday that it had added new members to its Executive Committee (Execom) — Director and Cinemalaya Foundation, Inc. President Laurice Guillen and Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) President and Chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Arsenio “Nick” Lizaso.

A PERIOD film about women looking for the cure for leprosy, a feel-good romantic comedy, a Brillante Ma. Mendoza film, and Rodel “Coco Martin” Nacianceno’s second feature film complete this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) lineup as the final entries chosen from among finished film submissions.

SUREFIRE crowd-pullers once again dominate the first four film entries for this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), which is set to run from Dec. 25 to Jan. 7 in cinemas nationwide.

THE 44^th Metro Manila Film Festival drew to a successful close on Jan. 7, with the festival’s chairman announcing that they had not only surpassed last year’s gross but also recorded the highest ever take in the film festival’s history.

IF THE Metro Manila Film Fest (MMFF) offerings leave you cold, as they do many, this year’s movie fans have choices beyond what they can find on cable or Netflix. Several of the smaller specialty theaters are showing films that are not included in the MMFF lineup.

AFTER MONTHS of waiting, the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) selection committee finally announced the final for of eight film entries which will be featured in the festival’s run from Dec. 25 to Jan. 7 in cinemas nationwide.

LOY ARCENAS’ Ang Larawan, the musical film based on the play by National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin was named this year’s Best Picture...

By Menchu Aquino Sarmiento Movie review Ang Larawan Directed by Loy Arcenas ANG LARAWAN, directed by Loy Arcenas, is the musical film adaptation of Nick Joaquin’s 65-year-old play...

By Nickky F. P. de Guzman Reporter Movie review Deadma Walking Directed by Julius Alfonso WITH THE huge success of last year’s Die Beautiful, it is easy to dismiss...

By Zsarlene B. Chua Reporter Movie review All of You Directed by Dan Villegas IF YOU ARE planning to watch Dan Villegas’ All of You and expecting that it...

By Menchu Aquino Sarmiento Movie review Siargao Directed by Paul Soriano THERE ARE several love stories going on among the attractive bunch of young people populating this light...

By Nickky F. P. de Guzman Reporter Movie review Meant to Beh Directed by Chris Martinez A HIATUS always leads to clearer perspectives. And Vic Sotto should consider his...

By Zsarlene B. Chua Reporter Movie review Ang Panday Directed by Rodel Nacianceno CARLO J. CAPARAS’ Ang Panday has been one of the most enduring -- and oft re-booted...

By Michelle Anne P. Soliman Movie review Gandarrapiddo: The Revengers Squad Directed by Joyce E. Bernal PATTERNING a movie’s title and characters on foreign comic books, a decades-long...

By Michelle Anne P. Soliman Movie review Haunted Forest Directed by Ian Loreños THERE IS a mysterious creature living in a tree in the middle of the forest....

By Zsarlene B. Chua Reporter Christmas in the Philippines -- known for being long and festive -- is never truly complete without families (the children flush...

MUCH LIKE Candida and Paula who fought tooth and nail to hold on to their father’s masterpiece (and, in turn, hold on to their...

DESPITE BEING rejected the first time around when just script submissions were considered, Loy Arcenas’ musical Ang Larawan finally made the cut and has...

Despite being rejected the first time around in script submissions, Loy Arcenas’ Ang Larawan finally made the cut and has been selected as one...

ONE OF the new members of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) Executive committee (Execom) suggests the possibility of a film festival entry being...

THIS YEAR’S Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) kicks off on Dec. 25 and will run until Jan. 3 — shortened to the original 10...

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman Like a suspense movie with a good cliffhanger, the story (and controversy) of this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival...

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman Love is the name of the game at this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). This time around, the...