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The ten films of the 2020 online MMFF
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.
Healing priest’s biopic in 2020 MMFF
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.
MMFF 2020 stars invite OFWs to watch this year’s films online
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.
A fan’s nightmare and a battle of magic bandanas
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.
Full MMFF lineup includes films from canceled summer festival
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 ditching FDCP’s Diño, MMFF appoints new Execom members
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.
MMFF’s final four films named
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.
Vic Sotto, Vice Ganda films among first 4 MMFF entries
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.
MMFF 2018 breaks box office record
THE 44th 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.
Movies outside the MMFF
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.
2 romances, a horror flick, and a family drama make up...
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.
Ang Larawan wins big at MMFF
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...
Ang Larawan: The way we are
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...
Reasons to watch: plot twists and great actors
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...
Do not expect an English Only, Please
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...
Catch a wave
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...
Why Meant to Beh should thank last year’s MMFF decision
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...
Newbie delivers a decent reboot
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...
Fighting violence with violence
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...
Introducing a hybrid creature to the Philippine folklore lineup
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....
A guide to this year’s MMFF entries
By Zsarlene B. Chua
Reporter
Christmas in the Philippines -- known for being long and festive -- is never truly complete without families (the children flush...
Ang Larawan introduces National Artists’ work to a new generation
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...
Ang Larawan, Siargao, Haunted Forest, Deadma Walking make it into MMFF
DESPITE BEING rejected the first time around when just script submissions were considered, Loy Arcenas’ musical Ang Larawan finally made the cut and has...
Ang Larawan enters MMFF ‘final four’
Despite being rejected the first time around in script submissions, Loy Arcenas’ Ang Larawan finally made the cut and has been selected as one...
MMFF could consider dropping final entries if film quality is poor...
ONE OF the new members of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) Executive committee (Execom) suggests the possibility of a film festival entry being...
2016 Metro Manila Film Festival’s films
THIS YEAR’S Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) kicks off on Dec. 25 and will run until Jan. 3 — shortened to the original 10...
Abangan ang susunod na kabanata
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...
Love wins at the MMFF
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...