The Manila City government entered into a memorandum of agreement with Solar Entertainment for the holding of the "Sinag-Maynila 2024," a weeklong festival that will feature local movies.
Present at the signing ceremony held in City Hall were Manila-Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan, Vice Mayor John Marvin "Yul Servo" Nieto, Secretary to the Mayor Marlon Lacson, Solar President and CEO Wilson Tieng, Director Brillante Mendoza, Fifth Congressman Irwin Tieng, and Manila Tourism Chief Charlie Dungo.
The mayor vowed that the city will support the independent festival themed "Sine Lokal, Pang-International" slated in selected theaters in Manila from September 4 to 8, 2024.
Dungo said the agreement signing coincides with the city's celebration of tourism month.
According to the mayor, the local government of Manila is providing the local film industry the needed boost to revive the status that it had before the pandemic.
For his part, Wilson said that all entries are being accepted until the deadline set on July 24.
He said that admission fees in participating cinemas will be lowered to only P200 in order to encourage more people to patronize the movies that will be included in the festival.