Reassessing the 2021 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) There is a film industry and entries from the ongoing Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) like Big Night! , Kun Maupay Man It Panahon , and A Hard Day must be supported by the local moviegoers. With the dismal MMFF box office results, we have to...
'Not even the big Hollywood films (like “Eternals”) are able to approximate the gross that MMFF 2021 has generated so far,' MMFF spokesperson Noel Ferrer said As expected, the comeback to the cinemas of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) went viral this year. Unfortunately, it trended...
Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) spokesperson Noel Ferrer insists the yearly shindig is doing relatively well despite reports of supposed low turnout during its opening day. Taking to Facebook, Noel cited cinema operators as stating the Dec. 25 opening of the festival has been their highest...
Winwyn Marquez is 'Nelia' "Nelia," the first full length film from A and Q Films Production, is proving to be popular among the viewers of the 2021 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). The film is the only suspense thriller to enter the MMFF this year, and is currently being screened in theaters in...
Where have all the movie fans gone? The 2021 Metro Manila Film Festival got off to a slow start, as moviegoers cited the lack of child-friendly flicks. In a report by MJ Felipe of ABS-CBN on Christmas Day, movie fans also noted the rainy weather and the restrictions to eat inside the theaters as...
The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is returning to cinemas from Dec. 25, 2021 to Jan. 7, 2022. And the trailers of the Magic 8 have recently been released. According to an official statement, the eight official entries have been selected out of 19 finished films that were evaluated. The entries...
Metro Manila Film Festival The COVID-19 pandemic has somehow forced people to embrace new ways of doing what were once considered “normal” things. Such truth now rings true even in one of the Filipinos’ most awaited Christmas traditions, specifically, their annual movie viewing habit with the...
Editorial The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2021 "Parade of Stars" is back, making a historic move by going fluvial today, Dec. 19, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). Instead of the elaborate floats that moved along a major street in the past years, ferry boats...
From left: Ali Forbes, Winwyn Marquez, and Juan Carlos Galano “Considering the circumstances of the pandemic, it is timely, probably high time, to give honor and commendation to our health and medical workers, especially nurses, doctors, and other allied services, and that this movie may be or...
As the quarantine restrictions eases in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced on Monday, Dec. 13, the resumption of the Parade of Stars as one of the highlights of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). But instead of the traditional motorcade,...
'Nelia' The suspense-thriller "Nelia" has been in development for a long time, but why did the Metro Manila Film Festival 2021 entry take 15 years to complete? Novice director Lester Dimaranan said: “Matagal nang nasulat ito ni Atty. Honey, 15 years ago pa. Actually, naalala ko, noong nilapitan...
Metro Manila Film Festival Here’s hoping the 2021 edition of the Metro Manila Film Festival can redeem the local movie industry from its sorry state of dormancy, not bankruptcy. The announcement by the MMDA on Nov. 12 that the December festival shall be held in movie houses that, hopefully, shall...
