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endIndex: Antoinette Jadaone's "Fan Girl," starring Paulo Avelino and Charlie Dizon, won the Best Picture in this year's Metro Manila Film Festival. Screencap from BLACK SHEEP/YOUTUBE Dagupan (CNN Philippines Life) — With Filipino stories dominating the screens every Christmas season, the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is historically home to some of mainstream Filipino cinema’s best and worst. This year, the MMFF expands its film selection to ten films instead of the usual eight, and offers even Filipinos outside of the country a chance to celebrate with the community, via online st...

December 29, 2020 | 12:04 am Font Size AAA ANTOINETTE Jadaone’s film about not meeting one’s heroes swept this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival’s (MMFF) awarding ceremonies, going home with nine awards including all of the night’s biggest ones: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress for 24-year-old Charlie Dizon and Best Actor for Paulo Avelino. The film has been a frontrunner since it was announced as an entry to the festival in November due to the praise it got when it premiered at the 2020 Tokyo International Film Festival. What was more impressive was that Ms. Dizon...

Published December 24, 2020, 12:55 PM “The Boy Foretold by the Stars,” a story about two boys discovering the thrill of young romance, received 12 nominations at the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival awards. “Good morning po sa inyong lahat, nais po naming ibahagi sa inyo ang galak na nararamdaman ng Clever Minds producers kasama si Ms Jodi Sta. Maria dahil nakakuha ng 12 nominations ang The Boy Foretold by the Stars sa MMFF 2020. Malaking bahagi po kayo sa napakagandang balitang ito dahil sa magagandang sinulat ninyo. Maraming salamat po. Happy holidays,” read a text message on Dec. 2...

December 23, 2020 When the pandemic hit, one of the most affected industries is entertainment. With cinemas closed due to the threat of Covid-19 transmission in movie houses, producers are left with no choice but to innovate and think of ways on how to make their films and contents available to the public. This is exactly the story of how UPSTREAM.ph came to fruition. The Filipino-made new streaming platform created by Erik Matti and Dondon Monteverde, partners of Reality Entertainment, Inc. "It's made by Filipinos for the Filipinos, we wanted to give a platform to our Filipino c...

SunStar MMFF Magikland December 20, 2020 Not even the pandemic can stop us from enjoying Philippine cinema. This year’s Metro Manila Film Festival is still happening, albeit online via streaming. There are 10 diverse films this year — that’s two more than previous installments of the festival. Based on the diverse genres of the entries, from heavy drama and straight horror to boys’ love rom-com and fantasy adventure, it looks like the film festival has a pretty solid lineup this year. The 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival will run from Dec. 25 to Jan. 8, 2021 exclusively on...