Metro Manila Film Festival 2020 inanunsyo ang 10 opisyal na kalahok

Sa kabila ng pandemya, tuloy na tuloy pa rin ang ika-46 na Metro Manila Film Festival ngayong kapaskuhan.

Ayon kay MMDA Chairman at kasalukuyang chairman ng MMFF Danilo Lim, malaking bahagi ang MMFF sa pagdiriwang ng Pasko sa Pilipinas kaya tama lamang na ipagpatuloy nito ang pagbibigay kasiyahan sa maraming Pilipino

Salamat sa kanilang pakikipag-partner sa Globe, mapapanood ng marami ang magagandang pelikulang opisyal na kalahok sa MMFF sa pamamagitan ng internet sa UPSTREAM pagka-kasama sa GMovies sa halagang P250 lamang kada pelikula at $10 naman para sa mga Pilipino sa ibang bansa. Sa pamamagitan ng UPSTREAM, mas mainam at ligtas ang panonood ng mga customers, at siguradong mapoprotektahan ang intellectual property rights ng mga manlilikha sa tulong ng Globe’s #PlayItRight campaign. Ang #PlayItRight ay anti-piracy advocacy ng Globe na nagbibigay proteksyon sa industriya laban sa illegal streaming at content piracy.

HOOQ Shines Spotlight On The Best Of Filipino Cinema At The 42nd Metro Manila Film Festival Awards Night

HOOQ, Asia’s largest video-on-demand service, furthers its commitment in uplifting the quality of Filipino movies as it remained the exclusive presenter of the 42nd Metro Manila Film Festival and its New Wave category.

“In a year marked by big changes in the MMFF, we are proud to say that our full support for the premiere movie festival in the country has remained the same,” said Jane Cruz-Walker, HOOQ Philippines Country Manager. “We welcome another year of partnership with the Metro Manila Film Festival, and we are proud to be part of the festival as it takes brave new steps in focusing on quality films, fresh casting choices and new approaches to filmmaking.”

In his speech, Metro Manila Development Authority Thomas Orbos said, “We are gathered here together not only to seek change but also to look back to the original theme of the MMFF which is to be a festival that celebrates Filipino artistic excellence.

HOOQ presents the celebrity premiere of “Seklusyon”

HOOQ, Asia’s largest video-on-demand service, and co-presenter of the 42nd Metro Manila Film Festival, concludes 2016 with a special HOOQ HANGOUTS as it holds a celebrity-studded premiere of Erik Matti’s SEKLUSYON days before it’s regular run at theaters throughout the country as part of the Metro Manila Film Festival.

“We started HOOQ HANGOUTS a few months ago to provide a forum to showcase the vast library of HOOQ, particularly our local content which spans almost five decades. That is why we are ending the year with this HOOQ HANGOUTS featuring an exclusive screening of Seklusyon, produced by Reality Entertainment, which incidentally is also our partner in creating OTJ: The Series,” says Jane Cruz-Walker, HOOQ Philippines Country Manager.

Enjoy award-winning Filipino movies on HOOQ

HOOQ, Asia’s largest video-on-demand service, was the recent exclusive presenter of the 41st Metro Manila Film Festival and its New Wave category. Together with MMFF, they both answered the call of entertainment buffs who enjoy watching their favorite films and TV shows wherever and whenever they want; through streaming and downloading of award-winning and quality locally-produced films. 

Since 2010, the New Wave category has given independent filmmakers the opportunity to showcase their work and the chance to have more funding for future film projects.  This year, aside from the animated and short film entries being shown in cinemas, they were also released through the HOOQ app. It was the first time in the history of MMFF that entries were shown simultaneously online and in theaters. 

Dondon Monteverde Releases Statement on "Honor Thy Father" Disqualification

Dondon Monteverde of Reality Entertainment the production house of Erik Matti's Honor Thy Father finally speaks out after he received a letter yesterday about the disqualification of the film due to "non-disclosure" of the participation in the Cinema One Originals Festival.

When the news broke out, Erik Matti was the first to share to the public about the fiasco on facebook and other social media expressed disgust that along with the shrinking cinema screenings of the movie, then comes this disqualification for Best Picture in the MMFF Awards.

After a few hours and with the hashtag #DemandForHonorThyFather trended on twitter. They finally released a full statement via Dondon Monteverde. Below is the statement posted on their facebook page.

Honor Thy Father Barred For Best Picture By MMFF Committee?

In an post by "Honor Thy Father" director Erik Matti, the MMFF Committee advised Reality Entertainment Roland Monteverde that due to "non-disclosure" of the participation of his film at the Cinema One Originals Festival as Opening Film, this would disqualify the film for Best Picture for the Metro Manila Film Festival Awards.

The director has posted dismay about several theaters that are removing the film from their line up to give way to the popular entries this year. Despite great reviews about the film from its earlier screenings, it was raved to be a contender for best film.

However, along with the post of Erik Matti was the letter that shows the disclosure of the film as it was shown in the Cinema One Festival. People took to social media in support of the film with the hashtag #DemandForHonorThyFather. 

Would there be politics behind this?