MMFF 2018 Directors of Rainbow Sunset, Otlum Calls Out Cinema Owners for Equal Treatment
MMFF 2018 – The MMFF 2018 directors of Rainbow Sunset and Otlum called out cinema owners for equal treatment.
The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is an annual exhibition of Philippine movies that occurred every Christmas.
Famous celebrities from different networks participated in that film festival. Some stars even collaborated with actors from rival networks.
There is also an MMFF awarding they called Gabi Ng Parangal. Eight movie entries were given a chance to be awarded as Best Directors, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actors among others.
Following a previous article, Joel Lamangan who won the Best Director for the movie Rainbow Sunset had a controversial speech during the awards night.
Based on a report from PUSH, film directors Joel Lamangan and Joven Tan expressed their thoughts about the MMFF.
Both of them felt mistreated by some movie theaters after their movies were removed or not showed on their cinemas.
“Negosyo kasi yun e, so wala tayong magagawa. Parang siguro kung palit kami ng posisyon, siguro parang mas gugustuhin mo na ipalabas ang mga pelikulang kumikita at hindi ko sila pwede sisihin kasi negosyo din yan,” said Tan.
Joven Tan just thought of the situation positively and said the MMFF will not be over soon and there is still time to recover.
“Kahit papaano hindi naman ganun marami ang nawala sa sinehan parang tuloy lang ang laban matagal pa naman ang film festival,” he said.
According to the report, Joel Lamangan requested to have a fair count of movie theaters nationwide.
“Masakit na nasa harapan mo, unti-unting tinatanggal sa mga sinehan ang mga pelikula mo”
“Sana, sa mga susunod na panahon, kung ano ang napag-usapan na mga numero ng mga sinehan ng pagpapalabasan ay respetuhin at tangkilikin,” he added.
Based on the report, Joel Lamangan expressed his concern about the art in Filipino movies.
“Huwag lamang natin patabain ang bulsa ng may-ari ng mga sinehan patabain natin ang kaluluwa ng bayan ng mga Pilipino,” he said.
MMFF certainly played a big deal in all the movie creators, cinema businessman and viewers. We just hope for them to settle this issue between the businessmen and directors.
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