Multi-awarded screenwriter Ricky Lee took to social media to explain why he quit as executive committee member of Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). On Facebook, the 69-year-old journalist, novelist, and playwright divulged the reason why he quit as execom of MMFF. Here’s his statement in his FB post: “Sa mga nagtataka at nagtatanong kung bakit ako … Read more
MMFF ExeCom had a recent decision on “Oro’ Film after allegations of animal cruelty. The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) Executive Committee has finally decided to temporarily withdraw the film ‘Oro’ from cinemas nationwide due to allegations of animal cruelty. This came days after it has stripped the movie “Oro” of one of its awards … Read more
The Metro Manila Film Festival executive committee announced on Sunday through their official Facebook account that the annual film festival which is celebrating its 41st year of entertaining the Filipino have already reached a whooping P834 million in box office gross earnings after just nine (9) days of nationwide showing. The Metro Manila Development Authority … Read more
The controversial director of the movie “Honor Thy Father,” veteran director Erik Matti who won the Best Director category in the recently concluded MMFF 2015 awards night gave thanks to the MMFF organizers for the free publicity of his latest movie featuring John Lloyd Cruz. In an news report released by Inquirer, the director was … Read more
Veteran director Erik Matti seems frustrated with his directing career right now and noted that he may have to “re(–foul word(s) removed–)s” his future in filmmaking if his movie “Honor Thy Father” would not find an audience at the box office of the highly anticipated Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2015. The highly anticipated … Read more
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced the official entries of this year’s highly anticipated Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) featuring some of the country’s most popular stars showcasing their artistic abilities in the Philippines most popular movie festivities during the Christmas season. Veteran stars such as Kris Aquino, Ai-Ai delas Alas, Vice Ganda, Vic … Read more
The film outfit of ABS-CBN, Star Cinema earned more than P2 billion in box office earnings for the past four years of the Metro Manila Film Festivals (MMFF) with most of its movies dominated the list of top-grossing films for the past years. A total of nine official entries were fielded by Star Cinema to … Read more
The highly anticipated awarding ceremony of the 2014 Metro Manila Film Festival was held on Saturday night as the organizers announced the official list of winners in the 40th edition of the film festival showcasing the best Filipino films for the year 2014. The awarding ceremony was held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) … Read more
Thirteen film entries, which are expected to be great hit, were now submitted for consideration in the highly-anticipated Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2014. MMFF is the yearly film festival for the Filipino-produced films. The entries were being released on December 25 in theaters nationwide and it runs until the first week of January in … Read more
The official organizers of the 2013 Metro Manila Film Festivals confirmed to the media that the official gross income of the 2013 MMFF movie entries have already reached more than P597 million in total for the first week of showing. See Also: MMFF Day 8 Box Office Income Results (Jan. 1, 2014) The MMDA announced … Read more