Christmas season is also MMFF season, and beginning December 25, the 41st edition of the Metro Manila Film Festival runs in theaters nationwide, offering 8 full-length official feature films to choose from, as well as 15 entries in the New Wave Section of the festival.
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The annual film festival has already become a holiday tradition among the Filipinos, with the film festival entries screened at all cinemas across the country. Don't know which MMFF movie to watch? Here's a list of all the entries in this edition of The Click List.
What it's about: It's a star-studded rom-com by Star Cinema featuring different storylines and pairings to show the many kinds of love.
Starring: Kris Aquino, Derek Ramsay, Kim Chiu, Xian Lim, Jodi Sta. Maria, Ian Veneracion
Directed by: Antoinette Jadaone
What it's about: A comedy gets a dose of action in this film from Star Cinema and Viva Films about a cop reuniting with his cross-dressing best friend to complete a mission.
Starring: Vice Ganda, Coco Martin, James Reid
Directed by: Wenn V. Deramas
What it's about: This horror flick is about a mysterious shop selling items to different customers desperate for a quick fix for their problems in life. Everything works magically just as the shop owner says they would, until the rules of their contracts are broken.
Starring: Vhong Navarro, John Lapus, Alex Gonzaga, TJ Trinidad
Directed by: Randolph Longjas
What it's about: A group of students hold a retreat in an old mansion, and one of them happens to have a gift of seeing ghosts.
Starring: Janella Salvador, Marlo Mortel, Janice De Belen, Iza Calzado
Directed by: Jun Lana
What it's about: This crime thriller premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, and is about a family caught in financial ruin after an investment scam.
Starring: John Lloyd Cruz, Meryll Soriano, Khalil Ramos
Directed by: Erik Matti
What it's about: A nerdy boy falls in love with a girl, and getting in the way of their blossoming relationship are each other's controlling parent figures who have their own issues.
Starring: Alden Richards, Maine Mendoza, Vic Sotto, Ai-Ai de las Alas
Directed by: Jose Javier Reyes
7. Nilalang
What it's about: A supernatural thriller where an investigator teams up with an heiress from Tokyo's criminal underworld yakuza to solve a series of unusual killings in Manila.
Starring: Cesar Montano, Maria Ozawa
Directed by: Pedring Lopez
What it's about: A rom-com that deals with the concept of an everlasting love. A writer for romantic comedy films starts to doubt the concept of 'forever' after a heartbreak, and things become even more complicated as her past returns into her life.
Starring: Jennylyn Mercado, Jericho Rosales, Lorna Tolentino
Directed by: Dan Villegas
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MMFF New Wave Section
The 15 indie films will be screened from December 17 to December 24 at Glorietta 4, SM Megamall and Robinsons Place Manila.
Finalists for Full Feature:
1. Mandirigma by Arlyn dela Cruz
2. Toto by John Paul Su
3. ARI: My Life with a King by Carlo Encisco
4. Turo-Turo by Ray An Dulay
5. Tandem by King Palisoc
Finalists for Animation:
- 8 by Johanna Kaye Boncodin
- Marvino's League of Superheroes by Ja Marti Escandor
- GEO by John Aurthur Mercader
- Little Lights by Rivelle Mallari
- Buttons by Marvel Obemio, Francis Ramirez, and Jared Garcia
Finalists for Short Film:
- Ding Mangasyas (Tough Guys) by Justine Emmanuel Dizon
- Lapis by Cariaga
- MUMU by Jean Cheryl Tagyamon
- Momento by Jan-Kyle Nieva
- Daisy by Bryan Reyes
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For more information, visit the MMDA website (www.mmda.gov.ph), like MMFF on Facebook (/metromanilafilmfest) and follow on Twitter (@mmfilmfest).