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Metro Manila Summer Film Festival
The Summer Metro Manila Film Festival (Summer MMFF) is film festival intended to be held annually in Metro Manila, Philippines. The event is a spin-off of the Metro Manila Film Festival which is officially held every December. Like its sister festival, excludes foreign films and only show shortlisted entries in digital theaters except IMAX and 4D theaters. It was originally slated to take place in 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced to halt the event as a result of closure of the theaters having to shut for over 20 months. The first edition would be held in April 2023. Background The Metro Manila Summer Film Festival was intended to be as a "second run" of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). The summer festival was proposed to start on Black Saturday which usually falls in the summer season of the Philippines while the regular MMFF will continue to start every Christmas Day of the year. A summer iteration of the MMFF was adopted to encourage Filipino filmmakers to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipino Language
Filipino (; , ) is an Austronesian language. It is the national language ( / ) of the Philippines, and one of the two official languages of the country, with English. It is a standardized variety of Tagalog based on the native dialect, spoken and written, in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region, and in other urban centers of the archipelago. The 1987 Constitution mandates that Filipino be further enriched and developed by the other languages of the Philippines. Filipino is only used as a tertiary language in the Philippine public sphere. Filipino, like other Austronesian languages, commonly uses verb-subject-object order, but can also use subject-verb-object order as well. Filipino follows the trigger system of morphosyntactic alignment that is also common among Austronesian languages. It has head-initial directionality. It is an agglutinative language but can also display inflection. It is not a tonal language and can be considered a pitch-accent language and a sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Festivals In The Philippines
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Manila Summer Film Festival
The Summer Metro Manila Film Festival (Summer MMFF) is film festival intended to be held annually in Metro Manila, Philippines. The event is a spin-off of the Metro Manila Film Festival which is officially held every December. Like its sister festival, excludes foreign films and only show shortlisted entries in digital theaters except IMAX and 4D theaters. It was originally slated to take place in 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced to halt the event as a result of closure of the theaters having to shut for over 20 months. The first edition would be held in April 2023. Background The Metro Manila Summer Film Festival was intended to be as a "second run" of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). The summer festival was proposed to start on Black Saturday which usually falls in the summer season of the Philippines while the regular MMFF will continue to start every Christmas Day of the year. A summer iteration of the MMFF was adopted to encourage Filipino filmmakers to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The IdeaFirst Company
The IdeaFirst Company (TIFC) is a Philippine film production company and talent agency founded in 2014 by filmmakers Jun Robles Lana and Perci Intalan. The company focuses on film and television production, as well as artist management. The company is best known for producing ''Bwakaw'' (2012), ''Die Beautiful'' (2016), ''Kalel, 15'' (2019), and ''Gameboys'' (2020). Background The IdeaFirst Company was founded in April 2014 by filmmakers Jun Robles Lana and Perci Intalan. Lana formerly served as the Creative Director for GMA Network, while Intalan was an Executive Producer for Walt Disney and the former first Vice President for Entertainment for TV5. The two filmmakers left their prior positions to co-found the company. The company has engaged in partnerships with mainstream Philippine film studios such as Viva Films, Star Cinema, Regal Films as well as internationally with Netflix. The company is atypical in that it signs directors as well as actors. Creatives under IdeaFirs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
About Us But Not About Us
''About Us But Not About Us'' is a 2022 Philippine psychological drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Jun Lana. The film stars Romnick Sarmenta and Elijah Canlas. The film was first released in Estonia on November 23, 2022, as one of the official entries for the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, where it won the Best Film award. It also received a Philippine premiere on April 8, 2023, as one of the entries for the 1st Summer Metro Manila Summer Film Festival, where it won 10 awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Premise Eric (Romnick Sarmenta) and his student, Lancelot (Elijah Canlas) converse with each other over a meal at a restaurant unveiling secrets. Cast *Romnick Sarmenta as Ericson; A gay man who worked as a literature professor *Elijah Canlas portrays two roles which are: **Lancelot: A student attending the University of the Philippines who has Ericson as his mentor. His character is helped by Ericson after the student was beat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Summer Metro Manila Film Festival
The 2023 Summer Metro Manila Film Festival was an iteration of the annual Summer Metro Manila Film Festival held in Metro Manila and throughout the Philippines. It was organized by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in partnership with the Cinema Exhibitors Association of the Philippines. The theme of the film festival would be "''Tuloy-tuloy ang Saya''" (). The inaugural edition was supposed to be held in 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2023 edition is now considered to be the first iteration of the film festival. Following the organization of the 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival, the MMDA announced on January 9, 2023, that the summer film festival will be held from April 8 to 18, 2023. The parade of stars was scheduled to be held on April 1, 2023, while the awards night will be on April 11, 2023. The deadline of submission for entries was set on February 17, 2023. Entries The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) Executive Committee an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quezon City
Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was founded on October 12, 1939, and was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the List of presidents of the Philippines, second president of the Philippines. The city was intended to be the Capital of the Philippines, national capital of the Philippines that would replace Manila, as the latter was suffering from overcrowding, lack of housing, poor sanitation, and traffic congestion. To create Quezon City, several barrios were carved out from the towns of Caloocan, Marikina, San Juan, Metro Manila, San Juan and Pasig, in addition to the eight vast estates the Philippine government purchased for this purpose. It was officially proclaimed as the national capital on October 12, 1949, and several government departments and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Frontier Theater
The New Frontier Theater, known as the Kia Theatre between 2015 and 2018, is a multi-purpose events hall in the Araneta City in Cubao, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The theater has a 2,385 seating capacity and is used for a variety of events, ranging from performing and visual arts, local and international concerts, and fan meet-up gatherings. History First opening The theater first opened on May 27, 1967 as the New Frontier Cinema-Theater and considered to be the biggest theater in the Philippines, with a 3,500 seating capacity. The theater is influenced by the Radio City Music Hall, and also had an ice skating rink and a roller skating rink, which opened in 1968 and has a capacity of 900 skaters. The skating rink catered numerous customers, ranging from the masses to elite members of influential families. It was used until the late 1980s, after which the theater fell into disuse due to the emergence of home video, as well as competition of new malls with cinemas, caus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Metro Manila Summer Film Festival
The 2023 Summer Metro Manila Film Festival was an iteration of the annual Summer Metro Manila Film Festival held in Metro Manila and throughout the Philippines. It was organized by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in partnership with the Cinema Exhibitors Association of the Philippines. The theme of the film festival would be "''Tuloy-tuloy ang Saya''" (). The inaugural edition was supposed to be held in 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2023 edition is now considered to be the first iteration of the film festival. Following the organization of the 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival, the MMDA announced on January 9, 2023, that the summer film festival will be held from April 8 to 18, 2023. The parade of stars was scheduled to be held on April 1, 2023, while the awards night will be on April 11, 2023. The deadline of submission for entries was set on February 17, 2023. Entries The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) Executive Committee an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Metro Manila Summer Film Festival
The 2020 Metro Manila Summer Film Festival was planned to be the first edition of the annual Metro Manila Summer Film Festival. It was to be organized by the MMDA in partnership with the Cinema Exhibitors Association of the Philippines. The film festival would have a theme centered on Pinoy Pride. Entries The 2020 Metro Manila Summer Film Festival would have eight entries. The entries would be selected among submitted finished films produced not earlier than January 1, 2020 and films earlier submitted for the 2019 Metro Manila Film Festival finished film competition. Entries were submitted by February 15, 2020, for the full-length films. For the Short Film Competition which was opened to students, the deadline for submission was set on February 28, 2020. On March 2, the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) Executive Committee announced the eight official entries for these year first ever summer edition of the Metro Manila Film Festival. These eight films were chosen among 24 film s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Philippine General Election
The 2022 Philippine general election took place on May 9, 2022, for executive and legislative branches of the government – national, provincial, and local, except for the barangay officials. At the top of the ballot is the election for successors to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo. There were also elections for: * 12 seats to the Senate; * All 316 seats to the House of Representatives; * All 81 governors and vice governors, and 782 seats to provincial boards in all provinces; * All 146 city mayors and vice mayors, and 1,650 seats to city councils in all cities * All 1,488 municipal mayors and vice mayors, and 11,908 seats to municipal councils in all municipalities The first election to the Bangsamoro Parliament was scheduled to be held on the same date, but was rescheduled to 2025. This is the first election in Davao de Oro under such name, as it was renamed from "Compostela Valley" in December 2019 after a successful plebiscite. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
