The 2023 Summer Metro Manila Film Festival was an iteration of the annual

Summer Metro Manila 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 fe ...

held in Metro Manila and throughout the Philippines. It was organized by the

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(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 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

, but was cancelled due to the

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. 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 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is the 48th edition of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival held in Metro Manila and throughout the Philippines. It is being organized by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). During ...

, 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 announced the eight official entries on February 24, 2023.

Parade of Stars

The Parade of Stars, a motorcade of floats featuring the eight official entries, for the 2023 Summer MMFF was held in

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on April 2, 2023. The route started at the Villa Beatriz along Commonwealth Avenue to the

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Awards

The Gabi ng Parangal () of the 2023 Summer Metro Manila Film Festival will be held at the

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on April 11, 2023.

Major awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). Nominations are also listed if applicable.

Multiple awards

Multiple nominations

References

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