MMFF 2020 To Push Through Via Online Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in PH
MMFF 2020 – It is confirmed that the Metro Manila Film Festival 2020 will push through.
One of the most-awaited film festivals in the Philippines is the Metro Manila Film Festival. It is more commonly called as MMFF. This year, it is on its 46th year.
The MMFF gathers excellent entries of several productions and starred by the brilliant stars of rival networks. All entries are screened by the body which sets deadline for the submission of scripts and the whole movie.
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In 2019, the MMFF officers approved eight entries to compose the Magic 8 of the film festival. The following were last year’s official entries:
1. Miracle in Cell #7 (Viva Communications, Inc.)
2. Mission Unstapabol: The Don Identity (APT Entertainment, Inc/M-ZET Production)
3. Sunod (TEN17P)
4. The Mall, The Merrier (ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc./Viva Films)
5. Mindanao (Center Stage Productions)
6. Write About Love (TBA Studios)
7. 3pol Trobol Huli Ka Balbon (CCM Film Productions)
8. Culion (iOptions Ventures Corp.)
Undeniably, a lot of people think that the MMFF 2020 will not push through due to the COVID-19 pandemic now. This saddens a lot of people as it is part of what they usually do every December to watch entries with their loved ones.
A good news recently crossed the surface. MMFF Committee spokesperson Noel Ferrer confirmed that the MMFF 2020 will push through via online.
Based on the report, the MMFF will partner with a “worldwide streaming service” which the committee did name yet. Due to it, it will reach a wider audience this year.
One of the considerations of the MMFF committee is piracy of the official entries. Meanwhile, it assured that its partner streaming service has addressed it already.
The Committee moved the deadline of the finished film entries from October 15 to November 15. It is to give way to the production to polish their entries more considering the changes that the pandemic brought in tapings.
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