{"id":6329,"date":"2016-06-15T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T01:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=6329"},"modified":"2016-06-15T16:50:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T08:50:19","slug":"21st-french-film-festival-arrives-in-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/06\/15\/21st-french-film-festival-arrives-in-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"21st French Film Festival Arrives in Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The red carpet of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> French Film Festival on June 8 at BGC\u2019s Central Square was dazzled by the entrance of Jaclyn Jose, the first Southeast Asian to win the Best Actress of the Cannes Film Festival for Brillante Mendoza\u2019s <em>Ma\u2019 Rosa<\/em>. This was a double celebration of France\u2019s rich culture in cinema, and also the Philippine cinema.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6337\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9005-watermarked.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9005-watermarked\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Organized by the Embassy of France to the Philippines, Institut Francais, the Alliance Francaise de Manille and Cebu, the Film Development Council of the Philippines, in cooperation with the Ayala Malls Cinema, the SSI Group, Inc., and Central Square, the 21<sup>st<\/sup> edition of the French Film Festival opened with the drama <em>Mon Roi<\/em> by Maiwenn Le Besco.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6336\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9023-watermarked.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9023-watermarked\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9023-watermarked.jpg 850w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9023-watermarked-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9023-watermarked-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9023-watermarked-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The fun doesn\u2019t stop there as public screening of 17 contemporary French films will run simultaneously from June 9 to 14 at the Greenbelt 3 cinemas and the Bonifacio High Street cinemas, including a tribute to Philippine cinema on June 12, Independence Day, with the screening of Lawrence Fajardo\u2019s <em>Imbisibol <\/em>and Carl Joseph Papa\u2019s animated film, <em>Manang Biring<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frenchfilmfest.com\">www.frenchfilmfest.com<\/a> or download the Film Festival app available through the Apple Store or Google Play. Share your French Film Festival story by using the hashtag #FrenchFilmFest21.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Article by RJ Firmeza<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The red carpet of the 21st French Film Festival on June 8 at BGC\u2019s Central Square was dazzled by the entrance of Jaclyn Jose, the first Southeast Asian to win the Best Actress of the Cannes Film Festival for Brillante Mendoza\u2019s Ma\u2019 Rosa. 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