{"id":29389,"date":"2020-12-21T14:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T06:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=29389"},"modified":"2020-12-21T15:42:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T07:42:34","slug":"metro-manila-film-festival-2020-to-stream-entries-online-starting-december-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2020\/12\/21\/metro-manila-film-festival-2020-to-stream-entries-online-starting-december-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro Manila Film Festival 2020 to Stream Entries Online Starting December 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Continuing the Filipino Christmas tradition amid the pandemic, the\u00a0<strong>Metro Manila Film Festival 2020 (MMFF) <\/strong>is set to\u00a0premiere worldwide starting <strong>December 25, 2020 to January 7, 2021<\/strong> via\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upstream.ph\/en\/mmff\/\" target=\"_blank\">upstream.ph\/mmff<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29391\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/MMFF2020_800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/MMFF2020_800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/MMFF2020_800x600-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/MMFF2020_800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/MMFF2020_800x600-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The 46th edition of the MMFF differs from the previous ones as it will be held online due to the pandemic. The festival is also the first to\u00a0make its film entries available to audiences outside the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A total of 10 official film entries will be made available to watch via an online platform such as family drama film\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Coming Home,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0directed by\u00a0Adolfo Alix Jr.; Antoinette Jadaone&#8217;s <strong>&#8220;Fan Girl&#8221;<\/strong>;\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Isa Pang Bahaghari&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0by Joel C. Lamangan, DGPI;\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Magikland,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0a fantasy film directed by\u00a0Christian Acuna; and Topel Lee&#8217;s 2017comedy film\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Mang Kepweng: Ang Lihim ng Bandanag Itim&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MMFF 2020 | Fan Girl Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q4Oa-2lLx4Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Other entries include\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Pakboys Takusa&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0by Al Tantay; a biopic by Joven Tan titled\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Suarez: The Healing Priest&#8221;<\/strong>;<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>&#8220;Tagpuan,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0directed by McArthur C. Alejandre; the first BL film in the Philippines,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;The Boy Foretold by The Stars&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0 by\u00a0Dolly Dulu; and horror film\u00a0<strong>&#8220;The Missing,&#8221; <\/strong>directed by Easy Ferrer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MMFF 2020 | The Boy Foretold by the Stars Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q_iqK4uXruw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Philippine residents can\u00a0buy tickets for MMFF 2020 since December 7,\u00a0while those abroad can get their tickets starting\u00a0December 18. All official film entries are available for <strong>advance booking<\/strong> online via <a href=\"https:\/\/upstream.ph\/en\/mmff\/\" target=\"_blank\">upstream.ph\/mmff<\/a>\u00a0for <strong>Php 250<\/strong>\u00a0per film. Pay for your tickets through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmovies.ph\/\" target=\"_blank\">GMovies.ph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">To watch the films online, create an account as GMovies. ph for free.\u00a0Click on the &#8220;STREAM NOW on UPSTREAM&#8221; tab to watch your chosen film.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch all 10 films of MMFF 2020 ONLINE!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H8nCfNBOQCY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Aside from the official film entries,\u00a0you can also stream a selection of MMFF classic films online for Php 59. Some of these classic films include <strong>&#8220;Ang Larawan&#8221; (2017)<\/strong>, <strong>&#8220;Die Beautiful&#8221; (2016)<\/strong>, <strong>&#8220;English Only, Please&#8221; (2014)<\/strong>, <strong>&#8220;Crying Ladies&#8221; (2003)<\/strong>, and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>For more information, visit MMFF 2020&#8217;s website at <a href=\"https:\/\/upstream.ph\/en\/mmff\/\" target=\"_blank\">upstream.ph\/en\/mmff<\/a>\u00a0and follow their social media pages on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mmffofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and Instagram.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>What:\u00a0<\/strong>Metro Manila Film Festival 2020<br \/>\n<strong>Where: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upstream.ph\/en\/mmff\/\" target=\"_blank\">Upstream<\/a>\u00a0(online)<br \/>\n<strong>When:\u00a0<\/strong>December 25, 2020 to January 7, 2021<br \/>\n<strong>Tickers: <\/strong>Php 250 per film (pay via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmovies.ph\/\" target=\"_blank\">GMovies.ph<\/a>)<br \/>\n<strong>Website:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upstream.ph\/en\/mmff\/\" target=\"_blank\">upstream.ph\/en\/mmff<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mmffofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/mmffofficial<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Images grabbed from MMFF 2020 Upstream website<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing the Filipino Christmas tradition amid the pandemic, the Metro Manila Film Festival 2020 (MMFF) is set to premiere worldwide online starting December 25, 2020 to January 7, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6766,22,64],"tags":[11435,10132,856,11436,11437,11433,11434],"class_list":["post-29389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-festival","category-film-festival","tag-46th-mmff","tag-art-galleries-in-the-metro","tag-film-festival","tag-metro-manila-film-festival","tag-metro-manila-film-festival-2020","tag-mmff","tag-mmff-2020"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29389"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29393,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29389\/revisions\/29393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}