{"id":5054,"date":"2017-08-02T08:52:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T00:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/?p=5054"},"modified":"2021-07-12T10:00:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T02:00:50","slug":"5-local-film-festivals-in-the-philippines-other-than-the-mmff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2017\/08\/02\/5-local-film-festivals-in-the-philippines-other-than-the-mmff\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Local Film Festivals in the Philippines Other than the MMFF"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is still months from now and yet movie enthusiasts are already starting conversations about the coming controversial festival. But while we are waiting for the Christmas season for it to come, we piled up the list of film festivals in the Philippines you can check out too.<\/p>\n

Cinemalaya Film Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"IMAGE Cinemalaya Film Festival<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Cinemalaya is considered as the most popular independent film festival in the country. It has several categories but recently it opened new categories such like Festival\u2019s Best, Asian Showcase and Documentaries. It is also one of the longest running film festivals in the Philippines. Cinemalaya shall be expected this August.<\/p>\n

Also read:\u00a0What is Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Quezon City International Film Festival (QCinema)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"IMAGE Quezon City International Film Festival<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Aspiring directors also sees opportunity in showcasing their works in this film festival, which is open to categories such as short films, Asian films, and movies about the LGBT community.\u00a0 It also hosts a category for highly-acclaimed international films. QCinema is coming this October.<\/p>\n

Also read:\u00a0The best from Quezon City and beyond: QCinema International Film Festival 2016<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Cinema One Originals<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"IMAGE Cinema One Originals<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Cinema One is open for local and foreign films alike and is owned by giant network ABS-CBN. It only has two categories. It will come on this November.<\/p>\n

Also read:\u00a0#AnongTinginMo: C1 Originals back for its 12th year<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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CineFilipino Film Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"IMAGE CineFilipino Film Festival<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This festival is geared towards every aspiring Filipino filmmaker. Independent films showcased in this festival are known to be thought-provoking and audience-friendly, an article from Spot.ph<\/a> says. This year, CineFilipino Film Festival is expected to come in November.<\/p>\n

Also read:\u00a0CineFilipino 2016<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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TOFARM Film Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"IMAGE TOFARM Film Festival<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

TOFARM or The Outstanding Farmers of the Philippines is aimed at showcasing the lives of farmers and other workers related to agriculture. It is now in its second year.<\/p>\n

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Written by Gelyka Dumaraos<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The controversial MMFF is still a couple of months away, so here’s a list of local film festivals to satisfy your appetite for local films!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1730],"tags":[668,665,666,663,664,128,669,667],"class_list":["post-5054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-and-history","tag-cinefilipino-film-festival","tag-cinema-one-originals","tag-cinemalaya","tag-film-festivals","tag-local-films","tag-philippines","tag-quezon-city-international-film-festival","tag-tofarm-film-festival"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5054"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9474,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5054\/revisions\/9474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}