2020 Metro Manila Film Festival

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2020 Metro Manila Film Festival
46th Metro Manila Film Festival
Awards Gabi ng Parangal (transl. Awards Night)
No. of films10
Festival dateDecember 25, 2020 (2020-12-25) to January 8, 2021 (2021-01-08)
MMFF chronology

The 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is the 46th edition of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival. It is organized by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). It is the first edition of the festival to be held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [1] and also the first to make its entries available to an audience outside the Philippines as part of the festival's official run.

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival was modified into a digital event. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced on November 24, 2020, that the film festival would go digital due to the government implemented community quarantine classifications in the Metro area, in partnership with Upstream and GMovies, a streaming provider and ticket provider respectively, to stream the official entries. The festival is also co-presented by the telecommunications company Globe Telecom. [2]

The Parade of Stars and the Gabi ng Parangal (Awards Night), both part of the annual MMFF, was also streamed online in compliance with health and safety protocols for COVID-19. This annual event is primarily to promote and enhance the preservation of the Philippine cinema. The proceeds from the film festival went to a number of beneficiaries in the film industry. [3] The Parade of the Stars, the film festival's traditional float motorcade, was also modified due to the pandemic. [4]

Some of the entry films were released in cinemas after the official run of the 2020 MMFF already such as Pakboys Takusa that was released on January 8, [5] Suarez: The Healing Priest on January 15 and Magikland on February 12 [6] in select cinemas.

Entries

Feature films

The following was the criteria used in determining the final 10 entries: [7]

  Artistic excellence (40%)
  Commercial appeal (40%)
  Filipino sensibility (10%)
  Global appeal (10%)

Previously, the Metro Manila Film Festival usually had eight feature films as official entries which are screened in cinemas across the Philippines. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the temporary closure of cinemas in the country, the film festival was modified and all entries were streamed online instead. The number of entries was also expanded to ten from eight, [8] with all ten entries being announced on November 24, 2020. [2] The ten films part of the "digital" film festival were made available starting December 25, through Upstream. The official run of the film festival will be until January 8, 2021. [2]

The film festival entries were also made available to people outside the Philippines. The move was made specifically with the Overseas Filipino Workers demographic in mind. [7]

TitleStarringProduction companyDirectorGenre
Coming Home [lower-alpha 1] Jinggoy Estrada, Sylvia Sanchez, Edgar Allan Guzman Maverick Films, ALV Films Adolfo Alix Jr. Family drama
Fan Girl Paulo Avelino, Charlie Dizon Black Sheep Productions, Globe Studios, Project 8 Corner San Joaquin Projects, Epic Media, Crossword Productions Antoinette Jadaone Drama
Isa Pang Bahaghari [lower-alpha 1] Nora Aunor, Phillip Salvador, Michael de Mesa Heaven's Best Entertainment Joel Lamangan Family drama
Magikland Miggs Cuaderno, Elijah Alejo, Jun Urbano Brightlight Leisure Productions, Gallaga Reyes FilmsChristian Acuna Fantasy, Adventure
Mang Kepweng: Ang Lihim ng Bandanang Itim Vhong Navarro, Barbie Imperial Cineko Productions, Star Cinema Topel Lee Comedy
Pakboys Takusa Janno Gibbs, Dennis Padilla, Jerald Napoles, Andrew E. Viva Films Al Tantay Comedy
Suarez: The Healing Priest John Arcilla, Alice Dixson Saranggola Media Productions, Viva Films Joven Tan Biopic
Tagpuan [lower-alpha 1] Alfred Vargas, Iza Calzado, Shaina Magdayao Alternative Vision CinemaMacArthur Alejandre Romance
The Boy Foretold by the Stars Adrian Lindayag, Keann JohnsonClever Minds Inc., The Dolly Collection, Brainstormers LabDolly Dulu Romantic comedy
The Missing [lower-alpha 1] Joseph Marco, Miles Ocampo, Ritz Azul Regal Entertainment Easy Ferrer Horror

Previous entries

Prior to the changes made to transform the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival into a digital event, it was planned that this edition of the film festival was to have eight official entries as customarily done. The MMDA announced four films, supposed to be the first of eight entries, was announced to be part of the 2020 film festival on July 17, 2020, despite cinemas in the country already closed at the time due to COVID-19 pandemic. These films were selected based on submitted scripts. [9]

However, only one of those first entries made it through the official entries by November, namely Brightlight's Magikland. Several of the entries for the December festival were entries for the proposed MMFF Summer edition, which did not push through because of the pandemic. [10]

The following table lists the three previously-announced entries that are no longer part of the film festival. [11]

TitleStarringProduction companyDirectorGenreNew release dateMethod of release
Ang Mga Kaibigan ni Mama Susan Joshua Garcia, Angie Ferro Regal Entertainment Chito S. Roño Horror May 18, 2023 Amazon Prime Video
The Exorsis Toni Gonzaga, Alex Gonzaga TINCANFifth Solomon Horror, Comedy December 25, 2021 2021 Metro Manila Film Festival
Praybeyt Benjamin 3 Vice Ganda, Ivana Alawi Star Cinema Cathy Garcia-Sampana Comedy, Adventure 2024

Short films

A short film competition for students was organized as part of the film festival. An undetermined number of entries were originally part of the short film competition of the cancelled 2020 Metro Manila Summer Film Festival. Like their feature film counterparts, the entries were made available online through Upstream. [12]

TitleSchoolDirector
AaBaKaDa De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde Tyrone James Luanzon
Sala, Salin-LawayDaniella Verzosa
Sina Alexa, Xander at Ang UniverseVahn Leinard Pascual
Paano Maging BabaeGian Arre
Balik-Bayan University of Makati Joshua Pichay
Kyokok (Nilingaw) Western Mindanao State University
Lipstick Philippine High School for the Arts
Paraisong Parisukat
Laruang Baril Far Eastern University Edrian Cabudbud
Garbo [13] University of Southeastern Philippines Jeziah Rabbi Salvar

Parade of Stars

The Parade of Stars was held as a virtual event prior to the film festival's official opening day. Traditionally, the event is organized as a float parade but the event was instead held as a 4-hour virtual event. The 2020 MMFF was opened by MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim and Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte since Quezon City is the designated host of the film festival. The cast and director of each of the MMFF's ten official entry films answered questions from the audience and select members of the media. As part of a "virtual" parade, a "virtual" float was featured prior to each of the ten official entries' segment. [4] [14]

Streaming

The official entries for the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival were not screened in cinemas, which were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the films were made available online through transactional video on demand platform, Upstream. Tickets for the films were made available through GMovies, a payment platform by Globe Telecom. Tickets were made available for purchase starting December 7 for patrons based in the Philippines and on December 18 for people outside the country but the films themselves were only watchable starting December 25, 2020, the official opening day of the film festival. The films is available to stream up to five days after ticket purchase, but once the film was played, the certain media is only viewable for 24 hours. The films can be rewatched for unlimited times within said 24-hour period from the first playback. [15]

Awards

2020 Metro Manila Film Festival
Gabi ng Parangal
DateDecember 27, 2020 (2020-12-27)
SiteProject Space, Makati
Hosted by Marco Gumabao and Kylie Verzosa
Highlights
Best Picture Fan Girl
Best Direction Antoinette Jadaone
(Fan Girl)
Best Actor Paulo Avelino
(Fan Girl)
Best Actress Charlie Dizon
(Fan Girl)
Most awards Fan Girl (8)

The Gabi ng Parangal (transl. Awards Night) of the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival was held virtually on December 27, 2020. [14] [16] The awards night was hosted by Marco Gumabao and Kylie Verzosa from Globe Telecom's Project Space studio in Makati. [17]

Awardees were announced via the MMDA's Official Facebook Page. [18] The nominees were announced on December 24, 2020. [19]

Major awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). Nominations are also listed if applicable. [20]

Best Picture Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Child Performer Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography Best Production Design
Best Editing Best Sound
Best Original Theme Song Best Musical Score
Best Visual Effects Best Virtual Float
Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Award Fernando Poe Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence
Special Jury Prize Gender Sensitivity Award

Other awards

Short Film category

Multiple awards

AwardsFilm
8 Fan Girl
5 Magikland
3 The Boy Foretold by the Stars
2 Tagpuan

Multiple nominations

NominationsFilm
12 Magikland
The Boy Foretold by the Stars
11 Isa Pang Bahaghari
Tagpuan
10 Fan Girl
The Missing
9 Suarez: The Healing Priest
8 Coming Home
2 Mang Kepweng: Ang Lihim ng Bandanang Itim

Box office gross

No official figures or film rankings was immediately released regarding the box office gross of the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival entries. [21] According to Quezon City Representative Alfred Vargas, during a House of Representatives probe on online piracy of the 2020 MMFF entries, claimed that the 2020 MMFF entries grossed only ₱19 million in total. [22] In December 2021, MMFF spokesperson Noel Ferrer said that the 2020 MMFF earned less than ₱50 million. [23]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 This film was originally nominated for the inaugural Summer Film Festival, which was cancelled because of the pandemic, but it was instead promoted as an official entry in this film festival.

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