There were the usual conflicts and protests, but this year, “less feathers were ruffled” during the two-week run of the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), said executive committee member Boots Anson-Roa.
“Sisterakas” reigns on the second week of the Metro Manila Film Festival, the MMFF publicist Ronald Tolentino relayed to the INQUIRER on Wednesday.
Brillante Mendoza’s “Thy Womb” and Mark Meily’s “El Presidente” may not be the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival’s top crowd-drawers (“Sisterakas,” “Si Agimat, Si Enteng Kabisote at Si Ako” and “One More Try,” in that order, topped the box office on opening day), but their inclusion in the eight-entry lineup marks a timely changing of the guard that raises the annual film event’s game. Both movies should be patronized, because they characterize the type of innovative, unconventional features that the festival was conceptualized for in the ’70s.
“Sisterakas” tops the first day of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) in terms of revenue, the Metro Manila Development Authority said Tuesday.
Directed by Wenn V. Deramas; stars Ai Ai de las Alas, Vice Ganda, Kris Aquino, Daniel Padilla, Kathryn Bernardo, Xyriel Manabat.
