The Metro Manila Film Festival’s (MMFF) planned summer film fest will no longer push through as cinemas remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The MMFF will only be holding such an event when partner cinemas are open once again to the public, it said in a statement released by spokesperson Noel Ferrer via Instagram yesterday, April 15.
The film festival’s executive committee, led by Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman BenHur Abalos, has, meanwhile, decided to focus on the yearend holiday festival instead.
“[The MMFF Executive Committee] has set the deadlines this early so that interested producers and filmmakers may be guided accordingly, while observing …
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