History Platform / MetroManilaFilmFestival

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* ''Film/GomBurZa''

* ''Film/Fantastica''

* ''Film/{{Insiang}}''

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As with most film festivals, the MMFF is no stranger to controversy either. Over the years the MMFF has been criticised by film scholars and directors alike for favouring mainstream entries which are [[ChristmasRushed rushed]] to sate "masa" families flocking to malls during Christmas and [[ViewersAreMorons lack artistic merit or meaningful content]]. To the likes of Creator/VicSotto and Creator/ViceGanda, it didn't matter to them as long as, to quote Sotto, [[MoneyDearBoy "it was a record-breaking festival"]]; this led a film council to come up with the Festival of Filipino Films (''Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino'') as a TakeThat to what was perceived as the MMFF's [[NetworkDecay degeneration]] to [[PanderingToTheBase commercialised content]] and sappy romcoms as opposed to films worthy of taking pride on in the world stage. As director Joel Lamangan [[https://businessmirror.com.ph/the-2018-mmff-awards-night-new-winners-same-old-problems/ lamented]] during the 2018 edition of the film festival, ''“Sana naman, huwag lang komersyo ang kanilang isipin. Irespeto rin sana ng mga sinehan ang sining at industriya.”'' (“I hope they shouldn't just think about the commercial aspect; they should respect artistry and the film industry as well.”)

A spin-off event entitled the Metro Manila Summer Film Festival was established in 2019 to encourage filmmakers to produce more films. As with the regular MMFF being held during Christmas season, the Summer Film Festival is set to start every Easter weekend, and entries will include films which were either rejected from the mainline Festival or did not make it in time. The 2020 festival was however postponed indefinitely due to the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]].

The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is an annual film festival held in Metro Manila, UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}, which starts on December 25 through the New Year and the first weekend of January. The Festival focuses on Filipino films, and foreign films aren't shown in theatres during the duration of the event (in a similar vein to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content Canadian content]] regulations), leading to major Hollywood productions released during the holiday season being [[ReleaseDateChange delayed]] to January to give way to the festival, save for IMAX and 3D releases.

A spin-off event entitled the Metro Manila Summer Film Festival was established in 2019 to encourage filmmakers to produce more films. As with the regular MMFF being held during Christmas season, the Summer Film Festival is set to start every Easter weekend, and entries will include films which were either rejected from the mainline Festival or did not make it in time.

As with most film festivals, the MMFF is no stranger to controversy either. Over the years the MMFF has been criticised by film scholars and directors alike for favouring mainstream entries which are [[ChristmasRushed rushed]] to sate "masa" families flocking to malls during Christmas and lack artistic merit or meaningful content. To the likes of Creator/VicSotto and Creator/ViceGanda, it didn't matter to them as long as, to quote Sotto, [[MoneyDearBoy "it was a record-breaking festival"]]; this led a film council to come up with the Festival of Filipino Films (''Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino'') as a TakeThat to what was perceived as the MMFF's [[NetworkDecay degeneration]] to [[PanderingToTheBase commercialised content]] and sappy romcoms as opposed to films worthy of taking pride on in the world stage. As director Joel Lamangan [[https://businessmirror.com.ph/the-2018-mmff-awards-night-new-winners-same-old-problems/ lamented]] during the 2018 edition of the film festival, ''“Sana naman, huwag lang komersyo ang kanilang isipin. Irespeto rin sana ng mga sinehan ang sining at industriya.”'' (“I hope they shouldn't just think about the commercial aspect; they should respect artistry and the film industry as well.”)

The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is an annual [[CaptainObvious film festival]] held in Metro Manila, UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}, which starts on December 25 through the New Year and the first weekend of January. The Festival focuses on Filipino films, and foreign films aren't shown in theatres during the duration of the event (in a similar vein to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content Canadian content]] regulations), leading to major Hollywood productions released during the holiday season being [[ReleaseDateChange delayed]] to January to give way to the festival, save for IMAX and 3D releases.

As with most film festivals, the MMFF is no stranger to controversy either. Over the years the MMFF has been criticised by film scholars and directors alike for favouring mainstream entries which are [[ChristmasRushed rushed]] to sate "masa" families flocking to malls during Christmas and lack artistic merit or meaningful content. To the likes of Creator/VicSotto and Creator/ViceGanda, it didn't matter to them as long as, to quote Sotto, [[MoneyDearBoy "it was a record-breaking festival"]]; this led a film council to come up with the Festival of Filipino Films (''Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino'') as a TakeThat to what was perceived as the MMFF's [[NetworkDecay degeneration]] to [[PanderingToTheBase commercialised content]] and sappy romcoms as opposed to films worthy of taking pride on in the world stage.

* ''Film/Insiang''

''Film/Dekada70''

* ''Film/RPGMetanoia''