Metro Manila Summer Film Festival

Metro Manila Summer Film Festival is an upcoming film festival to be held annually in Metro Manila, Philippines. The event is a spin-off of the Metro Manila Film Festival which is officially held every December. Like its sister festival, it will exclude foreign films and only show shortlisted entries in digital theaters except IMAX and 4D theaters.

Metro Manila Summer Film Festival
LocationMetro Manila
Founded2019
AwardsGabi ng Parangal
(transl. Awards Night)
LanguageFilipino

Background

The Metro Manila Summer Film Festival was established as a "second run" of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). The summer festival is set to start after Black Saturday which usually falls in the summer season of the Philippines while the regular MMFF will continue to start every Christmas Day of the year. A summer iteration of the MMFF was adopted to encourage Filipino filmmakers to create more films. The MMFF has held two runs previously during the tenures Manila Mayor Antonio Villegas and Joseph Estrada with the first run starting every June 24 or Manila Foundation Day and the second run on December 25.[1]

The summer film festival was a proposal of Senator Bong Go who became a member of the MMFF Executive Committee in 2019. The MMFF Executive Committee adopted Go's proposal and announced the establishment of a summer festival. The first edition was set to be held from April 11 to 21, 2020 but was cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It would be organized in partnership with the Cinema Exhibitors Association of the Philippines.[2]

Film selection

Films to be screened at the Metro Manila Summer Film Festival will include films that were submitted but not selected as one of the official entries of the regular MMFF of the previous year.[1]

Festivals
FestivalYearAwards Night
VenueCity
1st2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2nd2021To be announced

References
  1. Adel, Rosette (25 July 2019). "MMFF to hold summer festival next year". Philippine Star. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. "MMFF to run twice a year starting 2020". Rappler. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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