MMFF NEW WAVE 2014

For the 40^th year of the Metro Manila Film Festival – New Wave (MMFF), MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino announces that prizes will be much bigger and more exciting.  The MMFF’s “New Wave” competition was the brainchild of MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino. It was introduced in 2010 due to the continued popularity of “Indie” films that serve as a platform for aspiring student and independent film enthusiasts to showcase their talents.

The festival has four (4) categories namely, Full Length, Animation, Student shorts and Cinephone. Entries for all categories are now being accepted in the MMDA office in Makati City.

The Cinephone competition, meanwhile, is a nationwide cellphone movie-making contest for high school and college students. This year’s theme is “Pagbangon Pagkalipas ng Kalamidad,” a timely theme that would showcase the resilience of Filipinos in times of calamity, to the world. Deadline for submission of entries is October 4, with 60 videos to be selected as finalists.

In celebration of the Ruby Year of the Festival, all feature film entry finalists will be given the rare opportunity to show their films in commercial run in at least 20 cinemas immediately after the festival..

 

The first MMFF New Wave University Caravan was held at the Letran Auditorium. It was a whole day forum for students, independent film makers, film professionals and the like, to discuss the many facets of film making. The next leg of the University Caravan will be at the University of the Philippines Film Institute on August 18, 2014; and another will be in Muntinlupa in Mid-August at the Expo Trade Hall, Festival Mall, Alabang.  The lecture series is open to all. Admission is free.

For more information visit www.mmff-newwave.ph www.mmda.gov.ph/mmff, facebook: www.facebook.com/metromanilafilmfest or twitter: twitter.com/mmfilmfest.