My Metro Manila Filmfest Forecast

The Metro Manila Film Festival is not exactly a film festival to gauge the finest in Philippine Cinema. And many of you know that I have often expressed my disgust over it. But I do acknowledge the fact that this festival allows the local studios to showcase their films without the interfering competition with Hollywood films for a week or so.

The MMFF may not exactly be a source for great movies. But now and then there are indeed gems worth seeing. Many of them, you can already crap just by seeing the trailer. But others may look like they just have lousy marketing trailers that defy the filmmaker's intention.

I believe that sometimes we do need a gauge or a forecast to tell which movies do deserve some level of trust. I made my own forecast of films for this coming MMFF, in order to share it with others who may appreciate it as well... [hit the jump to continue]

Francis M's music immortalized in MMFF entry "Kaleidoscope World"

The music of Pinoy Hip-Hop Icon Francis Magalona will be immortalized in a movie that will be an official entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival showing this December 25, 2013 - January 8, 2014 in all MMFF Participating Theaters Nationwide.

KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD is a Hip-Hop Musical film that follows the story of a poor boy, Lando (Sef Cadayona), and a rich girl (Yassi Pressman), who fall in love after meeting during auditions for a local dance crew set to compete in an international contest. The movie features a whole lot of prominent artists from the Philippine hip-hop scene. From dance crews, to rappers, and bands that define the scene. This will surely be a promising movie, especially to fans of FrancisM's legacy and lovers of musicals as well. [hit the jump to continue]