Spectators lined up the streets along the parade route as each movie-themed float, with cast members of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) entries onboard, pass through Manila streets up to the Manila Central Post Office during the Parade of Stars held in Manila on Saturday.
Spectators lined up the streets along the parade route as each movie-themed float, with cast members of the Metro Manila Film Festival entries onboard, pass through Manila streets up to the Manila Central Post Office during the Parade of Stars held in Manila on Saturday.
Some of the artists who joined the parade, a significant celebration of the festival’s 50th edition, were Vilma Santos, Judy Ann Santos, Lorna Tolentino, Vic Sotto, Aga Muhlach, Eugene Domingo, Vice Ganda, Arjo Atayde, Julia Montes, Dennis Trillo, Enrique Gil, Carlo Aquino, Julia Barretto, Francine Diaz, and Seth Fedelin, among others who greeted and waved back at their fans.
MMDA Chairman and concurrent MMFF overall Chairman Romando Artes ensured fair distribution of the official entries among cinemas in Metro Manila and other major cities outside of the National Capital Region. Artes also enjoined the public to support the ten official films in the golden edition of the MMFF.
“Siniguro po naming magaganda ang mga pelikulang aming handog sa inyo ngayong ika-50 edisyon ng MMFF. Let us support Philippine movies. Let us support MMFF,” he said before the Parade of Stars kicked off. Artes, with Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna, Vice Mayor Yul Servo, and other city officials, led the parade kickoff with the traditional sounding of the gong at the Kartilya ng Katipunan. The ten official entries for the MMFF@50 are: “The Kingdom,” “Topakk,” “Uninvited,” “Isang Himala,” “Hold Me Close,” “Espantaho,” “My Future You,” “And The Breadwinner Is…,” “Green Bones,” and “Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital.
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