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Big winners at the 50th MMFF Gabi Ng Parangal

“Green Bones,” the inspirational prison drama written by Ricky Lee and Angeli Atienza and directed by Zig Dulay, emerged as the big winner at the 50th Metro Manila Film Festival Gabi Ng Parangal, earning a total of six trophies including the coveted Best Picture plum. Although it didn’t win the Best Director award for Zig, […]

Pepe Diokno explains inspiration behind bringing MMFF entry ‘Isang Himala’ to cinema

“Winasak niya ako.” This was how award-winning filmmaker Pepe Diokno described his Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) entry for this year, “Isang Himala.” The director, on Friday, December 27, shared his reasons for creating a musical film adaptation of Ishmael Bernal’s classic “Himala”, which originally starred Nora Aunor. In Diokno’s version, Sparkle artist Aicelle Santos […]