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Published July 3, 2021, 9:00 AM
ABS-CBN Corporation’s Star Cinema has partnered with the country’s biggest live streaming and social entertainment platform, kumu, to provide more entertainment content online.
In a statement, ABS-CBN said the partnership between Star Cinema and kumu will soon bear fruit and produce a movie that will soon be in production. This will be a romantic-comedy movie.
“The one-of-a-kind partnership between a film production company, Star Cinema and streaming and social entertainment platform kumu, hopes to bring the audience a different kind of entertainment viewing,” the firm said.
It explained that, “Film production has been put on hold for the first few months of our lockdown but ABS-CBN Films found creative ways to keep telling stories. And as we move to a better normal they continue to tell our story.” kumu is a powerful social media platform that brings the voices of Filipinos from all over the globe at the forefront.
âMidnight In A Perfect Worldâ director Dodo Dayao: âGenre films give you aesthetic wiggle room to literalise impossible ideasâ
The Filipino filmmaker talks putting a different spin on stale horror tropes, not spoon-feeding the viewer and more
Jasmine Curtis Smith in Midnight In A Perfect World. Credit: Geric Cruz
Heâs the toast of Manilaâs independent horror cinema, but for Dodo Dayao, the dreaded sophomore slump was as debilitating as the unspeakable spooks heâs projected to the screen. After the critical success of his 2014 debut feature
Violator â which won Best Film at Cinema One Originals â the filmmaker set out to do something âas far away from it as possibleâ. And when an attempt at such started fizzling out, he says, âI was in a mild state of panic.â
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DOUBLE WHAMMY: Janine Gutierrez brought home the bacon for GMA Network with two best actress awards in 2019.
The young actress scored back-to-back wins in acting from the URIAN (Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino) and the FAMAS (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences) for her portrayal of an empowered woman in 2019 film, Baril at Babae.
Janine earlier gained notice for another remarkable performance in the underrated film, Elise. She played an upward, liberated woman in the witty, well written, and well- acted film.
She will be seen next opposite Paulo Avelino in T-Rex Entertainment’s “Ngayon Kaya.”
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BEST ACTRESSES: With Janine’s double whammy of a win, we take note of the roster of other award-winning actresses under GMA. Network is to be credited for honing the skills of its artists by way of roles in tele-series that challenge their emotion, as well as their intellect, so that they come out of those assignments as well
Published December 24, 2020, 12:55 PM
“The Boy Foretold by the Stars,” a story about two boys discovering the thrill of young romance, received 12 nominations at the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival awards.
“Good morning po sa inyong lahat, nais po naming ibahagi sa inyo ang galak na nararamdaman ng Clever Minds producers kasama si Ms Jodi Sta. Maria dahil nakakuha ng 12 nominations ang The Boy Foretold by the Stars sa MMFF 2020. Malaking bahagi po kayo sa napakagandang balitang ito dahil sa magagandang sinulat ninyo. Maraming salamat po. Happy holidays,” read a text message on Dec. 24.
Its nominations are: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Gat Puno Memorial Award, Best Supporting Actor, Best Production Design, Best Theme Song, Best Sound, Gender Sensitivity, Best Cinematography, and Best Musical Score.