Getting To Know The Movies of Sinag Maynila 2018

ENTERTAINMENT | February 28, 2018

Sinag Maynila 2018
(Image Source: Sinag Maynila via Twitter)
The new official entries have been revealed for the fourth edition of the Sinag Maynila Film Festival where they are slated to carry the event's ongoing advocacy with their own brand of artistic storytelling that can appeal to international film festivals. 

Solar Entertainment Corporation president and Sinag Maynila founder Wilson Tieng and world-renouned award-winning filmmaker Brillante Mendoza are grateful for the unwavering support from the local film industry, media and sponsors since the festival's inception in 2015. The immense success of Sinag Maynila has paved the way for the likes of Tu Pug Imatuy (The Right To Kill) and Kristo to be recognized around the world in various international film festivals.

With that in mind, here are the official entries in the Full Length category. Some of them may have or are set to be screened abroad, but these will be shown for the first time in Philippine cinemas courtesy of Sinag Maynila.

1. ABOMINATION by Yam Laranas (Starring Tippy Dos Santos, Tony Moynihan, Justine Peña)
A young woman who is found unconscious in a city street, claims to be another person who was brutally murdered two months ago, and escapes from a psychiatric hospital in order to prove her identity and find the truth about her life, her death and her murderer.

2. BOMBA (The Bomb) by Ralston Jover (Starring Allen Dizon, Angelline Nichole Sanoy, Allan Paule, Kate Brios)
A deaf named Pipo is taking on the toughest jobs to support himself and his teenage lover Cyril. However, there are problems that will soon trigger Pipo like a ticking time bomb.

3. EL PESTE by Richard Somes (Starring Mon Confiado, Jean Judith Zeta, Alvin Anson)
Abner is living a drab, downcast solitary existence with his job at a pest control company named Panther as his only connection to the outside world until he meets Viola who has lived the same existence as he is. Their affair will lead to a tragic moment that will change their lives forever.

4. MELODRAMA/RANDOM/MELBOURNE! by Matthew Victor Pastor (Starring Celina Yuen, Bridget O' Brien, Rachel Javier, Khoa Le)
In case you want to know what makes the movie unique among all the entries in this year's Sinag Maynila is that it is presented in glorious Cine-oke! which many of you will feel quite unfamiliar with that term. Anyway, it revolves around a Fil-Aus feminist documentation who is struggling to complete her new film but a tragic incident involving a sex worker will put that project into a different kind of blurryness. You just gonna have to watch the film to find out.

5. TALE OF THE LOST BOYS by Joselito Altarejos (Starring Oliver Aquino and Ta Su)
This is a freshly refreshing tale of friendship between a Filipino mechanic Alex and a Taiwanese aboriginal student Jerry. Their conversations and road trip across Taipei will lead them to their own sense of identity and freedom.

Aside from the full-length entries, Sinag Maynila has also revealed its list of official entries for the Short Film and Documentary categories as well. And here they are.

SHORT FILM CATEGORY FINALISTS
1. Cesar & Magda (Pamela Barrios)
2. Firestarter (Jill Urdaneta)
3. Halusinasyon (John Agcalis)
4. Kalye FM (Tom Nava)
5. Pompoms (Angelo Amar)
6. The Duwende (Odin Fernandez)

DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY FINALISTS
1. Am-amma (Dexter Macaraeg)
2. Halaga (Vandam Arambulo)
3. Journeyman (Albert Almendralejo)
4. Mahal (Janine Santos)
5. Tsuper (Rina Abary)
6. Voltaire (Jaimee Bernardo)

All of these official entries will be shown in selected SM Cinemas across Metro Manila from March 7 to 15, 2018. You may enjoy watching any of these highly-engaging flicks within these dates at SM Megamall, SM Mall of Asia, SM North EDSA, SM Fairview, SM Manila, SM Sta. Mesa, and SM Bacoor much to any movie buff's surprise. The 2018 Sinag Maynila Film Festival is made possible by McDonalds in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and CineLokal with SM Supermalls and SM Cinema as its official venue partners.

For more updates on Sinag Maynila and its official entries, follow @SinagMaynila on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. You may also join in on the conversation through social media using #SinagMaynila2018. For more details, visit the festival's official website at sinagmaynila.com.

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