Official Entry To Metro Manila Film Festival 2012

 

Here are the following entries to Metro Manila Film Festival 2012:

Produce By: Star Cinema
Starring: Angel Locsin, Angelica Panganiban, Dingdong Dantes, Zanjoe Marudo
Also Starring: Gina Pareño, Carmina Villaroel, Agot Isidro, Edward Mendez
Directed By: Ruel Santos Bayani

What The Movie is About:

When their child Botchok’s (Miguel Vergara) rare blood condition becomes more severe, ex-lovers Grace (Angel) and Edward (Dingdong) were left with no choice but to have another child and they need to do it the natural way. Edward was hesitant at first but her wife Jacq (Angelica) gives him permission. For Botchok’s sake, even Grace’s dedicated boyfriend Tristan (Zanjoe) agreed on it.

In a situation where a life of an innocent child is at stake, can Grace, Edward, Tristan and Jacqueline sacrifice their personal feelings in order to cure Botchok (Miguel Vergara)? In this kind of pursuit, who will eventually win–Jacqueline who will go for a kill to save her faltering marriage with Edward or Grace, the devoted mother who will do anything to save her son even if it means compromising her relationship with the man who truly loves her?

 

Produce By: Star Cinema and Viva Films
Starring: Kris Aquino, Vice Ganda, Ai-Ai Delas Alas
Also Starring: Kathryn Bernardo Daniel Padilla, Xyriel Manabat
Directed By: Wenn V. Deramas

What The Movie is About:

Bernice (Vice Ganda) & Detty (Ai-Ai Delas Alas) are half siblings whose rivalry dates back when they were younger. Things got worse when their father died. Detty’s family refused to extend any help Bernice’s family. Hatred turned to loathing, which led to their bitter separation. Years later, Bernice becomes the super successful lord of apparels industry. His rude attitude matches nobody. He has just recently fired his 74th assistant. Yet despite this, he is the caring godfather to Angelo (Daniel Padilla). On the other hand, Detty falls from riches to rags when she has decided to leave her womanizer husband. She’s with her two loving daughters Kathy (Kathryn Bernardo) & Cindy (Xyriel Manabat). However, she badly needs a high-paying stable job especially now that her husband is out to claim custody from her.

Meanwhile, the bitter rival of Bernice’s company is currently posing a strong competition against them. And this is being headed by no other than the eccentric yet equally brilliant & talented Roselle (Kris Aquino). With the competition getting tougher, Bernice direly needs an assistant to help him get by. Timing is indeed playful when Detty applies to be his 75th assistant. Realizing that he is hiring his sister, Bernice accepts Detty as his executive assistant without Detty knowing the truth. For Detty, the job is for her daughters. But for Bernice, it’s payback time.

Bernice makes Detty do all the difficult and impossible tasks. But Detty doesn’t seem to be affected at all. In fact, she does her work well which leads to Bernice’s company becoming better than Roselle’s! This makes Roselle furious – even angrier when her father wants Detty for their company. Until Bernice cannot take more of Detty. Things get out of hand when Detty finds out that Bernice is her long-lost sibling. He fires her. Now jobless, she takes on a new job in – of all companies in this world – Roselle’s! Roselle, out of too much fury, starts to brew up crazy plans on how to get rid of Detty out of her sight.

 

 

Produce By: Quantum Films and MJM Productions
Starring: Enchong Dee, Julia Montes, Enrique Gil
Also Starring: JM De Guzman, Janice De Belen, Cherry Pie Picache, Jaime Fabregas, Johnny Revilla, Nico Antonio
Directed By: Lawrence Fajardo

What The Movie is About:

For their 18th birthday, twins Pat and Max (Julia Montes and Enrique Gil) go on their annual out of town family trip, to the far flung oasis of Murcia. Joining them are their parents Roy and Evelyn (Johnny Revilla and Cherry Pie Picache), their grandfather Pete (Jaime Fabregas), his temporary caregiver Paloma (Janice de Belen) and their newly hired family driver, Toning (Nico Antonio). The family members set aside personal differences and go on with the trip, as they look forward to the provincial excursion.

Treading the rough roads of the countryside, their happiness is cut short when their van hits an old lady on the road. Unsure of what happened, the family tries to search for the body but it is nowhere to be found.

With the body missing, and protesting their innocence, Roy quickly asks everyone to go aboard the van and leave the vicinity. The van silently trudges its way along the dusty road but mysteriously stops after a few minutes in the middle of a forested area in Cabitongan.

And from then on, as night sets in, the family is hounded by bad luck. Toning is attacked by an unknown creature, Roy and Lolo Pete are missing, and the rest of the family members are stranded in the middle of nowhere.

Lost and confused, the remaining family members unite but things take a turn for the worst, when they realize that they are trapped in a barrio full of mysterious people headed by Kapitan Tasyo (Art Acuna), his wife Corazon (Tanya Gomez) and their son Crispin (JM de Guzman).

As they are stuck in the isolated village, a series of aswang attacks begin. Pat finds alliance and connection in the unlikely form of Dolfo (Enchong Dee), an enigmatic young man, but whom the villagers suspect to be evil.

As the attack by the relentless aswang continues, Pat and Dolfo, together with Max, Evelyn and Paloma, and the rest of the villagers, battle it out for survival, in the hopes of making it through the night, alive and undead.

 

 

Produce By: Regal Entertainment, Inc.
Starring:
Episode 1: Janice de Belen, Herbert Bautista, Arlene Muhlach, Empress Schuck
Episode 2: Vhong Navarro, Lovi Poe, Albie Casino, Eula Caballero
Episode 3: Dennis Trillo,Paulo Avelino,Mart Escudero, Ella Cruz, JC Tiuseco, Alex Castro, AJ Dee, Makisig Morales, Ronnie Lazaro
Directed By: Chito S. Roño

What The Movie is About:

Episode 1: Pamana

A family who inherits their uncle’s comics collection whose characters will later haunt them.
“‘Pamana’ features a story about a set of relatives who just cannot get along.”

Direk Chito adds, “They’re cousins of different levels from a very dysfunctional family and suddenly, they’re called together.

“Kasi may isang uncle nila na hindi nga nila masyadong kilala who left them money and something else. So there’s millions suddenly in their face but with certain conditions.”

Loyal SRR fans will notice that the main characters of this episode—Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista, Janice de Belen, and Arlene Muhlach—are the same actors who starred in the film franchise’s very first installment back in 1984. Herbert was in “Manananggal,” Janice in “Pridyider,” and Arlene in “Baso.”

Episode 2: Unwanted

A group of friends engage in ghost hunting, but were shocked to discover that some uninvited sea monster want to devour them instead.

“Life and death in a mall! ’Yon na! Ha-ha-ha!”

That is how Direk Chito introduces the story of “Unwanted.” In the episode, Lovi Poe and Vhong Navarro play a couple that is about to be engaged.

“Ipapakilala na nila ’yong sarili nila sa mga magulang nila,” the filmmaker continues.

“‘Tapos something mysterious happens on December 21. They just came by a mall to buy a gift for the parents of the character of Vhong. Parang wedding anniversary nila so may dinaanan silang pina-wrap na gift.”

Episode 3: Lost Command

In “Lost Command,” a battalion of soldiers goes on a treacherous mission to search for a group of military men who previously disappeared through unexplained circumstances in the middle of a mysterious jungle.

From a simple military operation, terror strikes the Special Unit 21 when they discover the power of the so-called “berdugo” of the former Vigilante Squad, the Alsa Puwersa. Each of the members of Special Unit 21 turn into a zombie except for its leader, Martin Barrientos, who engages the evil soldiers in one grueling battle for supremacy.

 

Produce By: Scenema Concept International, CMB Films, Viva Films
Starring: E.R. Ejercito, Cesar Montano, Christopher de Leon, Nora Aunor, Cristine Reyes
Also Starring: Baron Geisler, Felix Roco, Sid Lucero, Gary Estrada
Directed By: Mark Meily

What The Movie is About:

A film that focuses on the very first President of the Republic of the Philippines; Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippines Revolution. The story of Emilio Aguinaldo, the first Philippine Republic's President from his initiation in to the Katipunan by Bonifacio himself,victorious battles and eventually his rise to presidency. The film deals also about his controversial relationship with Andres Bonifacio and his eventual execution. 

Produce By: Center Stage Productions and Solar Films
Starring: Nora Aunor,Lovi Poe, Bembol Roco, Mercedes Cabral
Directed By: Brillante Mendoza

What The Movie is About:          

Thy Womb tells of a Badjao couple: Shaleha Sarail (Nora), a midwife, and her husband, Bangas An (Bembol), who both had to deal with Shaleha's sterility; and a young fertile woman, Mercila (Lovi), who Bangas An took for a second wife, with Shaleha's consent, in the couple's desire to have Bangas An sire his own child.

 

Produce By: Octoarts Films, M-zet Productions, Imus Productions, APT Entertainment, GMA Films
Starring: Vic Sotto, Bong Revilla, Jr., Judy Ann Santos
Also Starring: Jose Manalo, Wally Bayola, Ryzza Mae Dizon, Ruby Rodriguez, Amy Perez, Allan K, John Lapus, Gwen Zamora, Bing Loyzaga, Aiza Seguerra, Sam Pinto. Oyo Sotto
Directed By: Tony Y. Reyes

What The Movie is About:

The story of ''Si Agimat, Si Enteng Kabisote, at Si Ako'' begins with the establishment of the three different worlds, bound to meet for an adventure like no other - the humble family-oriented Enteng Kabisote (Vic Sotto), a low-profile technician married to the beautiful Fairy Princess of Encantasia, Faye (Gwen Zamora); Agimat (Ramon ''Bong'' Revilla, Jr.), the brave village warrior hero of Amuleto; and the high tech-yuppie Kingdom of Diwatara ruled by Princess Angelina Kalinisan Orteza (Judy Ann Santos) also known as AKO, where she leads an environmental advocacy organization.

From the initial installment ''Si Agimat at Si Enteng Kabisote'' in 2010, the friendship and partnership of Enteng and Agimat continues in 2012. From an eligible bachelor, Agimat now strives to apply all his learnings from Enteng and Faye as he himself tries to start his own family with wife, also an Amuleto warrior, Samara (Sam Pinto). The fun levels up as Aiza Seguerra brings Angelina and her comic modern Fairy sidekicks Pink Kapre Che (John Lapus), Winged Horse Sol (Yassi Pressman) and computer-wiz dwarf Chichay (Ryzza Mae Dizon), into the lives of the Kabisote's and the Amuleto couple.

As the fun triples, so is the adventure and thrill as the leaders are confronted with high-tech villains from out of their worlds: Cannibal tribes of the Tokatoks and filthy alien monsters. Witness unparalleled battle stunts set in the Philippines' never-before-seen destinations as Agimat, equipped with his one-of-a-kind sword; Enteng and his comic fighting style; and Princess Angelina, in her mystical bird alter ego; win the battle of good against evil.

All ''Enteng...'' movies as it has always been known, values family, marriage, friendship, responsibility, forgiveness, love and respect and the protection of the one and only Mother Earth. ''Si Agimat, Si Enteng Kabisote at Si Ako,'' is a rollercoaster ride of drama, action, magic, visual effects, production design, cinematography and an unlimited fun and laughter for everyone.

Produce By: GMA Films
Starring: Heart Evangelista, Solenn Heussaff , Bianca King, Rhian Ramos
Also Starring: Aljur Abrenica, Benjamin Alves, Mikael Daez, Ruffa Gutierrez, Agot Isidro, Cherie Gil
Directed By: Andoy Ranay

What The Movie is About:

Ever wondered what things could possibly trouble those who are wealthy enough to buy whatever their heart desires? Find out in director Andoy Ranay’s hilarious take on the supposed challenges of Manila’s social elite in the romantic comedy Sosy Problems.

“It’s about ’yong mga simple problems of the rich people in Metro Manila,” divulges director Andoy Ranay.

“It’s a comedy tungkol do’n sa buhay ng mga mayayaman. We’re not really naman poking fun at them. 

We’re just presenting to the audience how these rich people would react to certain things.

"Parang they’re very clueless kasi on the reality of the society, like what’s happening. Maybe they do know, but not as thorough as regular people.”

He notes: “I think this is a very brave concept, a brave approach. The idea here is really going on the edge. Because of the comedy, pag medyo safe, hindi lalabas. And this is also a parody so dapat merong extremes and may irony.”