Its movie time!!!
HOOQ is now exclusively distributing online the finalist for the New Wave Category or short films of the 41st Metro Manila Film Festival. This is the 1st time in the 41 years of history of the film fest that they can now air and play movies simultaneously available in both format – cinema and online.
As for the start of this new venture and partnership with HOOQ, they now play the short films and animated shorts on HOOQ as their first line up.. I hope they can do more and play the rest of the full length MMFF 2015 movies in the future, simultaneously with the observation of the film fest every December 25th.
You can log on to www.Hooq.tv to register a free account with free 30 days of streaming of movies online, you can also install a HOOQ app to enjoy watch the movies in your mobile devices so that you can watch it anytime and anywhere..
The short movies of MMFF 2015 runs under 10 minutes, each movies are available also in cinemas this December 17-December 24. You can view the schedules here at https://www.facebook.com/HOOQ.ph/posts/1081987238519588
Here are the trailers of the entire NEW WAVE CATEGORY - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2INOQXqAkaY&feature=youtu.be
This December 18, 2015 and onwards, you can start watching the entire category on HOOQ.
New registered users on HOOQ can enjoy a free 30 day trial, just sign up wt www.hooq.tv and enter your email address and full details to get the free streaming, enjoy watch the MMFF movies and also other movies and tv sreis.
For old users, they can subscribe for a month of HOOQ by paying PHP149 via Globe mobile bill or credit card. And this comes for free with Home Broadband plus PHP 1299 and up.
Here are the list of movies for the NEW WAVE CATEGORY
Buttons was created by Marvel Obemio, Francis Ramirez & Jared Garcia of De La Salle College of St. Benilde. It is a story about 2 voodoo dolls living in a world where others seem to not notice their existence until one day, a mysterious voodoo doll shows up. The taboo nature of voodoo one of the pulls that attracted the creators to animating this story.
Geo was written and directed by John Aurthur Mercader of Puppeteer Animation Studio has previously won the grand prize for Animahenasyon, the biggest animation film festival in the country. His team also won best in technical quality, Best Animation in Category B (6-30 mins.), and the Hero TV Choice Award in Animahenasyon. The short is about young Geo with a wild imagination, whose mother must always come to his rescue whenever he takes it a step too far.
Little Lights by was written and directed by Rivelle Mallari, the only finalist submission that claims no affiliation to a school or studio. It is a touching story about a physically weak yet strong-willed firefly named Charlie who struggles with his fear of darkness and finding his place within the firefly community.
Alamat ng Giraffe, directed by Alyssandra Kyle Mallari and written by Karl Marlo Gonzales and Mel Jeffrey Jabido of De La Salle College of St. Benilde, tells a made-up legend on how the giraffe came to be.
The Seed by Joven Maniaol shows the relationship of a man and his wife’s dog, with whom he does not favor, and how this relationship develops when the dog irrevocably ruins an anniversary surprised prepared by the husband. The film was inspired by the Pixar animated film UP and French film “Floating in my Mind.”
Ding Mangasyas (Tough Guys) centers on 2 brothers who have had a lifelong love-hate relationship filled with violence. They’re faced with the emotional reality of separation as one of them packs up to work in the US. The film was directed by Justine Emmanuel Dizon and written by Jason Paul Laxamana of Kayumanggi Pictures, who was initially discouraged by the rejection of this same film in another competition. This is his first national competition, and he is proud to show off the “homegrown” talents of his team who are from Pampanga like him.
Daisy, a story about a wife and mother Barbara who orders a Proxy Daisy robot to take care of household duties, only for Barbara to have a growing realization that there may be something very wrong with the robot that she has let into her families’ lives. Written and directed by Bryan Reyes of Colegio de San Lorenzo, this is his first film competition that he joined on a whim and shot two days prior to the contest deadline.
Lapis follows the career shift of a pencil artist in his 50s as he applies for a job as a graphic artist only to be confronted by the realization that his medium of expertise is defunct in a modern world. This moving film that addresses the conflict of analog vs. digital artistry was inspired by real stories of unemployment in the country. Written and directed by Maricel Cariaga of Center Stage Productions, this is her third competition after UP POV 11 and Sinkwento International Film Festival, wherein she placed top 3 for both.
Momento features an ageing couple, Teresita and Ronaldo, as they celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary--despite Teresita having made a terrible discovery earlier in the film that “marks the darkest hour of their relationship.” Written and directed by Jan-Kyle Nieva of the UP Film Institute, Nieva states that he enjoys disturbing films and made this film to challenge himself into delving into a genre that he has not previously explored.
Mumu is about a fresh grad named Kara who resists pursuing a nursing career despite her nagging mother and pressure from witnessing the success of her friends. She also finds herself being haunted by a ghost – a character she had played in a blockbuster horror film. Mumu is directed by Cheryl Tagyamon from UP Diliman, who also wrote the film. Mumu has thus far won 3rd place in the National Digital Arts Awards 2014 Motion Graphics Category for Students, and in the UP Film Institute’s Black Beret Film Festival it won the Audience Choice Award, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, and Best Performance.
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