Summer Metro Manila Film Festival
summer metro manila film festival summer mmff film festival intended held annually metro manila philippine event spinoff metro manila film festival officially held every december like sister festival excludes foreign film show shortlisted entry digital theater except imax theater originally slated take place covid pandemic forced halt event result closure theater shut month first edition held april metro manila summer film festival intended second run annual metro manila film festival mmff summer festival proposed start black saturday usually fall summer season philippine regular mmff continue start every christmas day year summer iteration mmff adopted encourage filipino filmmaker create film would first time mmff held twice year tenure mayor antonio villegas manila joseph estrada san juan mmff held twice first run starting every june manila foundation day second run december summer film festival proposal senator bong go became member mmff executive committee mmff executive committee adopted go proposal announced establishment summer festival originally metro manila summer film festival mmsff first edition set held april cancelled due ongoing coronavirus pandemic would organized partnership cinema exhibitor association philippine film festival held due pandemic held due scheduling conflict philippine general election summer metro manila film festival would successfully launched april however decided film festival held