Your Guide to this Year’s Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino
Jul 16, 2018 • Kyzia Maramara
Jul 16, 2018 • Kyzia Maramara
Directed by Miko Livelo
On the night Benedict (Vhong Navarro) proposes to his girlfriend (WinWyn Marquez), she breaks up with him. Distraught, he finds himself confiding in a bartender who offers him a drink with the power to make him go back in time in order to change his present. Drinking too much causes him to jump from one era to another where he chances upon Victoria every time.
Directed by Chito S. Rono
Intoy (Christian Bables), a carefree no-hoper in a small town, decides to help his sister in Finland win a child custody battle. He begins to involve the townspeople, faking legal documents and setting up false endorsements. In the process he discovers deeper insights about this town that continues to lose more of its young women seeking greener pastures.
Directed by Adolfo Alix Jr.
Bravely including the current issues in the country, Madilim ang Gabi tells the haunting story of parents (Gina Alajar, Phillip Salvador) who resort to extreme measures to find their missing son. They find themselves caught up in the President’s war on drugs. With danger everywhere and the threat of bloodshed, will they be able to survive?
Directed by Jason Paul Laxamana
This musical feature written and directed by Jason Paul Laxamana (who now has two entries to Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino) shows us the story of how a super typhoon devastates the town of four brothers, all members of a family band. They meet a rich city girl who discovers their talent in music and helps them record their songs.
Catch these films in cinemas nationwide from August 15 to 21. For more information, visit Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino’s Facebook page.
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