Metro Filmfest bares 8 official entries

MANILA, Philippines - The Metro Manila Film Festival-Philippines (MMFFP) announced the eight official entries for this year’s annual filmfest, which starts Dec. 25 and ends Jan. 7, 2011.

The list, which the selection committee revealed yesterday at Club Filipino, Greenhills, consists of:

•Ang Agimat ni Enteng, comedy, action, fantasy by M-Zet/GMA Films/Octo Arts Films/Imus Productions/APT Productions;

• Ang Tanging Ina Mo Rin (Last na To!) comedy by ABS-CBN Film Productions;

• Dalaw, suspense thriller, Cine Media 

• Rosario, drama-filmbio by Cinema Buhay;

• Father Jejemon, drama comedy by RVQ Productions;

• RPG, an animation film, by ABS-CBN Film Productions/Ambient Media;

•Shake, Rattle and Roll XII, horror suspense by Regal Entertainment;

•Super Inday and the Magic Bibe, comedy/fantasy by Regal Entertainment.

Reality Entertainment’s Ana Salamangka was named the ninth film, or the buffer entry. MMFFP officials say this means the said film will automatically qualify as the eighth official entry should any of the official entries encounter a problem in terms of meeting the deadline and others.