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Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1456164" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>MANILA - The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) executive committee has been revamped following the film fest&#x27;s lackluster box-office performance last year.</p><p>Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Tim Orbos announced the appointment of new members for MMFF 2017&#x27;s executive committee.</p><p>Pro-indie members Moira Lang and Ed Cabangot were removed, and theater chain representatives were included in a bid to balance the interests of theater owners and movie producers with artistic demands and audience preference.</p><p>While saddened by his exit, Cabangot said he will continue to be active in pushing for quality movies and vowed to ensure that last year&#x27;s changes will not be ignored.</p><p>&quot;I am supremely grateful and honored to have been part of the change edition of this yearly celebration of Pinoy artistic excellence in cinema,&quot; Cabangot said.</p><p>&quot;Moira (Lang) and myself shall continue to monitor the evolution of the festival from the outside and make sure that this year&#x27;s edition shall build on last year&#x27;s revolutionary changes,&quot; he added.</p><p>Among the new appointees to the film fest executive committee were Batangas Rep. Vilma Santos, Senator Grace Poe, and Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) Chair Rachel Arenas.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/07/17/grace-poe-vilma-santos-join-mmff-execom">READ: Grace Poe, Vilma Santos join MMFF execom</a></li></ul><p>Also apponted were Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano representing the Metro Manila mayors; Police Director Oscar Albayalde, chief of NCRPO; Liza Diño, head of the Film Development Council of the Philippines; Wilson Tieng, president of the Movie Producers and Distributors Association of the Philippines; Jun Romana of the Bureau of Broadcast Services; Jesse Ejercito of the Philippine Motion Picture Producers Association; Marichu Maceda, chair of Mowelfund; actress Boots Anson-Rodrigo; film distributor Victor Villegas; movie directors Jose Romero IV and Mel Chionglo; Rolando Tolentino, professor at UP College of Mass Communication; Ed Lejano, executive director of the Quezon City Film Development Commission; scriptwriter Ricky Lee; journalist and documentary producer Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala; professor and multimedia practitioner Noel Ferrer; and lawyer Anselmo Adriano, chairman of the Optical Media Board.</p><p>Completing the roster of executive committee members were Edgar Tejerero, president of SM Lifestyle Inc.; lawyer Rolando Duenas, assistant general manager of the Ayala Cinemas; Christina Caparas, general manager of Vista Mall Cinemas; and Evylene Advincula, operations manager of Robinsons Movieworld.</p>

<p>The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) executive committee has been revamped following the film fest's lackluster box-office performance last year.</p>

The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) executive committee has been revamped following the film fest's lackluster box-office performance last year.

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Pro-indie film members removed from MMFF execom

Mario Dumaual,

ABS-CBN News

Published March 09, 2017 03:09 AM PHT

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