Coco Martin weighs in on MMFF issue

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Coco Martin weighs in on MMFF issue

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MANILA – Coco Martin has weighed in on the controversy involving this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) after three members of its executive committee resigned on Friday, the same day that the first four official entries based on script submissions were announced.

Martin’s movie “Ang Panday” made the cut and it will be one of the eight films to be screened during the annual festival in December.

In an interview on Tuesday, Martin said his only goal in making movies is to give the Filipino audience something that they will enjoy.

“Ako naman po, sabi ko nga, lahat naman po ng tao may kanya-kanyang opinyon, may kanya-kanyang panlasa. Mahirap po kasi magsalita,” he said.

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“Basta kami, ngayong napili po kami, dapat lang talaga pagbutihin po namin para mapaligaya natin ang mga manonood,” he added.

According to former MMFF executive committee members Ricky Lee, Rolando Tolentino and Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala, they resigned their posts when the rest of the executive committee “took a different direction, by putting too much emphasis on commerce over art.”

However, they emphasized that their resignation had nothing to do with the first four selected MMFF 2017 entries.

“We had expressed our intention to resign long before the announcement of the first four entries was made,” they said.

Aside from Martin’s movie, also part of this year’s MMFF are Star Cinema's superhero flick "The Revengers," which stars Vice Ganda, Daniel Padilla, and Pia Wurtzbach; "Almost is Not Enough" directed by Dan Villegas and starring Jennylyn Mercado and Jericho Rosales; and "Love Traps #FamilyGoals" top-billed by Vic Sotto and Dawn Zulueta.

The other four movies to complete the “Magic 8,” which will be picked from finished film submissions, will be announced at a later date.

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