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Date December 25, 2014 (2014-12-25) to January 7, 2015 (2015-01-07) Best Picture Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo Most awards Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo (9) | ||
The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival is the edition of the annual film festival that is held in Metro Manila, Philippines and is organized by the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA). During the film festival, no foreign films are shown in Philippine cinemas and theaters in order to showcase locally produced films. The film festival began on December 23, 2014 and was kicked off by the yearly Parade of Stars' float parade starting from the Quirino Grandstand. It is expected to run until January 7 of the following year.
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The awards night commenced on December 27, 2014 at the Philippine International Convention Center, and was hosted by Edu Manzano and Kris Aquino. It was also aired via delayed telecast on ABS-CBN.
Official entries
The official list of entries were announced on June 21, 2014. From the 13 submissions, 8 were chosen for the festival;
New Wave entries
MMDA started to accept entries for the New Wave category until October 7, 2014. On October 24, 2014, the official list of entries were announced. Films were screened on selected cinemas from December 17 to 24, 2014.
Major awards
The following are the winners of the mainstream category:
Other awards
New Wave category
The following are the winners of the New Wave category:
Box Office gross
The Metro Manila Development Authority was criticized for releasing incomplete official earnings of each film. This led to some film studios releasing their own earnings.