The IdeaFirst Company will celebrate a decade of bringing extraordinary stories to light through a film festival that will be held on April 12-14, 2024. SINEGANG.ph is one of the official media partners of the festival.
FILM REVIEWS
‘Mr. and Mrs. Cruz’ is a heartwarming romantic comedy that reminds us to stay positive, because eventually, we will find ourselves in a place that makes us smile. Now showing as part of the IdeaFirst Film Festival.
Eight years after its 2016 MMFF debut, Die Beautiful stands tall as a passionate, post-mortem portrait of a transgender beauty queen in Philippine society.
‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ is a watch to pass time. Neither does it contribute much to the franchise nor does it have what we loved most about the first two movies, but it does give us a new soundtrack worth listening to.
Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B’s sensual romance offers something fresh, leaning towards the flesh as a representation of intimacy and longing in the form of people masquerading as lonely creatures of the night.
The dialogue-heavy, one-take film, ‘Anino Sa Likod Ng Buwan,’ is a marvel of calculated narrative and technical claustrophobia that will leave you gasping for breath with each frame and grab you by the neck with its unexpected twists and turns.
'Sleepless’ boldly defies the conventional Filipino rom-com formula, offering an intimate look at an enduring love not confined in romance...and opportunistic profit machines.
In Jun Lana’s struggle to make sense of past political conditions, Your Mother’s Son becomes his definitive bomba film: mired deeply in sex, and politically dense in its delirious and lustful desires.
PRESS RELEASES
Fourteen incredible films, two writing masterclasses, and a Directors and Writers Roundtable—EnlighTEN: The IdeaFirst Film Festival has it all!