Like many things that were great during the first bloom of youth, the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) today has fallen into hard times. It has a hard time making money at the box office. It produces more bad films than good; it is dominated by tired movie formulas. Those who speak for the festival lack conviction about the event and can only mouth clichés.

The only thing that has really survived intact is the draconian imposition that for a fortnight, starting Christmas Day, Metro Manilans can watch nothing but Filipino films in cinemas.

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