February 1 - 15 , 2016
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY
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PH films at Osaka FIlm
Festival
Three Pinoy films are set to compete at the Osaka Asian Film
Festival (OAFF) 2016 in Japan from March 4 to 13. These are Dan
Villegas’ “Walang Forever,” Ralston Jover’s “Hamog” and Prime Cruz’s
“Sleepless.”
The films will go up against three films from Hong Kong, two from
Singapore and one film each from Germany, Thailand, Korea, Taiwan
and Japan.
An entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2015, “Walang
Forever” is about Mia (played by Jennylyn Mercado), a famous
romantic-comedy film writer, who meets Ethan (Jericho Rosales). After
Mia and Ethan’s failed relationship, he returns and they find themselves
reconnecting with each other.
“Hamog,” which was an entry to the 11th year of Cinema One
Originals, is a story on the lives of four street children who suddenly get
caught in a vV"