'Heneral Luna,' 'I'm Drunk, I Love You' among free titles available in 7-day online film festival
Hit historical biopic Heneral Luna (2015) and romantic comedy I'm Drunk, I Love You (2017), as well as three other titles of a leading local film production company, will stream for free in a seven-day online film festival from Feb. 22 to 28.
The Yes2Movies (Y2M) Film Festival, spearheaded by Yuchengco Museum in Makati, will also feature TBA Studios' Muslim drama Women of the Weeping River (2016), romance story Write About Love (2019), and film documentary Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema (2019).
The movies will be available on yfilms.ph.
Heneral Luna depicts the life of the short-tempered Gen. Antonio Luna as he led the country's revolutionary army during the Philippine-American war.
I'm Drunk, I Love You tells the story of two best friends Carson (Maja Salvador) and Dio (Paulo Avelino), and the former’s seven-year-long unrequited love for the latter.
Women of the Weeping River deals with two women in a remote Muslim community as they confront escalating blood feud stretching back generations.
Write About Love revolves around the collaboration of a young female writer and a seasoned male writer in revising a screenplay about romance.
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema chronicles the whirlwind journey through the past 100 years of Philippine Cinema, from the early films of the 20s to the rise of independent filmmakers of the new millennium.
The Y2M film festival will also showcase the works of up-and-coming student filmmakers of Mapúa University in Manila.
Ting Nebrida, TBA Studios executive consultant, said in a statement that it's their goal to bring together Filipino films and make them available to all.
"We’re just glad to help jumpstart the process," Nebrida said, "of getting the ball rolling on this important mission-vision.”
"Our website will drive its visitors to the link that will enable them to watch their films for free on their channel,” Yuchengco Museum chairperson Yvonne Yuchengco added.
The event will be held in partnership with Cinema '76 Film Society, the country's pioneering micro-cinema, and CineMapua, Mapúa University's annual student film festival handled by its School of Media Studies.