Metro Manila Film Festival 2026

Name: Metro Manila Film Festival 2026
Start: 2026-12-25T02:00:00+00:00
Location: Cinemas across Metro Manila

When: From 25 December 2026, running into January 2027
Standard cinema showtimes from morning to late evening
Where: Cinemas across Metro Manila
including Araneta City in Cubao, Quezon City and the Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay

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Why go

The week between Christmas and New Year

Presented by

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and the MMFF Executive Committee

Date

25 Dec 2026

Neighbourhood

Pasay / MOA

Good to know

Ticket prices for the official entries are capped by the festival, so a standard screening costs the same at every cinema. The 26th and 27th of December are the busiest days in every mall cinema in the city, so book online the night before or take a first screening of the day. The closing date has not been published yet.

About this event

For two weeks from Christmas Day, foreign titles come off Philippine screens and the official entries have the cinemas to themselves. The slate announced so far includes a sequel to the local adaptation of Miracle in Cell No. 7, a Star Cinema comedy pairing Vic Sotto and Vice Ganda, a Regal horror title and a GMA fantasy drama, with four more entries still to be named. Whatever you make of the line up, the Christmas to New Year cinema run is the closest thing the country has to a shared cultural event.

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