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Kirby Asunto’s Exist Wins Best Music Video in IFFM 2016
By Marivir R.Montebon New Yorlk City – Homegrown singer Kirby Asunto bagged the Best Music Video award in the 6th International Film Festival Manhattan 2016 (IFFM) for her song Exist which was written by Jude Gitamondoc and Therese Marie Villarante and arranged by Anjelo Calinawan. The music video was directed by Kurt D. Fick and shot […]
OSM! Writers Create Human Trafficking Film for IFFM
New York City – OSM! writers are filmmakers too, having gotten into a quick collaboration to give birth to a documentary film on human trafficking of Filipinos to the US. Out of the Shadows is based on real life stories of trafficked men and women in New York and is an entry to the 6th […]
Support a Script Writer to the Ricky Lee Workshop in NYC
The International Film Festival Manhattan (IFFM) is bringing a multi-awarded and critically acclaimed scriptwriter to NYC for a once in a lifetime writing workshop. Ricky Lee will share writing tips, techniques and his experiences with chosen participants to be part of the roster of writers that he will usher to the wonderful world of writing […]
Movie Writer Ricky Lee to Hold Screen Writing Workshop
Learn to write your own story and be in the movie. How about that? The 6th International Film Festival Manhattan (IFFM) is holding a screen writing seminar with multi-awarded scriptwriter Ricky Lee as key lecturer in a workshop called ‘Writing Your Story’ on October 17-19, 2016. In time for the IFFM this fall, Lee will […]
Calling Indie Filmmakers for Big Apple’s IFFM
Submissions to the 6th International Film Festival Manhattan (IFFM) are now open until September 2016 for narrative feature, documentary feature, and short films in the US and internationally. The festival, organized and directed by Luis Pedron, will be on October 20 to 23, 2016. The awards and recognition night will be at the Philippine Consulate […]
OSM! 4th Anniversary Party: Relevant and Riotous
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon Finally, the OSM! online magazine celebrated its fourth anniversary on April 22, Friday at the Producers Club on Times Square in a relevant and riotous party. OSM! was officially born on March 18, 2012 in time for women’s month. Attended by friends and colleagues in the media, our […]
The Making of Julie: On a Near Zero Budget, a Gay Dad is Worth the Respect and Fun
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – My bubbly friend Melissa Alviar was prompting me to watch Julie at the Producer’s Club the day after the opening of the International Film Festival Manhattan at the Philippine Center on 5th Avenue. I was not able to make it on time for the show because of […]
Ten Reasons Why You Should Support Indie Films of the IFFM
By Marivir R. Montebon The five-year-old International Film Festival Manhattan (IFFM) is worth your time and money, whether or not you are Filipino, but especially if you are Filipino. There were 50 independent film entries in this year’s festival, and select films were shown at the Producer’s Club on Times Square on October 23 […]
In Nomine Matris: Dance for Your Dream
A Movie Review at the International Film Festival Manhattan By Marivir R. Montebon This indie film will be remembered as a stellar artistic breakthrough and will be honored as one of the few films that tries to understand the painful sacrifices women make. New York City — In the indie film In Nomine Matris […]
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