Thy Womb

To film addicts, have you seen Thy Womb? A film about a Badjao midwife’s quest to find her husband a second wife who can bear him a child. Nora Aunor and Brillante Mendoza were named MMFF Best Actress and Best Director, respectively But their film was inexplicably snubbed for the Best Picture prize despite winning five other awards perhaps due to poor boxoffice tickets sales. Well, art is obviously different from profits.

MMFF topgrosser loophole

FYI MMFF data: in metro manila 300 plus theaters were raffled equals to 44 theaters each for the 8 official movie entries to balance the combination of theaters but free booking for additional theaters (palakasan system) in the provinces which is not officially included but 8 movie entries have a nationwide simultaneous showing to avoid piracy. take note of this unfair total breakdown of theaters for each film entry: agimat- 130, sisteraka-130, shake-70, one more try-60, el pres-51, thy womb-43, saucy p-40, strangers-40. the top grosser movie announcement on december 26 will be an unfair judgement for the six other movies who got only less than 80 theaters each. mmff should change this unfair system. please pass to concerned media groups. (Posted in Cinephiles)