“I Love You, Goodbye” wins 4 awards at the 35th Metro Manila Filmfest

Jan. 6, 2010 - PRLog -- Star Cinema’s entry to the 35th Metro Manila Film Festival, I Love You, Goodbye, won four awards last December and placed third in box-office returns, proving that a quality drama with a PG-13 rating can beat the usual comedic, fantasy and horror films with general patronage ratings at the biggest annual film festival in the Philippines.

I Love You, Goodbye won the following awards: 2nd Best Picture (Star Cinema), Best Original Story (Vanessa Valdez, Kriz Gazmen and Karen Ramos); Best Cinematography (Lee Meily) and Best Film Editor (Manet Dayrit).

I Love You, Goodbye is the comeback film after a five-year absence of the much acclaimed director, Laurice Guillen, the genius behind Filipino cinema classics like Kasal, Salome, Init sa Magdamag, Santa-Santita and Tanging Yaman.  I Love You, Goodbye stars what is probably the current best mix of RP’s most interesting actors: hot matinee idol on a comeback Gabby Concepcion, sexy and versatile leading lady Angelica Panganiban, in-demand actor-model Derek Ramsay and RP’s top teenage star Kim Chiu.

“We had no doubt at all that I Love You, Goodbye will do good at MMFF 2009 because of director Laurice Guillen, the solid cast and crew, and the film’s very real and touching story and characters,” said Kerwin Du, ABS-CBN International’s Head of Theatricals. “Here in the U.S., we’ve had a great start this year with the film’s very successful theatrical run from January 1-7 at UA Stonestown Twin in San Francisco.  We are very hopeful that it would also do well in its next leg in six more cities.”

The schedule of screenings from January 8-14 for I Love You, Goodbye is as follows:

LOS ANGELES-CERRITOS
Cerritos Stadium Cinema
12761 Towne Center Drive
Cerritos, CA 90701

SAN DIEGO
UA Horton Plaza
475 Horton Plaza
San Diego, CA 92101

LAS VEGAS
Regal Village Square Stadium
9400 W Sahara Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89058

JERSEY CITY
AMC Loews Newport Center
30 Mall Drive West
Jersey City, NY 07310

HONOLULU
Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18
735 Iwilei Road #B
Honolulu, HI 96817

SEATTLE
Parkway Plaza Stadium 12
5910 South 180th Street
Tukwila, WA 98188

For more information, please visit www.abs-cbnglobalmovies.com or call 1.800.227.9676.

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About ABS-CBN International
ABS-CBN International was created 15 years ago to be of service to all Filipinos. With the launch of The Filipino Channel (TFC), the company became the first and most successful Filipino broadcaster in the U.S. The company offers telecommunication, retail, theatricals, money remittance and cargo services, online audio and video streaming, IPTV content along with philanthropic support for Filipinos and the communities they now call home. Based in Redwood City, Calif., ABS-CBN International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABS-CBN Broadcasting, the Philippines’ largest entertainment and broadcasting company. For more information, visit www.abs-cbnglobal.com.