2018 Metro Manila Film Festival

[1][2] On October 9, the last four films were announced by the MMFF Selection Committee headed by National Artist for Literature, Bienvenido Lumbera.

[4] Parañaque was selected as the host city of the launch of the metropolis-wide film festival in March 2018 by the MMFF Executive Committee.

[6] The traditional Parade of Stars which featured floats of the film festival's eight entries took place in Parañaque on December 23, 2018 and was planned to traverse a route measuring 12.3 km (7.6 mi).

[7] The parade began near Shopwise Santana Grove in Parañaque, where an estimated crowd of 300,000 waited for the start of the event,[7] and ended on Bradco Avenue.

By 3:30 pm, only three out of eight floats has managed to get out of the mud with One Great Love joining the vehicles of Fantastica and Girl in the Orange Dress.

[12] Christopher de Leon, Gina Alajar and Joanna Ampil are the new members of the MMFF jury for the 2018 edition of the film festival.

On January 10, 2019 it was announced that the top four grossing films (in no particular order) were: Aurora, Fantastica, Jack Em Popoy, and Mary, Marry Me.