Love at First Stream
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCathy Garcia-Molina
Written by
  • Cathy Garcia-Molina
  • Kookai Labayen
  • Ella A. Palileo
  • Isabella Policarpio
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDan Villegas
Edited byMarya Ignacio
Production
companies
Distributed byStar Cinema
Release date
  • December 25, 2021 (2021-12-25)
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

Love at First Stream is a romantic comedy film written by Cathy Garcia-Molina, Kookai Labayen, Ella A. Palileo, Isabella Policarpio and directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina. It stars Daniela Stranner, Kaori Oinuma, Jeremiah Lisbo and Anthony Jennings. The film is about the stories of a streamer, a student, a breadwinner, and a heartthrob as they explore love and friendships online to escape their realities offline. It is an official entry to the 47th Metro Manila Film Festival.

Cast

Production

Love at First Stream was produced under the collaboration of Star Cinema and streaming platform Kumu with Cathy Garcia-Molina as its director. The film tackles the theme of the role of social media in establishing and maintaining relationships; both platonic and romantic. Kumu itself is featured in the film.[2] The film stars Daniela Stranner and Anthony Jennings, and Kaori Oinuma and Jeremiah Lisbo who are promoted as belonging to love teams. The pairing of Chico Alicaya and Amanda Zamora are marketed as a "guest love team".[3]

Principal photography for Love at First Stream which began no earlier than July 2021 was hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][2] Filming was disrupted due to shifting local government pandemic-related protocols as well as false-positive COVID-19 cases among the production team. In October, rainy weather posed difficulty in capturing day scenes for the film.[4]

Rhys Miguel was originally cast to portray Gino. He was replaced by Lisbo, after Miguel backed out due to personal reasons.[4]

Release

The film was released on December 25, 2021, as an official entry to 47th Metro Manila Film Festival.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "'Love at First Stream'".
  2. 1 2 "Meet the cast of Cathy Garcia-Molina's 'Love At First Stream'". Rappler. July 8, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  3. ↑ "First Look: Direk Cathy's new movie 'Love At First Stream'". ABS-CBN News. November 9, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Bonoan, Reggee (November 13, 2021). "Direk Cathy Garcia Molina natupad na ang pangarap na mapasama ang pelikula sa MMFF" [Direk Cathy Garcia Molina dreams of her film being part of MMFF fulfilled]. Bandera (in Filipino). Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  5. ↑ "MMFF 2021: 8 official entries named". ABS-CBN News. November 12, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  6. ↑ "3 MMFF films we're actually excited to see this year". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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