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While the Filipino musical film “Ang Larawan” produced by Culturtain Musicat Productions continues its local and worldwide screenings, it scored a double victory at the 58th Asia-Pacific Film Festival held in Taiwan.

Teaser: Sandino Martin as BANTUGAN and Teetin Villanueva as LAM-ANG in the upcoming presentation of Ballet Philippines - Manhid: the Pinoy Superhero Musical “MANHID: The Pinoy Superhero Musical” will have a three-weekend run at the CCP Main Theater on February 20-22, February 27-March 1, and March 6-8, 2015.

Synopsis of Manhid Can we imagine a world without EDSA? MANHID exists in a world without our return to democracy and human rights. The play is about the battles of two groups of super–heroes: the Maragtas headed by tabloid writer Bantugan Buenaventura and the lady activist Lam-ang Panganiban versus the Tulisan ng Bayan headed by General Apolaki Regalado. The Tulisan are employed by Mamalahim-ma a demonic Minister of Humanity who plans on enslaving whole generations of Filipinos with her epidemic of Kamanhiran. The heroes and villains, as children of their native land receive their powers when they were named after the gods and heroes of Philippine myth as a protest for the Masaker ng Taong Bayan. In their battles these opposing teams fight for the future of the Philippines.