'Firefly:' Here's a list of UAE, California cinemas where you can watch MMFF 2023's Best Picture

Global Pinoys in the United Arab Emirates! Here is your chance to watch "Firefly," the Best Picture winner of the Metro Manila Film Festival 2023.

The film will premiere on Thursday, January 18, in the following UAE cinemas:

• Reel Cinema Dubai Mall
• Novo Dragon Mart
• Novo Manar
• Novo Megaplex IBN
• Vox Burjuman Center
• Vox City Center Deira
• Star Al Ghurair Center
• Star Al Wadha Mall
• Star Grand Mall
• Star Al Ain Cineplex

A special UAE premiere night will be held on Wednesday.

"Firefly" will also be screened at the inaugural Manila International Film Festival in Los Angeles, California from January 29 to February 2.

Here is the schedule and venue for its LA screening:

• January 30 (5:55 p.m – 7:55 p.m) Public Screening and Q&A at TCL 6 Theatre Auditorium 1
• February 1 (3:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.) General Public Screening at TCL 6 Theatre Auditorium 1
• February 2 (12:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.) General Public Screening at DGA Theatre La Theatre 1

Directed by Zig Dulay, "Firefly" follows a young boy who is on a quest to find the magical island of fireflies from his mother's stories.

It stars Euwenn Mikaell, Alessandra De Rossi, Dingdong Dantes, Miguel Tanfelix, Ysabel Ortega, Epy Quizon, and Yayo Aguila, among others.

Mikaell won the Best Child Performer at MMFF 2023. De Rossi was nominated for Best Supporting Actress while Dantes and Quizon were nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

—Jade Veronique Yap/MGP, GMA Integrated News