John Denver Trending

John Denver Trending
Official movie poster
Directed byArden Rod Condez
Written byArden Rod Condez
Produced by
  • Sonny Calvento
  • Sheron Dayoc
  • Bridget Ng-Ting
  • Kelvin Ting
Starring
CinematographyRommel Sales
Edited byBenjo Ferrer III
Music byLen Calvo
Production
companies
Cinemalaya Foundation
What If Films Philippines
Southern Lantern Pictures
Outpost Visual Frontier
Tinker Bulb Productions
Distributed byCinemalaya Foundation
iWant TFC
Release dates
  • August 2, 2019 (2019-08-02) (Busan)
  • April 25, 2020 (2020-04-25)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguagesKinaray-a, Hiligaynon, Filipino
Budget₱1.0million

John Denver Trending is a 2019 Filipino independent drama film directed and written by Arden Rod Condez, and starring Jansen Magpusao and Meryll Soriano. This budget-limited film was entirely shot in the Municipality of Pandan, in Antique, Philippines. John Denver Trending won the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Screenplay in Filipino. The movie also competed at the 24th Busan International Film Festival alongside other films from Kyrgyzstan, China, Iran, Taiwan, India, Vietnam, South Korea, and Japan, and is part of the BIFF's New Currents section held from October 3 to 12 October 2019 at the Busan Cinema Center.[1]

John Denver Trending was also screened on March 19, 2021 at Filmgarde Cineplexes Bugis as a part of a series of films shown during the Happiness Film Festival Singapore.

As of November 2022, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has recently announced that John Denver Trending is “the first Filipino film to be released with wide screenings throughout South Korea. [2]

  1. ^ "Cinemalaya winner 'John Denver Trending' heads to Busan International Film Festival 2019". Rappler.
  2. ^ "Philippine film John Denver trending now showing in South Korean cinemas". www.philstar.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.