ORGANIZERS of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) have a lot of explaining to do following allegation that they copied the logo of the New York-based Tribeca Film Festival.
Movie blogger Jonell Estillore has posted in his Facebook a screenshot of the logo of the Tribeca Film Festival and a similar design from the MMFF.
“Bakit niyo po ginagaya ang Tribeca Film Fest logo? Hindi pa tama ang typeface,” Estillore said in his post.
As of posting time, the metromanilafilmfestival.com is inaccessible and is on “maintenance mode.”
Estillore’s screenshot taken from the MMFF Facebook page could also not be found.
In the Facebook post of Estillore, a certain Gigi Millan of the MMFF Secretariat, responded to the matter, saying the logo was “not meant to be posted as the website was still under beta testing and nothing was final yet.”
“MMFF has its own graphic brand and no copyright infringement on materials was intended. We have since deleted what was posted and are still finalizing the site. We apologize for this glaring oversight and hope for your understanding,” Millan’s post read.
She apologized for the “glaring oversight” and asked for understanding.
“We have since deleted what was posted and are still finalizing the site,” she added.
Organizers of the MMFF have yet to issue an official statement on the alleged plagiarized logo.