On January 5 , 2018 , it was announced that '' Citizen Jake '' will be having a special screening in March 10 , 2018 in Cine Adarna at the University of the Philippines Diliman The film was initially planned to be submitted as an entry of the 2017 Metro Manila Film Festival . It was submitted as a script to the film festival 's organizers but was not selected as one of the first four official entries . It was announced that the film will be later submitted when its final state in a bid to be among the final four entries . However on October 2017 , the film 's director , Mike de Leon announced that the film will not be entered to the film festival and alleges the organizers of corruption particularly the selection process . He criticized the organizers of the film festival " that purports to make children happy during the holiday season , a euphemism for profit and greed . " '' Citizen Jake '' is slated for theatrical release on May 23 , 2018 under Solar Pictures
2017 Metro Manila Film Festival
2017 Metro Manila Film Festival
Citizen Jake