The film had its Philippine theatrical release as one of the eight entries of the 2017 Metro Manila Film Festival which began on December 25 , 2017 . '' Ang Larawan '' was announced as an entry to the film festival on November 2017 with three other films . According to the MMFF organizers , after the producers learned about the first day sales , they decided to come up with an agreement with select mall owners to pull out '' Ang Larawan '' from select cinemas the producers deemed that have a limited market . They agreed to bring back the film in those selected cinemas on January 1 , 2018
2017 Metro Manila Film Festival
2017 Metro Manila Film Festival
Ang Larawan