Love at First Stream

Love at First Stream is a romantic comedy film written by Cathy Garcia-Molina, Kookai Labayen, Ella A. Palileo, Isabella Policarpio and directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina. It stars Daniela Stranner, Kaori Oinuma, Jeremiah Lisbo and Anthony Jennings. The film is about the stories of a streamer, a student, a breadwinner, and a heartthrob as they explore love and friendships online to escape their realities offline. It is an official entry to the 47th Metro Manila Film Festival.

Cast

 * Daniela Stranner as Vilma "V" Ramirez
 * Kaori Oinuma as Megumi Sakai
 * Jeremiah Lisbo as Gino Bautista
 * Anthony Jennings as Christopher "Tupe" Rodriguez
 * Chico Alicaya as Yuan
 * Amanda Zamora as Missy
 * Agot Isidro as Rosario Ramirez
 * Igi Boy Flores as Gabby Ramirez
 * Pinky Amador as Lucy
 * RJ Ladesma as Prof. Gomez
 * Gail Banawis as Rica
 * Quincy Adrienne Villanueva as Issa
 * Ashley Polinar as one of the MisYu Top Gifter
 * Vien Alen King as Love Guro
 * Tonton Gutierrez as Dennis Ramirez
 * Hyubs Azarcon as Pip Rodriguez
 * Melissa Gibbs as Nora Rodriguez
 * Prince Morales as Bobot
 * Keagan De Jesus as Doods
 * Jessica Dungo as one of the Kumu Streamer
 * Liofer Pinatacan as one of the Zoom Classmates

Production
Love at First Stream was produced under the collaboration of Star Cinema and streaming platform Kumu with Cathy Garcia-Molina as its director. The film tackles the theme of the role of social media in establishing and maintaining relationships; both platonic and romantic. Kumu itself is featured in the film. The film stars Daniela Stranner and Anthony Jennings, and Kaori Oinuma and Jeremiah Lisbo who are promoted as belonging to love teams. The pairing of Chico Alicaya and Amanda Zamora are marketed as a "guest love team".

Principal photography for Love at First Stream which began no earlier than July 2021 was hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming was disrupted due to shifting local government pandemic-related protocols as well as false-positive COVID-19 cases among the production team. In October, rainy weather posed difficulty in capturing day scenes for the film.

Rhys Miguel was originally cast to portray Gino. He was replaced by Lisbo, after Miguel backed out for personal reasons.

Release
The film was released on December 25, 2021, as an official entry to 47th Metro Manila Film Festival.