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Love at First Stream
Love at First Stream
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Cathy Garcia-Molina
Written by	Cathy Garcia-Molina; Kookai Labayen; Ella A. Palileo; Isabella Policarpio;
Produced by	Kriz G. Gazmen; Carlo L. Katigbak; Olivia M. Lamasan; Marivic B. Ong; Ella A. Palileo; Marizel Samson-Martinez;
Starring	Daniela Stranner; Kaori Oinuma; Jeremiah Lisbo; Anthony Jennings;
Cinematography	Dan Villegas
Edited by	Marya Ignacio
Production; companies	ABS-CBN Film Productions; Hulu
Distributed by	Star Cinema
Release date	December 25, 2021;
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino

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.^[2] 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".^[3]

Principal photography for Love at First Stream which began no earlier than July 2021^{[needs update]} was hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]^[2] 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.^[4]