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{{Infobox film
| name = Kaleidoscope World
| image = Kaleidoscope World MMFF.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Eliza Cornejo
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| starring = {{ubl|[[Sef Cadayona]]|[[Yassi Pressman]]}}
| music =
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| studio =iAct Productions
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| released = {{Film date|2013|12|25}}
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| country = Philippines
| language = Filipino
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'''''Kaleidoscope World''''' is a 2013 Philippine [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] [[Musical film|musical]] [[dance film]].<ref name=pdi1>{{cite news |title=MMFF: Kaleidoscope World |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/125883/mmff-kaleidoscope-world |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=18 December 2013 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sef Cadayona's Kaleidoscope World |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/celebritylife/news/9435/sef-cadayonas-kaleidoscope-world/story |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=GMA Entertainment |date=10 December 2013 |language=en, fil}}</ref> It is directed by Eliza Cornejo under iAct Productions and stars [[Sef Cadayona]] and [[Yassi Pressman]].<ref name=indie>{{cite news |last1=Calderon |first1=Nora |title=Pelikula ni Yassi sa MMFF pang-indie filmfest lang sana|trans-title=Film of Yassi in MMFF meant only for an indie filmfest |url=https://www.philstar.com/pang-masa/pang-movies/2013/12/22/1270837/pelikula-ni-yassi-sa-mmff-pang-indie-filmfest-lang-sana |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=Pang Masa |publisher=Philippine Star |date=22 December 2013 |language=fil}}</ref>
It features a poor boy and a rich girl who meets each other in an audition for a dance troupe seeking to compete internationally.<ref name=pdi1/>
==Cast==
*[[Yassi Pressman]] as Elsa, a woman who returns to the Philippines from the United States who takes up dancing.<ref name="dance-to-impress">{{cite news |last1=Benedicto |first1=Rizza |title=Yassi Pressman says of her MMFF starrer Kaleidoscope World: "We dance to express, not to impress." |url=https://www.pep.ph/news/41737/yassi-pressman-says-of-her-mmff-starrer-kaleidoscope-world-we-dance-to-express-not-to-impress |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=PEP.ph |publisher=Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. |date=24 December 2013 |language=en, fil}}</ref> Her family discourages her from pursuing dance.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Salvador |first1=Bubbles |title=Yassi Pressman and Sef Cadayona say Kaleidoscope World debunks misconceptions about hip hop dancers |url=https://www.pep.ph/news/local/13126/yassi-pressman-and-sef-cadayona-say-kaleidoscope-world-debunksmisconceptions-about-hip-hop-dancers |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=PEP.ph |publisher=Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. |date=27 December 2013 |language=en, fil}}</ref>
*[[Sef Cadayona]] as Lando, a working student who financially supports his family and a dancer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Have You Seen All Of Yassi Pressman's Movies? |url=https://www.cosmo.ph/entertainment/yassi-pressman-movies-a2520-20181227-lfrm |website=Cosmopolitan Philippines |access-date=6 January 2024 |date=27 December 2018}}</ref> This is Cadayona's first lead role in a feature film.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sef Cadayona takes on his first lead role in 'Kaleidoscope World' |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/celebritylife/news/9231/sef-cadayona-takes-on-his-first-lead-role-in-kaleidoscope-world/story |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=GMA Entertainment |date=31 October 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
It also features dance groups such as the [[Philippine All Stars]] and the UP Streetdance Club.<ref>{{cite news |title=First trailer of Francis M-inspired film |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/29/13/watch-first-trailer-francis-m-inspired-film |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=29 November 2013}}</ref>
==Production==
The film was already in production in 2012, and was meant to be entered for a [[independent film|independent]] film festival within the same year. However the film was not finished in time due to budgeting issues.<ref name=indie/>
==Music==
''Kaleidoscope World'' is named after the [[Francis Magalona]] [[Kaleidoscope World (Francis Magalona song)|song of the same name]].<ref name=pdi1/> The deceased musician's songs were heavily used in the film.<ref name="dance-to-impress"/>
==Release==
''Kaleidoscope World'' was released in the Philippines on December 25, 2013, as one of the official entries of the [[2013 Metro Manila Film Festival]].
==External links==
*{{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20140103122518/https://www.kaleidoscopeworldmovie.com/}} (Archived)
==References==
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[[Category:Philippine romance films]]
[[Category:Philippine musical films]]
[[Category:2010s hip-hop films]]
[[Category:2013 musical films]]