LIST | Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2015 winners

Rom-com film Walang Forever reigned in the recently held Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2015 awards night which was held at the Kia Theater in Cubao on Sunday. Walang Forever won five (5) major awards: Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Original Story, Best Screenplay, and Best Picture prizes.

Cesar Montano's film Nilalang also received five (5) major awards --- Best Festival Sound, Best Festival Musical Score, Best Festival Visual Effects, Best Festival Editing, and Best Festival Cinematography.

John Lloyd Cruz-starrer Honor Thy Father also took home five (5) major awards including Best Child Performer, Best Festival Original Theme Song, Best Festival Make Up Artist, Best Supporting Actor, and the highly coveted Best Director award.

My Bebe Love, which is Alden Richards' and Maine Mendoza's first movie together as a love team, won three (3) major awards --- Best Supporting Actress, Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Award, and 3rd Best Picture.

Meanwhile Buy Now, Die Later also received Best Festival Production Design and 2nd Best Picture awards.

It's noticeable that cash cows Beauty and the Bestie, All You Need is Pag-ibig, and Haunted Mansion didn't bring home any award.

Major Awards:

Best Child Performer - Krystal Brimmer ("Honor Thy Father")
Best Festival Sound - Ditoy Aguila ("Nilalang")
Best Festival Musical Score - Jessie Lazaten ("Nilalang")
Best Festival Original Theme Song - "Tao" ("Honor Thy Father")
Best Festival Make Up Artist - Ryan Panaligan and Ericka Racela ("Honor Thy Father")
Best Festival Visual Effects – "Nilalang"
Best Festival Production Design - "Buy Now, Die Later"
Best Festival Editing – "Nilalang"
Best Festival Cinematography – "Nilalang"
Best Original Story - Dan Villegas and Antoinette Jadaone ("Walang Forever")
Best Screenplay - Paul Santa Ana ("Walang Forever")
Best Director - Erik Matti ("Honor Thy Father")
Best Supporting Actor -Tirso Cruz III ("Honor Thy Father")
Best Supporting Actress - Maine Mendoza ("My Bebe Love")
Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Award - "My Bebe Love"
3rd Best Picture: "My Bebe Love"
2nd Best Picture: "Buy Now, Die Later"
Best Picture: "Walang Forever"
Best Actor: Jericho Rosales ("Walang Forever")
Best Actress: Jennylyn Mercado ("Walang Forever")

Special Awards:

Best Float - "Buy Now, Die Later"
FPJ Memorial Award for Excellence - "Walang Forever"
Male Celebrity of the Night - Cesar Montano
Female Celebrity of the Night - Jennylyn Mercado

New Wave Entries

Full Feature Category:

Best Supporting Actor - Thou Reyes ("Toto")
Best Supporting Actress - Bibeth Orteza ("Toto")
Best Actors - JM De Guzman ("Tandem") and Francisco Quinto ("Ari: My Life with a King")
Best Screenplay – "Ari: My Life with a King"
Best Director - John Paul Su ("Toto")
Special Jury - "Toto"
Best Picture - "Ari: My Life with a King"
Manila Bulletin Entertainment Best Full Feature Film - "Ari My Life with a King"

Animation Category:

New Wave Animation Special Jury Prize - "Little Lights" (Rivelle Mallari)
New Wave Best Animation Picture - "Buttons" (Marvel Obemio, Francis Ramirez & Jared Garcia)
Manila Bulletin Entertainment Best Animation Film Award - "Momento"

Student Short Film Category:

Special Jury Prize - "Daisy" (Brian Reyes)
Best Short Picture - "Mumu" (Jean Cheryl Tagyamon)

List Source: ABS-CBN News

Metro Manila Film Festival (40th MMFF) 2014 entries earn P1.014 billion

The eight official entries of the 40th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), including top grossers The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin, Feng Shui 2, My Big Bossing, and English Only, Please, have earned over P1 billion as the annual film fest ends.

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The MMFF 2014 entries earned a bigger P1.014 billion in the box-office from December 25, 2014 to January 7, 2014, according to Metro Manila Development Authority chairman and MMFF overall head Francis Tolentino.  This figure is said to be 2.6 percent higher compared to MMFF 2013 (P999,302,000).

Top Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2014 Movies named

Comedy and horror films topped this year's list of gross-earners on December 25, which was the opening day of the 2014 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF).

The top four MMFF entries that led Day One, raking in a large pie of the 180 million PHP total sales, were (in no particular order) "The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin" starring Vice Ganda, Vic Sotto's "My Big Bossing," "Feng Shui" featuring Kris Aquino and Coco Martin, and Dingdong Dantes' "Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles."

The MMFF 2014, which targets total sales of 1.2 billion PHP, will run until January 4, 2015. 

Check out the trailers of these movies below:

The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin

Video Courtesy: Youtube channel ABS CBN Star Cinema

Feng Shui 2

Video Courtesy: Youtube channel ABS-CBN Star Cinema

Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2

Video Courtesy: Youtube channel Emman Tomman

My Big Bossing

Video Courtesy: Youtube channel JKI Music

Sisterakas takes number 1 spot in highest grosser PH films list

Metro Manila Film Festival 2012 entry Sisterakas, jointly managed by Star Cinema and Viva Films, is now the Philippines' highest grossing film of all time as confirmed by MMFF Chairman Francis Tolentinto on Tuesday in an interview with ABSCBNNews.com.

 Earning over 340 million Php in just two weeks, the comedy film starred Ai Ai delas Alas, Vice Ganda, and Kris Aquino, all of who are popular celebrities and certified blockbuster movie crowd-bringers. Sisterakas beat Vice Ganda-led The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin which earned P331.36 million in revenue during its four-week release in theaters.

 Tolentino also hinted that the total gross earnings of the MMFF 2012 entries could reach 755 million Php which could be a new Film Fest record once achieved as compared to MMFF 2011's gross of 636.7 million Php.

The official MMFF 2012 box office figures (gross earnings) are set to be released today (Wednesday).

38th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) Winners List

Here are the winners of the recently held 38th MMFF or Metro Manila Film Festival Awards Night on Thursday (December 28).

Gatpuno Villegas Cultural Award – Thy Womb
FPJ Memorial Award of Excellence – One More Try
Most Gender-Sensitive Film Award – Thy Womb
Youth Choice Award – El Presidente

Best Picture – One More Try
2nd Best Picture – El Presidente
3rd Best Picture – Sisterakas

Best Actress – Nora Aunor, Thy Womb
Best Supporting Actress – Wilma Doesnt, Sisterakas
Best Actor – Dingdong Dantes, One More Try
Best Supporting Actor – Cesar Montano, El Presidente
Best Child Actor – Miguel Vergara, One More Try

Best Director – Brillante Mendoza, Thy Womb
Best Original Story – Henry Burgos, Thy Womb
Best Screenplay – One More Try

Best Editing – Vito Kahili, One More Try
Best Cinematography – Thy Womb
Best Production Design – Thy Womb
Best Visual Effects – Shake Rattle and Roll 14: The Invasion
Best Make-up – El Presidente
Best Theme Song – Apl De Ap and Jamir Garcia of Slapshock, El Presidente
Best Musical Score – Jessie Lasaten, El Presidente
Best Sound Engineer – Albert Idioma, El Presidente

Best Float – El Presidente

Male Star of the Night – Joseph Estrada
Female Star of the Night – Nora Aunor
Male Celebrity of the Night – Zanjoe Marudo
Female Celebrity of the Night – Bianca King

New Wave Films Category:
Best Full-length Feature – The Grave Bandits
Most Gender-Sensitive Film Award – In Nomine Matris
Best Director – Tyron Acierto, The Grave Bandits
Best Actress – Liza Diño, In Nomine Matris
Best Actor – Allan Paule, Gayak
Special Jury Prize – Quantum Films

Student Short Films Category:
Best Short Film – Pukpok, DLSU
Most Gender Sensitive Film Award – Manibela, FEU
Special Jury Prize – Daniel Bautista, USC