Francis Xavier Pasion’s Bwaya, won Best Film as well as three other awards in the New Breed category while Jose Altarejos’ Kasal was named Best Film in the Directors Showcase category, with Nora Aunor winning the Best Actress plum, also in the Directors Showcase category, of the 10th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition. This was announced at the Cinemalaya Awards night August 10 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo.
Bwaya was cited “for its melding of documentary and fictional filmmaking, its effective depiction of a community’s efforts to come to grips with the horrible death of a young girl from a crocodile attack, and its powerful evocation of the marshes of Agusan in Mindanao, a vast wilderness where man and beast seek to maintain an ecology of cohabitation.” It also won the NETPAC Award for Best Film in its category, Best Cinematography( Neil Daza) and Best Original Music Score (Erwin Fajardo).
Kasal, a slice of life drama of a gay couple, on the other hand, was cited for its “deeply sensitive and moving depiction of the intricacies of relationships.” The film also won three other awards for Best Original Music Score (Richard Gonzalez), Best Production Design (Harley Alcasid) and Best Cinematography (Mycko David).
Movie icon and superstar Nora Aunor bagged the Best Actress award for her role in Joel Lamangan’s Hustisya. She was lauded for her “competent portrayal of a lowly worker in the human trafficking industry seeking to rise from the muck and vice of the criminal underworld.”
Eula Valdes won Best Actress for her “effective portrayal of a married academic” in Dagitab in the New Breed category.
Veteran actors Robert Arevalo and Dante Rivero won Best Actor awards. Arevalo was cited for his “engaging performance of a self-made man seeking to reconnect with his Tondo roots and find personal redemption and fulfilment there in “Hari ng Tondo” in the Directors Showcase while Rivero was praised for his “touching portrayal of a man in his sixties seeking to come to terms with his wife’s attempts to rekindle a romance with an old flame” in 1st ko si 3rd by Real Florido in the New Breed category.
Best Film for the Short Feature category went to Asan si Lolo Me? by Sari Estrada.
The Best Direction awards went to Mike Tuviera for The Janitor in the Directors Showcase, Giancarlo Abrahan V for Dagitab in the New Breed Category and Kevin Ang Tan for Lola in the Short Feature category.
Special Jury Prizes were awarded to The Ordinary Things We Do by David R. Corpuz in the Short Feature category, Hari ng Tondo by Carlos Siguion-Reyna in the Directors Showcase and K’na The Dreamweaver by Ida Anita del Mundo in the New Breed category.
Cinemalaya Audience Choice awards went to Sundalong Kanin by Denise O’Hara and Janice O’Hara in the New Breed category, Hustisya in the Directors Showcase and Lola in the Short Feature category.
The Cinemalaya 2014 winners are as follows:
A. SHORT FEATURE CATEGORY
Award Awardees
1. Best Screenplay KEVIN ANG TAN (Lola)
2. Best Direction KEVIN ANG TAN (Lola)
3. Special Jury Prize THE ORDINARY THINGS WE DO of DAVID R. CORPUZ
4. Best Film ASAN SI LOLO MÊ? (WHERE IS LOLO MÊ?) of
SARI ESTRADA
B. FULL-LENGTH CATEGORY (DIRECTORS SHOWCASE)
Award Awardees
1. Best Sound MIKE IDIOMA (The Janitor)
2. Best Original Music Score RICHARD GONZALES
(Kasal)
3. Best Editing TARA ILLENBERGER (The Janitor)
4. Best Production Design HARLEY ALCASID
(Kasal)
5. Best Cinematography MYCKO DAVID
(Kasal)
6. Best Screenplay ALOY ADLAWAN/
MIKE TUVIERA
(The Janitor)
7. Best Performance of a Supporting Actor NICCO MANALO
(The Janitor)
8. Best Performance of a Supporting Actress CRIS VILLONCO
(Hari Ng Tondo)
9. Best Direction MIKE TUVIERA
(The Janitor)
10. Best Performance of an Actor ROBERT AREVALO
(Hari ng Tondo)
11. Best Performance of an Actress NORA AUNOR
(Hustisya)
12. Special Jury Prize HARI NG TONDO
(Carlos Siguion-Reyna)
13. Best Film KASAL (Joselito Altarejos)
C. FULL-LENGTH CATEGORY (THE NEW BREED)
Award Awardees
1. Best Sound JONATHAN HEE /
BRYAN DUMAGUINA
(Children’s Show)
2. Best Original Music Score ERWIN FAJARDO
(Bwaya)
3. Best Editing GERONE CENTENO
(Children’s Show)
4. Best Production Design TOYM IMAO
(K’na The Dreamweaver)
5. Best Cinematography NEIL DAZA
(Bwaya)
6. Best Screenplay GIANCARLO ABRAHAN V
(Dagitab)
7. Best Performance of a Supporting Actor MIGGS CUADERNO
(Children’s Show)
8. Best Performance of a Supporting Actress BARBIE FORTEZA
(Mariquina)
9. Best Direction GIANCARLO ABRAHAN V
(Dagitab)
10. Best Performance of an Actor DANTE RIVERO
(1st ko si 3rd)
11. Best Performance of an Actress EULA VALDES
(Dagitab)
SPECIAL ENSEMBLE #Y (Elmo Magalona, Coleen Garcia, Sophie Albert & Kit Thompson)
12. Special Jury Prize K’NA THE DREAMWEAVER
(Ida Anita del Mundo)
13. Best Film BWAYA (Francis X. E. Pasion)
Cinemalaya, which was billed as Cinemalaya X in celebration of its 10th year anniversary this year, was held from August 1 to 10 at the CCP and Ayala Cinemas in Greenbelt Makati, Alabang Town Center, TriNoma and Fairview Terraces in Quezon City. It is a project of the Cinemalaya Foundation, Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Ayala Malls Cinemas. Established in 2005, Cinemalaya is an all-digital film festival and competition that aims to discover, encourage and honor cinematic works of Filipino filmmakers.
For more information, please visit www.cinemalaya.org andwww.culturalcenter.gov.ph
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CINEMALAYA X WINNERS
NEW BREED
Best Film – Bwaya
Special Jury – K’Na The Dreamweaver
Best Direction – Dagitab
Best Actor – Dante Rivero (1st Ko Si 3rd)
Best Actress – Eula Valdez (Dagitab)
Special Citation (Ensemble Acting) – Elmo Magalona, Kit Thompson, Sophie Albert, Coleen Garcia (#Y)
Best Supporting Actor – Miggs Cuaderno (Children’s Show)
Best Supporting Actress – Barbie Forteza (Mariquina)
Best Screenplay – Dagitab
Best Editing – Children’s Show
Best Cinematography – Bwaya
Best Sound – Children’s Show
Best Musical Score – Bwaya
Best Prod Design – K’Na The Dreamweaver
Audience choice – Sundalong Kanin
NETPAC Award – Bwaya
Canon Cinematography Award – Children’s Show
DIRECTOR’S SHOWCASE
Best Film – Kasal
Special Jury – Hari ng Tondo
Best Direction – The Janitor
Best Actor – Robert Arevalo (Hari ng Tondo)
Best Actress Nora Aunor (Hustisya)
Best Supporting Actor – Nicco Manalo (The Janitor)
Best Supporting Actress – Cris Villonco (Hari ng Tondo)
Best Screenplay – The Janitor
Best Editing – The Janitor
Best Cinematography – Kasal
Best Musical Score – Kasal
Best Prod Design – Kasal
Best Sound – The Janitor
Audience Choice – Hustisya
NETPAC Award – Hustisya
Special Citation for Poster – Asintado
SHORTS
Audience Choice – Lola
Best Screenplay – Lola
Best Direction – Lola
Best Short Film – Asan si Lolo Me
Special Jury – The Ordinary Things We Do
