“Cleaners” by Glenn Barit came through with flying colors at the virtual #PPP4SamaAll Awards Night of the 4th Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP) organized by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP).
“Cleaners” bagged six awards out of 10 nominations: Best Picture, Best Director for Barit, Best Supporting Actress for Gianne Rivera, Special Citation for Ensemble Performance for Leomar Baloran, Julian Narag, and Carlo Mejia, Best Production Design for Alvin Francisco, and Best Musical Score for Barit.
Jason Paul Laxamana’s “He Who Is Without Sin” took home four awards, namely Special Jury Prize for Performance in a Lead Role for Elijah Canlas, Best Screenplay for Laxamana, Best Cinematography for Emmanuel Liwanag, and Audience Choice Award for Feature Film Category.
Other big winners of the night were “Metamorphosis” by J.E. Tiglao, which won the Special Jury Prize for Film, Best Actress Hana Kino from “Come On, Irene,” Best Actor Gold Azeron from “Metamorphosis,” and Best Supporting Actor Henyo Ehem from “The Highest Peak.”
“Kintsugi” director Lawrence Fajardo was given the Best Editing trophy while “The Highest Peak” director Arbi Barbarona won for Best Sound Design. The Audience Choice Award for CineMarya Short Film Category is “Night Shift” by Mariel Ong.
Considered for the #PPP4SamaAll Awards Night nominations were nine out of the 13 films from the Premium Selection Section, which are the ones that had limited releases in the country or had Philippine premieres at PPP4.
These are “Cleaners,” “Metamorphosis,” “He Who Is Without Sin,” “The Highest Peak,” “Kintsugi,” “Come On, Irene” by Keisuke Yoshida, “Blood Hunters: Rise of the Hybrids” by Vincent Soberano, “Sila-Sila” by Giancarlo Abrahan, and “The Helper” by Joanna Bowers.
The other PPP Premium Selection films were non-competition titles: opening film “Ang Lakaran ni Kabunyan: Kabunyan’s Journey to Liwanag” by National Artist for Film Kidlat Tahimik and the restored versions of “Markova: Comfort Gay” by Gil Portes, “Batch ’81” by Mike de Leon, and “Brutal” by Marilou Diaz-Abaya.
The online #PPP4SamaAll Awards Night was held on December 12 and was streamed on the YouTube channel and Facebook pages of the FDCP. Hosted by Kakki Teodoro, it featured musical performances by Raf Bernardino, Acel Bisa, Bayang Barrios and Naliyagan, Joey Ayala, Ice Seguerra, and Ms. Regine Velasquez.
The PPP4, which runs until December 13, has a 170-film lineup of 90 full-length feature films and 80 short films. The online festival has drawn 8,000 subscribers, held 32 virtual events, and had 64 event partners and supporters since its October 31 opening.
The Official List of Winners and Nominees of the #PPP4SamaAll Awards Night:
BEST PICTURE
WINNER: Cleaners
He Who Is Without Sin
Metamorphosis
Kintsugi
The Highest Peak
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE FOR FILM
Metamorphosis
BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER: Glenn Barit (Cleaners)
Jason Paul Laxamana (He Who Is Without Sin)
J.E. Tiglao (Metamorphosis)
Lawrence Fajardo (Kintsugi)
Arbi Barbarona (The Highest Peak)
BEST ACTRESS
WINNER: Hana Kino (Come On, Irene)
Sarah Chang (Blood Hunters: Rise of the Hybrids)
Nats Sitoy (Come On, Irene)
Hiro Nishiuchi (Kintsugi)
BEST ACTOR
WINNER: Gold Azeron (Metamorphosis)
Ken Yasuda (Come On, Irene)
Gio Gahol (Sila-Sila)
Elijah Canlas (He Who Is Without Sin)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE FOR PERFORMANCE IN A LEAD ROLE
Elijah Canlas (He Who Is Without Sin)
SPECIAL CITATION FOR ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Leomar Baloran, Julian Narag, and Carlo Mejia (Cleaners)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER: Gianne Rivera (Cleaners)
Iana Bernardez (Metamorphosis)
Yayo Aguila (Metamorphosis)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER: Henyo Ehem (The Highest Peak)
Phi Palmos (Kintsugi)
Topper Fabregas (Sila-Sila)
Roweno Caballes (The Highest Peak)
Allan Gannaban (Cleaners)
BEST SCREENPLAY
WINNER: Jason Paul Laxamana (He Who Is Without Sin)
J.E. Tiglao and Boo Dabu (Metamorphosis)
Glenn Barit (Cleaners)
Herlyn Alegre (Kintsugi)
Daniel Saniana (Sila-Sila)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER: Emmanuel Liwanag (He Who Is Without Sin)
Boy Yñiguez (Kintsugi)
Steven Paul Evangelio (Cleaners)
Takeyuki Onishi (Blood Hunters: Rise of the Hybrids)
Tey Clamor (Metamorphosis)
BEST EDITING
WINNER: Lawrence Fajardo (Kintsugi)
Noah Loyola and Che Tagyamon (Cleaners)
Mai Calapardo (He Who Is Without Sin)
Renard Torres (Metamorphosis)
Annika Lok Yin Feign (The Helper)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
WINNER: Alvin Francisco (Cleaners)
Hai Balbuena and Rolando Inocencio (Kintsugi)
James Arvin Rosendal (Metamorphosis)
Lars Magbanua (He Who Is Without Sin)
Fritz Silorio (Blood Hunters: Rise of the Hybrids)
BEST SOUND DESIGN
WINNER: Arbi Barbarona (The Highest Peak)
Shichihei Kawamoto and Yuji Akazawa (Come On, Irene)
Dale Martin (Blood Hunters: Rise of the Hybrids)
Aian Louie Caro and Erlyn Tomboc (He Who Is Without Sin)
John Michael Perez and Daryl Libongco (Cleaners)
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
WINNER: Glenn Barit (Cleaners)
Arbi Barbarona (The Highest Peak)
Peter Legaste (Kintsugi)
Dale Martin and Tamara dela Cruz (Blood Hunters: Rise of the Hybrids)
Igo Gonzalez (Sila-Sila)
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD FOR FEATURE FILM CATEGORY
He Who Is Without Sin by Jason Paul Laxamana
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD FOR CINEMARYA SHORT FILM CATEGORY
Night Shift by Mariel Ong
