Winners of World Premieres Film Festival Philippines 2015

Main Competition

Grand Festival Prize:
Three Lies, Spain (directed by Ana Murugarren)

Grand Jury Prize:
Crimean, Turkey (directed by Burak Cem Arliel)

Special Jury Prize:
End of Love, Taiwan (directed by Hsu Li-Da)

Technical Grand Prize:
Son of Mine, Netherlands (directed by Remy Van Heugten)

Best Artistic Contribution:
The Territory, Russia (directed by Alexander Melnik)

Best Ensemble Performance:
Filosofi Kopi, Indonesia (directed by Angga Dwimas Sasongko; actors: Chicco Jerikho, Rio Dewanto, Julie Estelle, Slamet Rahardjo, Jajang Noer and Otig Pakis).

Best Actress:
Nora Navas, Three Lies, Spain

Best Actor:
Murat Yildirim, Crimean, Turkey

InterContinental Prize for Best Feature:
Naked Island (directed by Tiha Gudac), Croatia; and The Last Executioner (directed by Tom Waller), Thailand

Best Environmental Film:
Since The World Was World (directed by Gunter Schwaiger), Spain/ Austria

 

Filipino New Cinema

Best Picture:
“An Kubo sa Kawayanan” (directed by Alvin Yapan)

2nd Best Picture:
“Piring” (directed by Carlos Morales)

Best Performance by an Actor:
Ruben Maria Soriquez (“Of Sinners and Saints”)

Best Performance by an Actress:
Mercedes Cabral (“An Kubo sa Kwayanan”)

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor:
Rocky Salumbides (“Piring”)

Best Performance by a Supporting Actress:
Giselle Sanchez (“Filemon Mamon”)

Best Screenplay:
Carlos Morales (“Piring”)

Best Cinematography:
Ronald Rebutica (“An Kubo sa Kawayanan”)

Best Editing:
Benjamin Tolentino (“An Kubo sa Kawayanan”)

Best Musical Score:
Sherwin Castillo (“Filemon Mamon”)

Best Sound Engineering:
Bryan Dumaguina (“Ang Kwento Nating Dalawa”)

Best Production Design:
Gerardo Calagui (“Of Sinners and Saints”)

 

JURORS:

Main Competition

Independent film critic and programmer Chris Fujiwara; “Eurasia” International Film Festival Director, Kazakhstan: Serik Zhubandykov; Director and producer, and Festival Programmer, Film on Wheels, Ahmet Boyacioglu.

 

Intercontinental Award

Philippine Star columnist Philip Cu-Unjieng, Broadcast Journalist Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala; and Royal Film Commission General Manager George David

 

Cineverde

Filmmaker Raymond Red and UP College of Mass Communication Dean Rolando Tolentino

 

Filipino New Cinema

Hongkong International Film Festival Executive Director Roger Garcia; South Korea film producer Hanna Lee and Embassy of France Cultural Counselor Christian Merer