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Metro Manila Film Festival Award For Best Float
The Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Float is an award presented annually by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). It was first awarded at the 18th Metro Manila Film Festival ceremony, held in 1992; '' Okay Ka Fairy Ko! Part 2'' won the award for their float during the parade and it is given to the motion picture team that demonstrates the best float during the parade."Metro Manila Film Festival:1992" ''IMDB''. Retrieved 2014-04-09. Currently, nominees and winners are determined by Executive Committees, headed by the Chairman and key members of the film industry. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Manila Film Festival
The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is an annual film festival held in Metro Manila, Philippines. The festival, which runs from December 25 (Christmas) through New Year's Day and into first weekend of January in the following year, focuses on Filipino films. During the course of the festival, movie theaters show only films that are approved by its jurors and exclude foreign films except in 3D theaters and IMAX theaters. Since 2010s, film entries were played in select 3D cinemas that it can show movies in 2D format. It is one of the two Filipino major film festivals to exclude movies out of the country in a week-long period, the other being the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino happening during August. The annual event began with the 1975 Metro Manila Film Festival, during which ''Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa'' ("''Water the Thirsty Earth with Dew''") by Augusto Buenaventura won the best film award. One of the festival highlights is the parade of floats at the opening of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 20th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in December 1994. This film festival is notable because no film won the award for Best Picture, the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. When asked on the absence of these awards, Board of Jurors chairman Alejandro Roces stated that none of the entries during that year were deserving of the awards. Furthermore, this film festival is different from the Manila Film Festival (MFF) that took place earlier that year, which was marked by a scandal over the recipient of the Best Actor and Best Actress award.Lo, Ricky. "Metro Filmfest: No switching this time, but where are the awards?". ''The Philippine Star''. December 29, 1994. Newspaper Print. Entries Winners and nominees Awards Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Multiple awards Ceremony information Lack of award-winners During the "Gabi ng Parangal" held in PICC, December 27 of Tuesday night, Alejandro Roces, chairman of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 29th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in the Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay, Philippines, from December 25, 2003 to January 8, 2004. Maricel Soriano and Eric Quizon were chosen the Best Actress and Best Actor respectively in the 2003 Metro Manila Film Festival for playing the eldest child roles in two different films. Soriano plays the oldest of six children in Viva Films' ''Filipinas'', while Quizon plays the eldest son who, in keeping with Chinese tradition, hires professional mourners to weep at his father's funeral, in Unitel Pictures' ''Crying Ladies''. Hilda Koronel, cast as a 1970s bit player whose career is on the wane in ''Crying Ladies ''Crying Ladies'' is a 2003 Filipino comedy-drama film directed by Mark Meily based on his Palanca-winning screenplay ''Bayad Luha''. The film stars Sharon Cuneta as Stella, Hilda Koronel as Aling Doray, and Angel Aquino as Choleng, who are hired ...'', was named the Best Supporting Actress, while Victor Neri w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 28th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in Manila, Philippines from December 25, 2002 to January 10, 2003. Regal Films' ''Mano Po'' was the big winner in the 2002 Metro Manila Film Festival. The film receives a total of twelve awards including the major awards such as Best Picture, Best Actor for Eddie Garcia, Best Actress for Ara Mina, Best Supporting Actress for Kris Aquino, and Best Director for Joel Lamangan among others. The film is also the recipient of the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards. Entries There are two batches of films in competition, the first batch was shown from December 25, while the second batch was shown on January 1, 2003. Winners and nominees Awards Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Multiple awards Ceremony information During the "Gabi ng Parangal" held in PICC on December 27, there were some controversies: Walking out of ''Dekada '70'' cast The cast of the film '' Dekada '70'' walked out of the award ceremonie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tiger's Treasure
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 27th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in Manila, Philippines starting December 25, 2001 to January 3, 2002. Award-winning actor Cesar Montano, newcomer Assunta de Rossi and the film Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure topped the 2001 Metro Manila Film Festival. Montano and De Rossi took home the Best Actor and Best Actress awards for their performances in the films ''Bagong Buwan'' and ''Hubog'' respectively. ''Bagong Buwan'' and ''Hubog'' made it to the top three Best Picture honors. Nevertheless, MAQ Productions' Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure still leads the awards which won a total of eleven awards including the Best Picture and Best Director for Chito Rono among others. de Rossi's younger sister, Alessandra de Rossi was named Best Supporting Actress for ''Hubog'', while Ronnie Lazaro received the Best Supporting Actor award for ''Bagong Buwan''. The latter film also received five other awards including the Best Child Performer for Jiro Manio, Second Best Picture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirit Warriors (film)
''Spirit Warriors'' is a 2000 Filipino fantasy horror film written and directed by Filipino film director Chito S. Roño. A sequel, '' Spirit Warriors: The Shortcut'', was released in 2002. Premise A group of amateur ghost hunters meet their biggest challenge yet, the Ulanaya, a malevolent elemental. Cast Main roles *Vhong Navarro as Thor *Jhong Hilario as Buboy *Spencer Reyes as Jigger *Joel Torre as Roman *Danilo Barrios as Red *Chris Cruz as Ponce *Meynard Marcellano as Dos *Sherwin Roux as Nato *Nikko Manalo as Levi *Michael Foz-Sesmundo as Douglas *Denise Joaquin as Gretch Supporting roles *Pamela delos Santos as Fanny *Fritz Ynfante as Father James *Cris Vertido as Mr. Pio Andres *Dexter Doria as Ms. Arriola *Roy Alvarez as Steve *Raul Dillo as The Ulanaya *Dante Balois as Mang Guding *Nanding Josef as Father Buane *Cezar Xerez-Burgos as Father Virgilio *Christian Alvear as Bong Production The film was released by MAQ Productions while the majority of the visual effect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 26th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in Manila, Philippines starting December 25. Gloria Romero, received the Best Actress plum during the 2000 Metro Manila Film Festival for her role in Star Cinema's ''Tanging Yaman''. It was a popular victory acknowledged with a standing ovation for a revered actress. The movie also received eight more major awards including the Best Picture, the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards, Best Actor for Johnny Delgado and Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Director and Best Original Story for two-time winner Laurice Guillen among others. On the other hand, GMA Films GMA Pictures, formerly Cinemax Studios and GMA Films, is a film and television production company in the Philippines, established by GMA Network in 1995. Its films include ''Jose Rizal'', '' Muro Ami'', and '' Deathrow''. Filmography Histor ...' ''Deathrow'' took home four awards including the Second Best Picture.Velasco, Johven and David, Joel (2009). ''Huwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 25th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in Manila, Philippines starting December 25. Once again, GMA Films received most of the awards for the film ''Muro-Ami'', which won thirteen awards in the 1999 Metro Manila Film Festival including the Best Picture, Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards and Best Director for second consecutive time winner Marilou Diaz-Abaya among others. Meanwhile, Viva Films' ''Bulaklak ng Maynila'' received five awards including the Best Actor for fifth-time winner Christopher de Leon, Best Actress for Elizabeth Oropesa and the Second Best Picture Award. The Third Best Picture Award goes to Regal Films Regal Entertainment, Inc. (formerly and more commonly known as Regal Films) is a Philippine film production company based in Pasig. It was founded by Lily Monteverde on August 19, 1962. It has produced movies of all genres; and is the oldest s ...' ''Sa Piling ng mga Aswang'' while the Best Float during the festival's parade goes to Millenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Rizal (film)
''José Rizal'' is a 1998 Philippine historical drama film directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya and starring Cesar Montano as José Rizal. The film was based on the true story of Filipino patriot José Rizal, who was imprisoned under the Spanish colonization and tells Rizal's story until the final day of his execution. At the time of its release, it was the most expensive film in the history of Filipino cinema with a budget of over . The film was an official entry to the 1998 Metro Manila Film Festival, swept most of the nominations with seventeen awards, making it the first film with the most MMFF award wins. Plot José Rizal is imprisoned in Fort Santiago due to his dissident activities. Meanwhile, in a small Balintawak field, Andrés Bonifacio and his fellow secret organization, the Katipunan, commence the uprising against the tyranny created by the Spaniards by tearing their cédulas as a sign of freedom from Spanish slavery. Soon, a first lieutenant of the Artillery, Luis Taviel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 24th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1998. It was a clean sweep for '' José Rizal'' in the 1998 Metro Manila Film Festival. The movie won all but one of the eighteen awards at stake, which is the Best Actress given to Alice Dixson Alice Dixson (born Jessie Alice Dixson; ; July 28, 1969) or often misspelled Alice Dixon, is a Filipino American actress, commercial model, and former beauty queen. Biography Born to an American father and a Filipino mother, she was the Philipp ... for her portrayal in ''Sambahin ang Ngalan Mo''. Entries Winners and nominees Awards Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Multiple awards References External links * {{MMFF Metro Manila Film Festival MMFF MMFF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 23rd Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1997. MaQ Productions' ''Nasaan ang Puso'' won the most awards at the festival with ten, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Maricel Soriano, Best Actor for Christopher de Leon and the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards among others. Viva Films Viva Films is a Philippine film production company established under Viva Communications. It was founded on November 11, 1981, by Vic del Rosario Jr. History Veering away from the Sharon Cuneta-Gabby Concepcion tandem, Viva became home to qual ... and Neo Films' ''Magic Kingdom'' followed with six awards including the Best Float and the Third Best Picture Award. Meanwhile, the Second Best Picture, Gem's ''Babae'' got four awards. The festival also showcases the first Filipino full-length animated film ''Adarna: The Mythical Bird''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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