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Metro Manila Film Festival Award For Best Original Theme Song
The Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Original Theme Song is an award presented annually by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). It was first awarded at the 15th Metro Manila Film Festival ceremony, held in 1989; George Canseco won the award for his song composition in ''Imortal'' and it is given to a ''songwriters'' who have composed the best ''original'' song written specifically for a motion picture."Metro Manila Film Festival:1989" ''IMDB''. Retrieved 2014-04-09. Currently, nominees and winners are determined by Executive Committees, headed by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
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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] |
1991 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 17th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1991. Once again, MRN Film International's ''Ang Totoong Buhay ni Pacita M.'' romped away with eight awards in the 1991 Metro Manila Film Festival including the Best Picture, Best Actress for the seventh-time awardee Nora Aunor and Best Director for Elwood Perez among others. Meanwhile, FLT Film International's ''Juan Tamad at Mister Shooli sa Mongolian Barbeque (The Movie)'' received seven awards including the Best Actor for Eric Quizon, Best Supporting Actor for Leo Martinez as well as the festival’s Second Best Picture and the recipient of Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards. Viva Films' ''Darna Darna () is a Filipina superheroine created by writer Mars Ravelo and artist Nestor Redondo. The character's first appearance was in ''Pilipino Komiks'' (Ace Publications, Inc.) #77 on May 13, 1950. Darna is a retooling of Ravelo's earlier cha ...'' had four awards including the festival's Third Best Picture. The Best ... [...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] |
Magic Temple
''Magic Temple'' is a 1996 Filipino family-fantasy-adventure film directed by the acclaimed director Peque Gallaga and his directing partner Lore Reyes. Released by Star Cinema. It was written by Peque Gallaga, Lore Reyes and Erik Matti. It is notable for winning all of the 14 nominations including the Best Film at the 1996 Metro Manila Film Festival. Plot The magical world of "Samadhi", threatened by the evil forces of Ravenal. Sifu sends out three teenage boys to journey on the Magic Temple. Jubal, Sambag and Omar, each with their own unique power, battles the threat to the world of "Samadhi" and along the way faces many extraordinary things. The boys are sure to face a huge battle ahead of them but with the help of magical creatures they met along their journey, evil is eliminated and they learn the true value of camaraderie and believing in themselves to face any problem. Cast *Jason Salcedo as Jubal *Junell Hernando as Sambag * Marc Solis as Omar *Erwin Meregildo as Wewin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 22nd Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1996. Amy Austria and Jomari Yllana won top honors in the 1996 Metro Manila Film Festival for winning the Best Actress and Best Actor Award respectively. Star Cinema's Magic Temple walked away most of the awards, fourteen in total including the Best Picture, and Best Director, Best Story and Best Screenplay for Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes. The film also receives the Best Float and the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Award is an annual event created by the Metro Manila Film Festival in honor of former mayor (''gatpuno'') Antonio Villegas. It awards lifetime achievement awards to films in the annual film festivals, and t .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muling Umawit Ang Puso
''Muling Umawit ang Puso'' is a 1995 Filipino film and an official entry to the 1995 Metro Manila Film Festival. Winner of eight awards at the 1995 Metro Manila Film Festival (including Best Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress). Synopsis Cast *Nora Aunor as Loida Verrano *Donna Cruz as Noemi *Ian De Leon as Vincent *Ricky Davao as Tony Gallardo *Albert Martinez as Miguel *Rita Avila as Glenda Andrada *Michael De Mesa as Diosdado Rivera *Suzette Ranillo as Lani *Jennifer Sevilla as Karla *Mandy Ochoa as Michael *Luz Valdez as Gracia *Jim Pebangco as Badong *Lucita Soriano Lucita Soriano (born Lucita Soriano Adriano; March 22, 1941 – July 8, 2015) was a Filipino actress, who appeared in more than 215 movies and television shows. She was runner-up in the Miss Philippine Press Photography (PPP) 1964 beauty pagean ... as Mameng Awards References External links * {{MMFF 1995 films Filipino-language films Films set in the Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 21st Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1995. Viva Films' ''Muling Umawit ang Puso'' romped away with eleven awards including the Best Picture, Best Actress for multi-awarded Nora Aunor, Best Director for Joel Lamangan, and the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards among others. In addition, first-time awardee Richard Gomez went home with the Best Actor Award Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to the ... for the movie ''Dahas''. [...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] |
