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was held in the year 1977. Previously known as the Metropolitan Film Festival and Filipino Film Festival, it was changed to Metro Manila Film Festival. A total of nine movies directed by the Philippines' great filmmakers participated in the 1977 Metro Manila Film Festival. In this year, only two films were awarded. Ian Film Productions' '' Burlesk Queen'', the top grosser of the 10-day festival, romped away with most of the awards. It won seven major awards including the

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for

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, Best Actor for

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, and more. Pera Films' ''Mga Bilanggong Birhen'' won two awards: Best Cinematography for Romy Vitug and Best Art Direction for Laida Lim-Perez.

Entries

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Multiple awards

Ceremony Information

Controversies

Director

Lino Brocka Catalino Ortiz Brocka (April 3, 1939 – May 22, 1991) was a Filipino film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema. He co-founded the organization Concerned Art ...

walked out of the awarding ceremonies at the Metropolitan Theater when Celso Ad. Castillo's ''Burlesk Queen'' starring

won eight of the ten awards including the

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award. Mr. Brocka reportedly threw invectives at

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, who was the chairman of the panel of judges of the festival. It was also reported that organizers asked the winners to return their medals (the MMFF handed out medals that year) due to the controversy."A look at the past MMFF controversies"
''ABS-CBN''. Retrieved 2014-04-19. However, this turned out to be just a malicious rumor as all winners still have their awards to this day.

References

External links

Metro Manila Film Festival: Awards for 1977
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