The 23rd

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 ...

was held in 1997. MaQ Productions' ''Nasaan ang Puso'' won the most awards at the festival with ten, including

Best Picture This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress awar ...

for

Maricel Soriano Maricel Soriano (; born Maria Cecilia Dador Soriano; February 25, 1965) is a Filipina film and television actress, occasional host and dancer. With a career spanning of over 50 years, Soriano is one of the most celebrated artists and popularly ...

Best Actor 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 th ...

for

Christopher de Leon Christopher Strauss de León (born October 31, 1956) is a Philippine film actor and politician. He is recognized as the “''King of Philippine Drama''” has appeared in over 120 films since the early 1970s. Regarded as an "acting genius" and ...

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 ...

among others.

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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''."THE 1997 METRO MANILA FILM FESTIVAL: CHRISTOPHER DE LEON & MARICEL SORIANO WON TOP HONORS; "NASAAN ANG PUSO" BEST PICTURE"
''Video 48''. Retrieved 15 April 2014.

Entries

Winners and nominees

Awards

Multiple awards

References

External links