The 33rd annual 2007

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 ...

ran from December 25, 2007 to January 7, 2008.

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 ...

Jinggoy Estrada Jose Pimentel Ejercito Jr. (; born February 17, 1963), also known as Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada or simply Jinggoy Estrada, is a Filipino politician, film actor, and producer serving as a Senator since 2022, and previously from 2004 to 2016. He ...

and the movie, '' Resiklo'' topped the 2007

. Soriano and Estrada took home the

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 aw ...

and Best Actor awards for their performances in the films '' Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po!'' and ''Katas ng Saudi'' respectively. Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr.'s '' Resiklo'' won eight awards including the

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 ...

and Best Supporting Actor for

Roi Vinzon Mark Angelo David Vinzon (born September 20, 1953), professionally known as Roi Vinzon, is a Filipino action star, film and television actor, and a film director, better known for his villain roles and lead role films like ''Lucas Abelardo'', ''A ...

among others. Second-consecutive winners

Nash Aguas Aeign Zackrey Nash Victoriano Aguas (; born October 10, 1998), known professionally as Nash Aguas, is a Filipino actor, businessman/entrepreneur, real-estate investor, and politician. Career At the age of five, Aguas made his television debut ...

and

Jose Javier Reyes Jose "Joey" Javier Reyes (born October 21, 1954) is a Filipino professor, writer, director, miscellaneous crew and actor. He has won awards at the Gawad Urian, Metro Manila Film Festival and Filipino Star Awards for Movies for his films, which ...

received the Best Child Performer and Best Screenplay respectively. Other awardees include

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for Cesar Apolinario,

Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress The Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). It was first awarded at the 1st Metro Manila Film Festival ceremony, held in 1975; Nida Blan ...

for '' Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po!s

Eugene Domingo Eugena Roxas Domingo (born July 23, 1971), popularly known as Eugene Domingo, is a Filipino actress, comedienne and host. She has performed in lead and supporting roles in various genres of the Philippine film industry. She is popularly known as ...

, and

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 ...

for both '' Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po!'' and ''Katas ng Saudi''.

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, 2008.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Festival awards

Eugene Domingo accepting Best Actress Award, 2012

Multiple awards

Ceremony Information

The awards night ended in less than an hour after festival organizers decided to just announce the winners without even mentioning the nominees for each category. The organizers explained that it had to be rushed and had to end at exactly 9pm because a concert, featuring singer

Lani Misalucha Lani Bayot Misalucha (; born Lani Dimalanta Bayot; August 3, 1969) is a Filipino singer who performs pop, rock, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, and operatic arias. Her ability to sing across several genres gave her the title "Asia's Nightingale ...

, was scheduled right after the awards ceremonies."A look at the past MMFF controversies"
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Entries

Winners and nominees

Festival awards

Multiple awards

Ceremony Information

Box office gross

References

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