Maria Clara Awards

The Maria Clara Awards is the first formal film industryaward-giving body of the Philippines. It was established in 1950 by a group of writers from the Manila Times Publishing, Co., which included National ArtistDr. Alejandro Roces, regarded as the Father of the Maria Clara Awards. It was the initial answer of the Philippines to Hollywood's Academy Awards, an institution for recognizing talents in the Filipinomovie industry.