Saturday, August 15, 2015

CINEMALAYA 2015 WINNERS AND 2016 FINALISTS

Martika Ramirez Escobar's Pusong Bato rocked the awards night for winning the grandest prize of the 11th Cinemalaya Film Festival. Finalists for next year's feature-length competition had just been announced at its closing ceremony.

BEST SHORT FILM - PUSONG BATO
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE - Wawa
BEST DIRECTION - Petersen Vargas (Lisyun Qng Geografia)
NETPAC AWARD - Wawa
BEST SCREENPLAY - Darwin Novicio (Papetir)
AUDIENCE AWARD - Sanctissima

Before the major announcement for next year, here are my miniReviews on the short film entries above.


and the feature-length finalists for Cinemalaya 2016 are...
"Ang Bagong Pamilya ni Ponching" - Inna Salazar, Victor Villanueva
"Ang Mga Bisita ni Mamang" - Janice O'Hara, Denise O'Hara
"Dagsin" - Atom Magadia
"Hiblang Abo" - Ralston Jover
"I America" - Ivan Andrew Payawal
"Kusina" - David Corpuz, Cenon Palomares
"Lando at Bugoy" - Vic Acedillo, Jr.
"Mercury is Mine" - Jason Paul Laxamana
"Pamilya Ordinaryo" - Eduardo Roy, Jr.
"Tuos" - Derick Cabrido

Congratulations to all the winners and chosen finalists.
See you next year at the 12th Cinemalaya Film Festival!

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