The five directors of the MMFF New Wave category with New Wave Best Actor winner Allen Dizon (center). (Photo by Rhoy Cobilla/InterAksyon)
Out of the five indie entries in the feature film category of the Metro Manila Film Festival’s New Wave section, four starts with the letter M. Three of them won big at the MMFF awards night last Saturday.
Jason Paul Laxamana’s internationally acclaimed “Magkakabaung” won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Allen Dizon to lead all winners. The story of a coffin maker who accidentally killed his daughter by giving her the wrong medication, the film known as “The Coffin Maker” in international screenings has been honored in film festivals in Harlem, New York and Hanoi, Vietnam.
The MMFF Best Actor win for Allen Dizon is the third that the actor has won for his riveting portrayal of the title role.
Zig Madamba Dulay’s “M: Mother’s Maiden Name” won three awards in the New Wave category, winning Special Jury Prize, Best Supporting Actress for Gloria Sevilla and Best Actress for Zsa Zsa Padilla for her memorable portrayal of the cancer-stricken title character.
“Maratabat (Pride and Honor)”, the feature film debut of broadcast journalist Arlyn dela Cruz, won Best Supporting Actor for Kristoffer King’s electrifying performance of the trigger-happy mayor and governor’s son in a fictional city in Mindanao.
The supporting acting categories are introduced in the New Wave section for the first time since the pre-Christmas festival that serves as a precursor to the MMFF’s “Main Event” was introduced in 2010. Of the four acting winners, however, only Dizon was around to personally accept his award.
The other two feature film entries in the MMFF New Wave section are Diane Ventura’s “Mulat” and Ato Bautista’s “Gemini”.
Awards were also handed out in the New Wave section’s Student Short Films and Animation categories during the pre-program ceremonies that started the awards night.
Best Student Short Film went to the entry of the University of the Philippines, “Bundok Chubibo”, while the Special Jury Prize went to “Kalaw” by the Asia Pacific Film Institute.
In the Animation contest, Yawp! Studio’s “Cherry” was awarded with the Special Jury Prize while Ateneo de Naga University’s “An Maogmang Lugar” was declared as Best Animated Short.
‘Magkakabaung’, Zsa Zsa Padilla top MMFF New Wave winners
Source: InterAksyon.com (December 28, 2014 at 04:31PM)
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