The inaugural advocacy-driven film festival Puregold CinePanalo officially concluded this month.
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The winners in the full-length and short film categories were also named during the awards night held last March 16 at the Gateway CinePlex. This include established names as well as young up and comers.
Kurt Soberano’s debut feature “Under a Piaya Moon” emerged as the big winner, taking home six awards including the Pinakapanalong Pelikula awards in the full-length category.
This was followed by Sigrid Andrea Bernardo’s “Pushcart Tales” which bagged four awards including Panalong Direktor and Panalong Karangalan Mula sa Mga Hurado.
On the other hand, for the student shorts, Ronjay-C Mendiola’s “Last Shift” achieved the most accolades, won five awards including Panalong Aktor and Panalong Pangalawang Aktor as well as the Pinakapanalong Pelikula for short film category.
Another big winner of the night is Diezelle Masilungan’s “Kung Nag-aatubili” raking four awards including Panalong Direktor and a tie for Panalong Pangalawang Aktor.
The winners of the film festival were selected by the following judges:
Short film category
Full-length category
Festival directors Ivy Hayagan-Piedad and Chris Cahilig as well as Republic Creative’s Lyle Gonzales served as judges for both categories.
During the awards ceremony, representatives from festival partners Movie And Television Review And Classification Board and Mowelfund were also in attendance to award special prizes to outstanding film entries.
These include “Smokey Journey,” “Tiil ni Lola,” and “Kung Nag-aatubili” which garnered the first, second, and third prize, respectively in the MTRCB Responsableng Paglikha short-film category, while “Under a Piaya Moon” took home the award in the full-length category.
Mowelfund also recognized “Ka Benjie” in the short film category and “Under a Piaya Moon” in the full-length category. They also gave away scholarships to ten of the most promising student filmmakers to participate in the festival.
Here’s the full list of CinePanalo award winners:
PINAKAPANALONG PELIKULA
ALWAYS PANALO FILM
PANALONG DIREKTOR
PANALONG AKTRES
PANALONG AKTOR
PANALONG KARANGALAN MULA SA MGA HURADO
PANALO SA MGA MANONOOD
PANALONG PANGALAWANG AKTRES
PANALONG PANGALAWANG AKTOR
PANALONG KWENTO
MOWELFUND SPECIAL CITATION
MOWELFUND SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
MTRCB RESPONSABLENG PAGLIKHA
Full-length: “Under a Piaya Moon”
Short Film
PANALO SA CINEMATOGRAPHY
PANALO SA PRODUCTION DESIGN
PANALONG AWITIN
PANALONG ENSEMBLE
PANALO SA MUSICAL SCORING
PANALO SA EDITING
PANALO SA SOUND DESIGN
PANALO SA FILM POSTER
— Rosette Adel
2024-03-28T09:37:44Z dg43tfdfdgfd