ADVISORY
FOR WOULD-BE LUNA AWARDS CITERS
FAP Director General
Leo Martinez has advised the release
of the list of films which were rated
A or B by the Cinema Evaluation Board
of the Film Development Council of
the Philippines in 2006. He explained
that outstanding individual performances
and technical works will most likely
be culled from these films.
The Academy aims to
start earlier than usual this year
in previewing the films which will
vie for the silver anniversary Luna
Awards for the films of 2006.
As per FAP secretariat
records, nine films were rated A but
one of them, National Artist for Film
Eddie Romero’s Faces of Love,
has yet to be shown. Nineteen other
films were rated B.
The A-rated films were
the following: MLR Films’ Kubrador
(shown in August), Regal Films’
TXT (October), Philippine
Convergence Enterprises’ Ang
Pamana (November), Star Cinema’s
Donsol (November),
Unitel Pictures’ Inang
Yaya (November), and the
2006 Metro Manila Film Festival entries
Star Cinema’s Kasal,
Kasali, Kasalo, CM Films’
Ligalig and Regal
Films’ Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah.
The B-rated films were:
Star Cinema’s Don’t
Give Up on Us (January),
GMA Films and Regal Films’ I
Will Always Love You (February),
Star Cinema’s Close
to You (February), GMA Films’
Moments of Love (March),
Regal Films’ Pamahiin
(April), Star Cinema’s
All About Love (May),
Imus Films’ Kapag Tumibok
ang Puso (June);
FLT Films and Star Cinema’s
Pacquiao the Movie
(June), Star Cinema’s You
are the One (August), Regal
Films’ Eternity
(September), Centerstage Productions’
Twilight Dancers (September),
Star Cinema’s First
Day High (September), GMA
Films and Viva Films’ Till
I Met You (October), 5G Media
Productions’ Barcelona
(December), and the MMFFP
2006 entries Regal Films’ Super
Noypi and Regal Films’
Shake, Rattle & Roll 8.
Director General Martinez
said that the guild members who will
eventually be assigned as citers must
on their own try to review these films.
He reiterated that in
the FAP’s effort to involve
a cross-section of film industry workers
in the academy’s mandated task
of selecting and honoring the year’s
best performances and achievements,
the Academy
will impose a three age-bracket system
in selecting the 10 citers for each
of the nine guilds involved in winnowing
the best list for 2006.
Martinez announced that
the 10 citers for each of the eight
professions in the making of a film
must consist of members to represent
the three age brackets: 21 to 35 years
old; 36 to 50 years old; and 51 to
80 years old.
He explained that each
bracket must have three or four citers
for the following categories: direction,
screenplay, performances, cinematography,
production design, music, editing
and sound. Ten citers will come from
the non-category guild of assistant
directors and production designers.
The citers are the first
line of reviewers in the three-tier
system of selecting the year’s
best in films. They will be responsible
for trimming into a manageable list
of 10 to 15 performances, as well
as creative and technical work, which
the nominators will trim into the
final five nominees.
The third group, the
voters, will eventually select the
winners among the five or less nominees
that the nominators will submit for
final votation.
In effect, he added
that the process for the selection
of next year’s awardees has
virtually started. The selection process
begins with the ten citers for each
profession will view all the films
produced and shown in 2006 and cite
through a ratings method the top award-worthy
films in each category.
Citers from the directors’
guilds will choose the best director
contenders while those from the screenwriters’
guild of the Philippines will narrow
the field for screenplays. Etcetera
down the line of other categories.
With the new system,
it is assured that both veterans and
new members of the film industry will
be involved in the selection process.
