METRO
FILMFEST 2007 LAUNCHED ON MARCH 2
The
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
will launch the 2007 version of the
Metro Manila Filmfest on March 2 even
as it hosts an appreciation dinner
where shares of rebates from the amusement
taxes will be granted to six beneficiaries
and cash incentives and awards to
entries and winners in last year’s
filmfest. The venue for the event
is tentatively set at the Great Eastern
Hotel on Quezon avenue in Q.C., Metro
Manila.
Manny Nuqui, member
of the Filmfest Executive Committee
(Execom), said that a short program
will include the launching of the
33rd version of the filmfest which
began in 1975. MMDA Chairman Bayani
Fernando will lead the official launching
of the 2007 filmfest.
Officials of the six
beneficiaries, producers (especially
of the nine entries in last year’s
filmfest) MMDA officials and mayors
and other officers of the 13 cities
and four towns that comprise Metropolitan
Manila are expected to attend the
dinner ceremonies.
Nuqui explained that
an early launching of the filmfest
will enable interested producers to
have more time in preparing their
screenplays for submission to the
screening committee by June this year.
The six beneficiaries
which will be given partial allotments
of their shares in last year’s
filmfest amusement taxes are MOWELFUND,
the social fund of Malacañang,
the Film Academy of the Philippines,
the Film Development Council of the
Philippines, the Movie Industry Anti-Piracy
Organization, Inc. and the Optical
Media Board.
During the same event,
the producers of the following films
will receive cash incentives for their
participation in the 2006 MMFFP: Regal
Entertainment Inc. for four films,
namely, Shake, Rattle &
Roll 8, Mano Po 5
Gua Ai Di, Super
Noypi and Zsa Zsa
Zaturnah; Octoarts Films
for Enteng Kabisote 3;
Canary Films for Matakot Ka
sa Karma; Star Cinema for
Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo;
CM Films for Ligalig;
and Violett Films and MTL Films for
Tatlong Baraha.
The following cash prizes
will also be given during the program:
Best Festival Picture:
Enteng Kabisote 3,
Octoarts Films (P800,000)
Second Best Festival
Picture: Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo,
ABS/CBN/Star Cinema (P550,000)
Third Best Festival
Picture: Shake, Rattle &
Roll 8, Regal Entertainment
Inc. (P300,000)
Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas
Cultural Award (for the film that
best depicts positive Filipino Culture
and Values): Kasal, Kasali,
Kasalo, ABS/CBN/Star Cinema
(P550,000)
Best Festival Director:
Jose Javier Reyes,
Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo (P100,000)
Best Festival Actor:
Cesar Montano, Ligalig,
CM Films (P100,000)
Best Festival Actress:
Judy Ann Santos,
Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo (P100,000)
Best Festival Screenplay:
Jose Javier Reyes,
Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo (P100,000)
Best Festival Supporting
Actor: Johnny Delgado,
Ligalig (P50,000)
Best Festival Supporting
Actress: Gina Pareño,
Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo (P50,000)
Best Festival Child
Performer: Nash Aguas,
Shake, Rattle & Roll 8 (P50,000)
Best Festival Cinematography:
Charlie Peralta,
Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di, Regal Entertainment
Inc. (P50,000)
Best Festival Musical
Score: Von de Guzman,
Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di (P50,000)
Best Festival Original
Theme Song: Hawak Kamay,
Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo
(P50,000)
Best Festival Editor:
Jason Cahaboy, Ligalig
(P50,000)
Best Festival Sound
Recording: Ditoy Agila,
Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di (P50,000)
Best Festival Original
Story: Jose Javier Reyes,
Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo (P50,000)
Best Festival Production
Design: Egay Littaua,
Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di (P50,000)
Best Festival Special
Effects: Imaginary Friends, Tatlong
Baraha, Violett Films &
MTL Films (P50,000)
Best Festival Make-up
Artist: Baby Lucero,
Tatlong Baraha (P50,000)
A total of P4.1 million in cash will
be given to all winners in the recent
MMFFP 2006 awards as additional incentives.
These cash prizes will be distributed
during the appreciation night and
the launching of the 2007 Metro Manila
Film Festival to be held on late January
or early February under the auspices
of the Metropolitan Manila Development
Authority.
