LAST 8 FILMS
TO GO FOR LUNA AWARDS CITERS
The citers for the 25th
or silver anniversary version of the
Luna Awards have four remaining screening
days to review eight CEB-rated films
after having previewed 21 films.
The Film Academy of
the Philippines citers have gone through
11 screening days, starting last May
7 wherein six citers chalked up a
perfect attendance. They have four
more screening days, the last slated
for June 8.
The six citers who attended
all the previous 11 screening days
were: Jun Rasca and Ramon Marcelino,
both cinematographers; editor Cielito
Santillan; Gladys Villanueva and Manny
Rodriguez, both scriptwriters; and
sound engineer Greg Ella.
Six other citers reported
for 10 screening days. They were musical
scorers Josefino Cenizal, Olivia Cenizal
and Pablo Vergara; production designer
John Portugal; and scriptwriters Pablo
Gomez and Franco Deocareza.
Those who attended nine
screening days were cinematographers
Arnold Alvaro and Oscar Quirijero;
Zahn Garduce of OSFILM; production
designer Judy Lou Pio; and scriptwriter
Juan Brilliantes. Attendees in eight
screening days were director Felix
Dalay; cinematographer Roger Estrada;
editor Danny Gloria; scriptwriters
Jose Datiles, Pablo Libiran and Vic
Dabao; and sound engineer Ramon Ramos.
All in all, 29 films
which were rated A or B by the Cinema
Evaluation Board in 2006 are eligible
for nominations for 13 categories
of the Luna awards.
The citers are expected
to submit the cited works and performances
by June 15 after which the nominators
will view all films which received
citations from June 18 to 29 at the
boardroom of the Film Academy of the
Philippines at the OctoArts building
on Panay avenue—the same venue
used by the citers.
The nominators will
submit their final list of nominees
starting on July 2 and the announcement
of the nominees will be held on July
6. The voters will then view the nominated
films at the University of the Philippines
Theater in Diliman, Quezon City, from
July 9 to 17.
At this point, the citers
have actually screened 16 films—with
one, Till I Met You,
starring Robin Padilla and Regine
Velasquez to be re-previewed because
the DVD disc was defective and the
screening was not completed.
Already screened were
Unitel Films’ Inang
Yaya, Seiko Films’
I Wanna Be Happy,
GMA/Regal Films’ Moments
of Love, Star Cinema’s
Sukob, Regal Films’
TXT, Regal Films’
White Lady, Regal
Films’ Super Noypi,
Centerstage Productions’ Kaleldo,
Regal Films’ Pamahiin,
MLR Films’ Kubrador,
Centerstage Productions’ Twilight
Dancers, Maverick Films’
Barcelona, GMA/Regal
Entertainment Inc.’s
I Will Always Love You, Regal
Entertainment Inc.’s Shake
Rattle & Roll 8 and Star
Cinema’s Don’T
Give Up on Us.
Screened in the last
three viewing days were Regal Entertainment
Inc.’s Eternity;
Star Cinema’s Close
To You; Star Cinema’s
Donsol; Regal Entertainment
Inc.’s Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah;
Imus Productions’ Kapag
Tumibok ang Puso; and Star
Cinema’s First Day High.
Hereunder is the schedule
of the remaining films:
June 1 (Friday)
ALL ABOUT LOVE Star
Cinema
LIGALIG CM Productions
June 4 (Monday)
YOU ARE THE ONE Star
Cinema
ANG PAMANA Phil.
Convergence Ent.
June 6 (Wednesday)
PACQUIAO THE MOVIE
FLT Films Intl./Star Cinema
SARONG BANGGI UFO
June 8 (Friday)
KASAL, KASALI, KASALO Star
Cinema
TILL I MET YOU GMA/Viva
Films
