“Pushcart Tales” and “Under A Piaya Moon” were among the big winners at the first Cinepanalo Film Festival awards night. (UPDATED) The first Cinepanalo Film Festival organized by Puregold held its awards night Saturday at the Gateway Cinema in Cubao, Quezon City.
The movie about six individuals stuck inside a grocery store when natural disasters struck entitled 'Pushcart Tales' dominated the awards in the full length feature category.
Directed by Sigrid Bernardo, it bagged the Best Director award. Her actors Shamaine Buencamino and Carlos Siguion-Reyna both got major acting awards.
'Under A Piaya Moon', an Ilonggo movie about a young man who aspires to continue the family legacy by winning an inter-city pastry competition with the help of his feuding grandfather and grandmother, received the Best Full Length Feature Film award together with a handful of technical awards including Best Editing, Cinematography and Production Design, plus Best Supporting Actor for Joel Torre.
'Piaya' and 'Pushcart' both received six awards.
In the short film category, 'Last Shift' bagged the Best Short Film award including Best Actor and Supporting Actor awards for their two lead actors - Vince Macapobre and Jules Azuala.
Here's the complete list of winners for both categories:
SHORT FILM CATEGORY
Best Poster - 'Last Shift'
Best Sound Design - 'May Kulay Rosas ba sa Bahaghari'
Best Editing - 'Tiil ni Lola'
Best Musical Score - 'Smokey Journey'
Best Ensemble - 'Smokey Journey'
Best Original Theme Song - "Balik" for 'Tiil ni Lola'
Best Production Design - 'Remedy Soup'
Best Cinematography - 'Kung Nag-a-atubili'
MTRCB Responsableng Paglikha Award
3rd Place - 'Kung Nag-a-atubili'
2nd Place - 'Tiil ni Lola'
1st Place - 'Smokey Journey'
Best Screenplay - 'Last Shift'
Best Supporting Actor - Vince Macapobre for 'Last Shift' and Aiskhylos Akiyama 'Kung Nag-a-atubili'
Best Supporting Actress - Maila Rediang for 'Repeater si Peter'
Audience Choice Award - 'Saan Ako Pinaglihi'
Special Jury Prize - 'Text Find Dad and Send to 2366'
Best Actor - Jules Azaula for 'Last Shift'
and Crismer Valencia for 'May Kulay Rosas ba sa Bahaghari'
Best Actress - Jade Mary Cornelia for 'Text Find Dad and Send to 2366'
Best Director - Dizelle C Masilungan for 'Kung Nag-a-atubili'
Puregold's Choice 'Always Panalo' Award - 'Smokey Journey'
Best Short Film - Last Shift
FULL LENGTH FILM CATEGORY
Best Poster - 'Boys at the Back'
Best Sound Design - 'Pushcart tales'
Best Editing - 'Under A Piaya Moon'
Best Musical Score - 'Boys at the Back'
Best Ensemble - 'Pushcart Tales'
Best Original Theme Song - "Mahal Kita" for 'Road To Happy'
Best Production Design - 'Under A Piaya Moon'
Best Cinematography - 'Under A Piaya Moon'
MTRCB Responsableng Paglikha Award - 'Under A Piaya Moon'
Best Screenplay - 'Boys at the Back'
Best Supporting Actor - Joel Torre for 'Under A Piaya Moon'
Best Supporting Actress - Nicole Omillo for 'Boys at the Back'
Audience Choice Award - 'A Lab Story'
Special Jury Prize - 'Pushcart Tales'
Best Actor - Jeff Moses for 'Under a Piaya Moon' and Carlos Siguion-Reyna for 'Pushcart Tales'
Best Actress - Shamaine Buencamino for 'Pushcart Tales'
Best Director - Sigrid Bernardo for 'Pushcart Tales'
Puregold's Choice 'Always Panalo' Award - 'A Lab Story'
Best Full Length Film - 'Under A Piaya Moon'