Manila Showbiz And Lifestyle

A newly-formed award-winning body called Gawad Pelikula Filipinas (GAPEFIL) 2019 recently announces  its nominees worthy of recognition  from a harvest of films that  were released  in local festivals and cinema houses the past year. 

       One of GAPEFIL's objectives  is  to help in the dessimination of information to the mainstream  viewing public especially those who skew local films in favor of foreign imports about the great strides being achieved by local filmmakers worthy of emulation, support and patronage.

       GAPEFIL  will announce its winners on Aug. this year  on the  occasion of the 17th We Care Int'l. Film Festival - New Delhi, India which will be held here in cooperation with UNESCO, Brotherhood India and support of the Film Academy of the Philippines (FDCP). 

        The nominees  in at least 12 categories are  as follows:

BEST PICTURE

1. "NEOMANILA", an unbiased gaze at extra-judicial killings in Metro Manila. 

2. "MINDANAO," for those who think the gravitas and  face of Filipino Muslims are virtually absent in broadcast media. 

3. "HELLO, LOVE, GOODBYE,"  a fresh insightful  reprise and far from shopworn look at OFW's. 

4. "EDWARD," a shameless indictment of the miserable state of the Phil. General Hospital despite its touted retrofitting. 

5. "TUTOP," a circumscribed Filipino ethnographic gore at its most informative. 

6. "WRITE ABOUT LOVE," a subtle and compelling 101  template for  Filipino romantic movie genre. 

7. "QUEZON'S  GAME," an informed Filipino history unfolded  during Hitler's Nazi Germany.

BEST DIRECTOR

1. MIKHAIL RED, "Neomanila" 

2. BRILLANTE MENDOZA, "Mindanao" 

3. CATHY GARCIA-MOLINA, "Hello, Love, Goodbye" 

4. THOP NAZARENO, "Edward" 

5.  MARVIN GABAS, "Tutop" 

6. CRISANTO AQUINO, "Write About Love " 

7. MATTHEW E. ROSEN,

"Quezon's Game " 

BEST ACTRESS

1.JUDY ANN SANTOS, "Mindanao" 

2. EULA VALDEZ,  " Neomanila" 

3. KATHRYN BERNARDO, "Hello, Love, Goodbye" 

4. JODIE STA. MARIA, "Clarita" 

5. RACHEL ALEJANDRO, "Quezon's Game"

6.  ANGIE FERRO, "Lola Igna" 

7. BEA ALONZO, " Unbreakable" 

BEST  ACTOR

1. OGIE ALCASID, "Kuya Wes" 

2. LOUISE ABUEL, "Edward"

3. RAYMOND BAGATSING, "Quezon's Game" 

4. DENNIS TRILLO, "Mina-Anud" 

5. ROMM BURLAT, "Tutop" 

6. PAOLO CONTIS, " Through Night And Day" 

7. DINGDONG DANTES, " Sid & Aya:  Not A Love Story"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. GLORIA DIAZ, "Unbreakable" 

2.  SUNSHINE DIZON, "Sunset's Rainbow" 

3. CHERIE GIL, "Citizen Jake" 

4. NOVA VILLA, " Miss Granny" 

5. DARIA RAMIREZ, "Signal Rock" 

6. JEAN GARCIA, "The Hows Of Us" 

7. YENG CONSTANTINO, "Write About Love" 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. RICKY DAVAO,  " Clarita" 

2. DIDO DE LA PAZ, "Edward" 

3.  GERALD NAPOLES, "Mina-Anud" 

4.  ARJO ATAYDE, "Buy Bust" 

5.  ART ACUNA, "Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral"

6. GABBY EIGENMANN, "Citizen Jake" 

7. TIRSO CRUZ III,  "Rainbow's  Sunset" 

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (Female/Male) 

1. ALDEN RICHARDS, "Hello, Love, Goodbye" 

2. MILES OCAMPO, "Write About Love" 

3. KIM MOLINA, "Jowable"

4. RON MACAPAGAL, "Tutop" 

5. MOI MARACAMPO, "Kuya Wes" 

6. TIMOTHY CASTILLO,  "Neomanila"

7. JANSEN MAGPUSAO, "John Denver Trending" 

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

1. Rainbow's Sunset

2.  Neomanila

3.  Quezon's Game

4.  Hello, Love, Goodbye

5.  Mina-Anud

6.  Jowable

7.  Born Beautiful

BEST SCREENPLAY

1. JANICE Y. PEREZ & DEAN  ROSEN,  "Quezon's Game" 

2. JOHN PAUL BEDIA & THOP NAZARENO, "Edward" 

3. HONEYLYN JOY ALIPIO,               "Mindanao" 

4. MIKHAIL RED, RAE RED & ZIG DULAY,     "Neomanila" 

5.  CRISANTO AQUINO &    JANICA MAE REGALO,          "Write About Love" 

6. MARVIN C. GABAS,              " Tutop" 

7.  CARMI G. RAYMUNDO, RONALISA A. CO & CATHY GARCIA-MOLINA, "Hello, Love, Goodbye" 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. SHARI MARIE MONTIAGUE, "Miss Granny" 

2.  ROY LACHICA,                 "Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral" 

3.  DANIEL RED,                  "Neomanila" 

4.  MICHAEL ESPANOL & ROMA REGALA,  "Buy Bust" 

5. NORICO SANTOS,  "Hello Love, Goodbye" 

6.  ALVIN FRANCISCO, "Edward" 

7. ANA LOU SANCHEZ, "Eerie" 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. ODYSSEY   FLORES , "Mananita" 

2. NOEL TEEHANKEE,      "Hello, Love, Goodbye" 

3.  MYCKO DAVID,             "Neomanila" 

4.  MATTHEW E. ROSEN,                 " Quezon's Game"

5. MYCKO DAVID,             "Eerie" 

6.  KARA MORENO, "Edward" 

7. PONG IGNACIO,                    "Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral" 

   

BEST MUSICAL SCORING

1. LEN CALVO, "Miss Granny" 

2. NONONG BUENCAMINO, "Citizen Jake" 

3. DEAN ROSEN, "Quezon's Game" 

4. JESSIE LASATEN, " Hello, Love, Goodbye"

5. PAUL SIGUA MYKA MAGSAYSAY,  "Neomanila"

6.  MYKA MAGSAYSAY, "Eerie" 

7. JERROLD TAROG, "Write With Love"