1997 Metro Manila Film Festival

1997 Metro Manila Film Festival
Date December 25, 1997 (1997-12-25) to January 3, 1998 (1998-01-03)
Highlights
Best Picture Nasaan ang Puso
Most awards Nasaan ang Puso (10)

The 23rd Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1997.

MaQ Productions' Nasaan ang Puso romped away with ten awards in the 1997 Metro Manila Film Festival including the Best Picture, Best Actress for Maricel Soriano, Best Actor for Christopher de Leon and the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards among others. On the other hand, Viva Films and Neo Films' Magic Kingdom received six awards including the Best Float and the Third Best Picture Award. Meanwhile, the Second Best Picture, Gem's Babae got four awards. The festival also showcases the first Filipino full-length Animated Movie entitled Adarna: The Mythical Bird.[1]

Entries

Title Starring Studio Director
Adarna: The Mythical BirdVoices of: Jolina Magdangal, Marvin Agustin, Boots Anson-Roa, Martin Nievera and Regine VelasquezGuiding Light Productions and FLT Films InternationalGerry A. Garcia
Anak ng Bulkan Tom Taus, Jr., Beth Tamayo, Amy Austria, Bembol Roco, Lloyd Samartino, Denise JoaquinPremiere Entertainment ProductionsCirio H. Santiago
BabaeNora Aunor, Judy Ann Santos, Jao Mapa, Nida Blanca, Mark Gil, Luis GonzalesGEMLupita Kashiwahara
Magic Kingdom: Ang Alamat ng Damortis Jason Salcedo, Junell Hernando, Janus del Prado, Anne Curtis, Mark Gil, William Martinez, Ramon Christopher, Maricel LaxaVIVA Films and Neo FilmsPeque Gallaga and Lore Reyes
Nasaan ang Puso Christopher de Leon, Maricel Soriano, Judy Ann Santos, Spencer Reyes, Gina Pareno, Ronaldo ValdezMAQ Productions Chito Roño
Padre KalibreEddie Garcia, Monsour Del Rosario, Eddie Gutierrez, Dan Fernandez and Aya MedelVirtual Cinema InternationalVal Iglesias

Winners and nominees

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[2]

Best Film Best Director
  • Nasaan ang Puso - MaQ Productions
    • Babae - GEM (2nd Best Picture)
    • Magic Kingdom - Viva Films and Neo Films (3rd Best Picture)
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Production Design Best Cinematography
  • Bradley J. Mayer - Magic Kingdom
  • Richard Padernal - Magic Kingdom
Best Child Performer Best Editing
-
  • Jaime Davila - Nasaan ang Puso
Best Original Story Best Screenplay
  • Ruel Bayani - Babae
Best Original Theme Song Best Musical Score
  • Babae
  • Jesse Lasaten - Nasaan ang Puso
Best Visual Effects Best Make-up Artist
  • Manuel Benito - Magic Kingdom
Best Sound Recording Best Float
  • Albert Idiona, Ronaldo Asis and Arnold Reodica - Nasaan ang Puso
Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards
  • Nasaan ang Puso - MaQ Productions

Multiple awards

Films with multiple awards

The following films received one or multiple awards:

Awards Film
10 Nasaan ang Puso
6 Magic Kingdom
4 Babae

References

External links

Preceded by
1996 Metro Manila Film Festival
Metro Manila Film Festival
1997
Succeeded by
1998 Metro Manila Film Festival
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/28/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.