10,000 Hours sweeps MMFF awards

MANILA, Philippines - The action-drama 10,000 Hours was the biggest winner at the 2013 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) awards ceremony held Friday night at the Meralco Theater, picking up a total of 14 awards including Best Film, Best Actor for Robin Padilla and Best Director for Joyce Bernal.

10,000 Hours, loosely based on “true stories in the life of former Sen. Panfilo Lacson Jr.,” also walked away with the FPJ Memorial Award for Excellence, the Gat Puno Villegas Cultural Award, the Best Supporting Actor trophy for Pen Medina, as well as most of the technical honors.

The Best Actress trophy went to Maricel Soriano, who was a no-show, for her role in Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy, which was also named Second Best Picture and cited as Most Gender Sensitive Film.

My Little Bossings was awarded Third Best Picture, with its stars Ryzza Mae Dizon and Aiza Seguerra declared as Best Child Performer and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.

Here’s the complete list of winners:

• Best Picture — 10,000 Hours

• 2nd Best Picture — Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy

• 3rd Best Picture — My Little Bossings

• Best Actress â€” Maricel Soriano (Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy)

• Best Actor â€” Robin Padilla (10,000 Hours)

• Best Supporting Actress – Aiza Seguerra (My Little Bossings)

• Best Supporting Actor — Pen Medina (10,000 Hours)

• Best Director â€” Joyce Bernal (10,000 Hours)

• Best Screenplay â€” Ryllah Epifania Berica and Keiko Aquino (10,000 Hours)

• Best Original Story  â€” Neil Arce, Peter Serrano, Bela Padilla, Dos Quizon (10,000 Hours)

• Best Cinematography — Marissa Floirendo and Gilberto Vistan (10,000 Hours)

• Best Editor — Marya Ignacio (10,000 Hours)

• Best Make-up — Leslie Lucero and Mountain Rock Productions (Pagpag)

• Best Original Theme Song — My Little Bossings by Jan K. Ilacad

• Best Production Design â€” Joey Luna (10,000 Hours)

• Best Visual Effects — Central Digital (10,000 Hours)

• Best Musical Score — Teresa Barrozo (10,000 Hours)

• Best Sound Engineer â€” Emmanuel Clemente (10,000 Hours)
Best Child Performer — Ryzza Mae Dizon (My Little Bossings)

• Best Festival Float — Boy Golden

• Youth Choice Award — Pagpag

• FPJ Memorial Award of Excellence — 10,000 Hours

• Gatpuno Villegas Cultural Award — 10,000 Hours

• Most Gender-Sensitive Film (Mainstream) — Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy

New Wave Full Length Category

• Best Picture — Dukit

• Best Director â€” Armando Lao (Dukit)

• Best Actress â€” Agot Isidro (Mga Anino ng Kahapon)

• Best Actors — Wilfredo Layug, Bambalito Lacap and Bor Ocampo (Dukit)

• Special Jury Prize — Mga Anino ng Kahapon

• Most Gender-Sensitive Film â€” Island Dreams

New Wave Student Short Film Category

• Best Picture — Ang Paglisan (De La Salle Lipa)

• Special Jury Prize — #NoFilter by Luigi Rosario (Mapua Institute of Technology)

• Most Gender-Sensitive Film â€“ Hintayin Mo sa Sequence 24 by Jezreel Reyes (FEU)

New Wave Animation Category

• Best Picture — Kaleh and Mbaki by Dennis Sebastian

• Special Jury Prize — Ang Lalong ni Kulakog by Omar Aguilar

Special Awards

• Special Recognition Award — Ronnie Ricketts (chairman, Optical Media Board)

• Male Star of the Night — Daniel Padilla

• Female Star of the Night — Eugene Domingo