Although it's already 2009, the film awards for 2007 are not yet over. The Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) will hand out its 26th Luna Awards this January.
A Love Story, a husband-wife-and-mistress-triangle with a twist, leads the winners in this year's 26th Luna Awards (formerly FAP Awards).
The film produced by Star Cinema garnered five trophies that included Best
Picture and Best Director for Maryo J. de los Reyes.
Diamond Star Maricel Soriano was chosen Best Actress, not for A Love Story though, but for Regal Entertainment's Bahay Kubo. Her co-stars in A Love Story, Angelica Panganiban and Dante Rivero, bagged the awards in the supporting categories.
Paolo Contis was named Best Actor for his performance in Banal.
In the official website of FAP, filmacademyphil.org, Director General Leo G. Martinez released the results and announced that the awarding ceremonies will be held this January.
Here is the complete list of winners in the 26th Luna Awards:
Best Picture - A Love Story (Star Cinema)
Best Director - Maryo J. de los Reyes (A Love Story)
Best Actor - Paolo Contis (Banal)
Best Actress - Maricel Soriano (Bahay Kubo)
Best Supporting Actor -Dante Rivero (A Love Story)
Best Supporting Actress - Angelica Panganiban (A Love Story)
Best Screenplay - Vanessa R. Valdez (A Love Story)
Best Cinematography - Renato de Vera (Ataul for Rent)
Best Editing - Jess Navarro (Silip)
Best Production Design - Rodell Cruz (Resiklo)
Best Sound - Ditoy Aguila (Ouija)
Best Musical Score - Carmina Reyes Cuya (Ouija)
The Academy will also bestow honors and recognition on four film industry
stalwarts. The awards and the awardees are listed as follows:
Golden Reel Award - Former President Joseph Estrada (There
had been only two Golden Reel awardees in the history of the Film
Academy: President Corazon C. Aquino in 1988 and the late King of Philippine
Movies Fernando Poe Jr. in 2003.)
The Manuel de Leon Award - Cirio Santiago (producer-director)
FPJ Lifetime Achievement Award - Ms. Boots Anson-Roa (actress)
Lamberto Avellana Award (posthumous) -
Juanito Clemente (sound engineer)
The Academy will give a plaque of appreciation to Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim
for his support and assistance to the Academy. Mayor Lim was the first Metro
Manila executive to turn over to the Academy its share from the 25-centavo
cultural development tax collected by movie houses for admission tickets
retroactive to 1992. This amounted to P2.1 million.