Producer Arleen Cuevas (rightmost) is all-smiles as she posed with President GMA and showed off her award. The bulol trophy depicts the Ifugao rice god holding up a film reel. According to Cinemanila, the presence of the bulol ensures a good harvest and paired with the symbol of film, it becomes the icon for a bumper crop of excellent Filipino films.

Glaiza de Castro, one of the stars of Ang Manghuhula, was present during the awarding ceremony. Her film was one of six Digital Lokal entries that competed in the tenth anniversary of Cinemanila.

Ana Capri is here photographed with Lifetime Achievement Awardee Jose "Pete" Lacaba Jr. According to Sir Pete, he was part of the jury that voted for her as Best Actress in the first edition of Cinemanila for the movie Pila Balde.

The Cercado sisters performed the song "Tagumpay Nating Lahat" for the finale of the Cinemanila awarding ceremony.

Assisting President GMA in handing out the awards were (from left) Renaud Meyer, country director of United Nations Development Programme; Cinemanila festival director Amable "Tikoy" Aguiluz VI; Digna Santiago, sister of the late Cirio Santiago; and Department of Education Undersecretary Vilma Labrador.

Direk Tikoy expressed his gratitude for President GMA who has been hosting the awarding ceremony of Cinemanila in Malacañang for the last three years.

YES! Magazine's executive editor Pete Lacaba Jr. accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award from PGMA. As a screenplay writer, he is credited for writing some of the best Philippine films produced such as Jaguar, Orapronobis, Bayan Ko, and Sister Stella L. His citation goes: "His strong voice in the scripts brought out the best in artists and were applauded by the public abroad and at home."

Ato Bautista accepted his bulol trophy as the Digital Lokal Best Director for Carnivore. His lead actor Carlo Aquino bagged the Best Actor award but he was not present during the awarding ceremony.

Some of the awardees present were (second from right, standing) Michael Juat, Best Southeast Asian short film for Frou Frou Shh...Wag Mong Sabihin Kay Itay; and (third from right) Ato Bautista, Digital Lokal Best Director for Carnivore.

National Commission for Culture and the Arts executive director Cecile Guidote Alvarez (rightmost) served as the emcee of the event.

Sherad Anthony Sanchez (leftmost, standing) is this year's Lino Brocka Grand Prize winner for his film Imburnal. He is standing next to Arleen Cuevas, producer of the film Next Attraction, which bagged the Lino Brocka Grand Jury Prize. Arleen also accepted the award of Grand Jury Prize in the international competition for the movie The Amazing Truth about Queen Raquela. Fil-Am actor Kenneth Moraleda received the Vic Silayan Award for Best Actor for the movie Lucky Miles. The recipient of the Vic Silayan Award for Best Actress is Angeli Bayani (fourth from left) for the movie Melancholia.

Sir Pete Lacaba (holding bulol trophy, standing) is positioned next to Tith Sarunreth (in black suit, standing), minister counsellor of the Royal Embassy of Cambodia. Mr. Sarunreth accepted the award in behalf of the King of Cambodia, His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk, who was given the Asean Heritage Award.

In his speech, Direk Tikoy Aguiluz reminsced that ten years ago, they initially had problems choosing a locally produced film that could compete with other Asian films. Now, the Cinemanila organizers are having difficulty trimming down the list of Filipino films to include in various sections.