It’s time for the local awards season once again.
The Philippine Movie Press Club, Inc. announced the official nominees of the 31st PMPC Star Awards for Movies, which will be held on March 8, 2015, 6 P.M., at The Theater, Solaire, Parañaque City.
The nominees for Movie Actress of the Year (Best Actress) are: Nora Aunor (Dementia), Anne Curtis (The Gifted), Eugene Domingo (Barber’s Tales), Cherie Gil (Mana), Toni Gonzaga (Starting Over Again), Aiko Melendez (Asintado), and Jennylyn Mercado (English Only, Please).
The nominees for Movie Actor of the Year (Best Actor) are: Robert Arevalo (Hari Ng Tondo), John Lloyd Cruz (The Trial), John Estrada (Trophy Wife), Robin Padilla (Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo), Piolo Pascual (Starting Over Again), Derek Ramsay (English Only, Please), and Dennis Trillo (The Janitor).
The awards show will honor the best achievements of artists and craftsmen of the Philippine movie industry for the past year (2014).
It is expected that this year's ceremonies will be as star-studded and glamour-filled, with the presence of popular entertainers and talented artists, as awards contenders.
A highlight of the event is served to honor two veteran luminaries of the movies: a veteran celluloid icon and a prolific film director, both multi-awarded and have succeeded in crossing-over through this digital age of Tagalog movies.
Their talents, as actor and director, have persisted with much success and acclaim.
This year's Nora Aunor Ulirang Artista Lifetime Achievement Award recipient (named after the acknowledged “People's National Artist” and Superstar) is Ms. Celia Rodriguez.
On equal standing is the much revered master filmmaker, director Maryo J. delos Reyes, a veteran of such classics as High School Circa '65 (1978), Annie Batungbakal (1979), Bagets (1984), and Magnifico (2003), to be given the Ulirang Alagad Ng Pelikula Sa Likod Ng Kamera Lifetime Achievement Award.
The 31st PMPC Star Awards for Movies is a production of blocktimer Airtime Marketing, Inc., headed by producer Tessie Celestino-Howard, in cooperation with the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC), Inc. under the leadership of Joe Barrameda, current president and over-all chairman.
Slated for a delayed broadcasting (to be announced), all is set for the big event of one of the most exciting, televised awards ceremonies in the movie industry today.
Here’s the full list of nominees for the 31st PMPC Star Awards for Movies (mainstream and indie):
MOVIE OF THE YEAR
BONIFACIO: ANG UNANG PANGULO / Philippians Productions & Entertainment Inc., Tuko Film Productions, Buchi Boy Films, and RCP Productions
ENGLISH ONLY, PLEASE / Quantum Films, MJM Productions Inc., Artikulo Uno, Tuko Film Productions
STARTING OVER AGAIN / Star Cinema
THE GIFTED / Viva Films and Multi Vision Films
THE TRIAL / Star Cinema
TROPHY WIFE / Viva Films and MVP Entertainment
MOVIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
OLIVIA LAMASAN / Starting Over Again
CHRIS MARTINEZ / The Gifted
ANDOY RANAY / Trophy Wife
CHITO ROÑO / The Trial
DAN VILLEGAS / English Only, Please
ENZO WILLIAMS / Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo
INDIE MOVIE OF THE YEAR
1ST KO SI 3RD / Fire Starters Manila Productions Company and Cinemalaya Foundation
DEMENTIA / The IdeaFirst Company, Octobertrain Films, and TV5
HARI NG TONDO / Reynafilms, Central Digital Lab, Star Cinema, and Cinemalaya Foundation
MARATABAT (PRIDE AND HONOR) / Blank Pages Productions
MGA KUWENTONG BARBERO (BARBER’S TALES) / Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum, Octobertrain Films, and APT Entertainment, Inc.
SUNDALONG KANIN / Front Media Entertainment, SQ Film Laboratories, Inc. and Cinemalaya Foundation
THE JANITOR / APT Entertainment, Inc. and Cinemalaya Foundation
INDIE MOVIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
ARLYN DELA CRUZ / Maratabat (Pride And Honor)
REAL FLORIDO / 1st Ko Si 3rd
PERCI INTALAN / Dementia
JUN ROBLES LANA / Mga Kuwentong Barbero (Barber’s Tales)
JANICE O’HARA / Sundalong Kanin
CARLOS SIGUION-REYNA / Hari Ng Tondo
MICHAEL TUVIERA / The Janitor
MOVIE ACTOR OF THE YEAR
ROBERT AREVALO / Hari Ng Tondo
JOHN LLOYD CRUZ / The Trial
JOHN ESTRADA / Trophy Wife
ROBIN PADILLA / Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo
PIOLO PASCUAL / Starting Over Again
DEREK RAMSAY / English Only Please
DENNIS TRILLO / The Janitor
MOVIE ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
NORA AUNOR / Dementia
ANNE CURTIS / The Gifted
EUGENE DOMINGO / Mga Kuwentong Barbero (Barber’s Tales)
CHERIE GIL / Mana
TONI GONZAGA / Starting Over Again
AIKO MELENDEZ / Asintado
JENNYLYN MERCADO / English Only Please
MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
MARC ABAYA / Sundalong Kanin
VINCENT DE JESUS / The Trial
GABBY EIGENMANN / Asintado
RICHARD GOMEZ / The Trial
NICCO MANALO / The Janitor
JESS MENDOZA / Alienasyon
JAKE VARGAS / Asintado
MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
GRETCHEN BARRETTO / The Trial
SHAMAINE BUENCAMINO / Mga Kuwentong Barbero (Barber’s Tales)
IZA CALZADO / Starting Over Again
JASMINE CURTIS-SMITH / Dementia
LOTLOT DE LEON / Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
GLADYS REYES / Mga Kuwentong Barbero (Barber’s Tales)
SYLVIA SANCHEZ / The Trial
NEW MOVIE ACTOR OF THE YEAR
NATHANIEL BRITT / Sundalong Kanin
JULIAN ESTRADA / Relaks, It’s Just Pag-Ibig
JERIC GONZALES / Dementia
SANDINO MARTIN / Esprit De Corps
IÑIGO PASCUAL / Relaks, It’s Just Pag-Ibig
JAMES REID / Diary Ng Panget
RICHARD YAP / The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin
NEW MOVIE ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
SOPHIE ALBERT / #Y
SOFIA ANDRES / Relaks, It’s Just Pag-Ibig
RITZ AZUL / Separados
ATHENA BAUTISTA / Kamkam
COLEEN BORGONIA / 1st Ko Si 3rd
LOREN BURGOS / Mulat (Awaken)
COLEEN GARCIA / #Y
MOVIE CHILD PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
ISAAC CAIN AGUIRRE / Sundalong Kanin
ELIJAH CANLAS / Sundalong Kanin
ADRIAN CABRIDO / T’yanak
MIGGS CUADERNO / Asintado
RYZZA MAE DIZON / My Big Bossing
ALONZO MUHLACH / My Big Bossing
BIMBY YAP / The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin
TECHNICAL CATEGORIES (MAINSTREAM FILMS):
MOVIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
ANTOINETTE JADAONE / Beauty In A Bottle
ANTOINETTE JADAONE / English Only Please
RICARDO LEE, ENRICO SANTOS, and KRIZ GAZMEN / The Trial
CHRIS MARTINEZ / The Gifted
CARMI RAYMUNDO and OLIVIA LAMASAN / Starting Over Again
ENZO WILLIAMS, KEIKO AQUINO, and CARLO OBISPO / Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo
MOVIE CINEMATOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
SHING-FUNG CHEUNG / Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
HERMANN CLARAVALL / Starting Over Again
GARY GARDOCE / The Gifted
CARLO MENDOZA / Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo
MANUEL TEEHANKEE / The Trial
DAN VILLEGAS / English Only Please
MOVIE EDITOR OF THE YEAR
VANESSA DE LEON / The Gifted
MARYA IGNACIO / English Only Please
MARYA IGNACIO / Starting Over Again
GEORGE JARLEGO / Trophy Wife
CARLO FRANCISCO MANATAD / The Trial
BENJAMIN TOLENTINO / Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo
MOVIE PRODUCTION DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
WINSTON ACUYONG / The Trial
WHAMMY ALCAZAREN / English Only, Please
ANGEL DIESTA / The Gifted
ROY LACHICA and JOEL BILBAO / Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo
SHARI MARIE MONTIAGUE / Starting Over Again
ERICSON NAVARRO / Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
MOVIE MUSICAL SCORER OF THE YEAR
TERESA BARROZO / The Gifted
CESAR FRANCIS CONCIO / Starting Over Again
CESAR FRANCIS CONCIO / The Trial
VON DE GUZMAN / Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo
ERWIN ROMULO and MALEK LOPEZ / Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
EMERZON TEXON / English Only Please
MOVIE SOUND ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
AUREL CLARO BILBAO / Starting Over Again
LAMBERTO CASAS, JR. and ALEX TOMBOC / The Gifted
ALBERT MICHAEL IDIOMA / Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo
HIT PRODUCTIONS / Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
ADDISS TABONG / English Only Please
ADDISS TABONG / The Trial
MOVIE ORIGINAL THEME SONG OF THE YEAR
“BAHALA NA” / Talk Back And You’re Dead
Lyrics by Thyro Alfaro and Yumi Lacsamana, Music by Thyro Alfaro, Interpreted by Nadine Lustre and James Reid
“BUKAS NA” / My Big Bossing /Lyrics and Music by Jan Ilacad and Kiko Salazar; Arranged by Kiko Salazar; Interpreted by Nikki Gil
“HINDI PA TAPOS” / Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo / Composed and Performed by Gloc 9, Arranged by Paulo Zarate
“NO ERASE” / Diary Ng Panget / Lyrics by Thyro Alfaro and Yumi Lacsamana, Music by Julius James de Belen, Interpreted by Nadine Lustre and James Reid
“WAG KA NANG UMIYAK” / The Trial / Lyrics and Music by Ebe Dancel, Interpreted by KZ Tandingan
TECHNICAL CATEGORIES (INDIE FILMS):
INDIE MOVIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
ALOY ADLAWAN / The Janitor
ARLYN DELA CRUZ / Maratabat (Pride And Honor)
RENEI DIMLA / Dementia
REAL FLORIDO / 1st Ko Si 3rd
ANTOINETTE JADAONE / That Thing Called Tadhana
JUN ROBLES LANA / Mga Kuwentong Barbero (Barber’s Tales)
BIBETH ORTEZA / Hari Ng Tondo
INDIE MOVIE CINEMATOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
JAY ABELLO / Hari Ng Tondo
MARISSA FLOIRENDO / The Janitor
MACKIE GALVEZ / Dementia
CARLO MENDOZA / Mga Kuwentong Barbero (Barber’s Tales)
SASHA PALOMARES / That Thing Called Tadhana
ROMMEL SALES / Maratabat (Pride And Honor)
RAIN YAMSON, II / Magkakabaung
INDIE MOVIE EDITOR OF THE YEAR
LAWRENCE ANG / Dementia
LAWRENCE ANG / Mga Kuwentong Barbero (Barber’s Tales)
CYRIL BAUTISTA / Sundalong Kanin
MANET DAYRIT / Hari Ng Tondo
TARA ILLENBERGER / The Janitor
CARLO FRANCISCO MANATAD / Maratabat (Pride And Honor)
GEOFFREY WILLIAM / Separados
INDIE MOVIE PRODUCTION DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
GERARDO CALAGUI / Maratabat (Pride And Honor)
ROLLY CARIÑO / Hari Ng Tondo
JECK COGAMA and POPO DIAZ / 1st Ko Si 3rd
POPO DIAZ / Dementia
ROY LACHICA / The Janitor
CHITO SUMERA / Mga Kuwentong Barbero (Barber’s Tales)
FIEL ZABAT / Sundalong Kanin
INDIE MOVIE MUSICAL SCORER OF THE YEAR
TERESA BARROZO / Maratabat (Pride And Honor)
RYAN CAYABYAB / Mga Kuwentong Barbero (Barber’s Tales)
VON DE GUZMAN / Dementia
RICHARD GONZALES / The Janitor
JESSE LUCAS / Alienasyon
TJ RAMOS / Sundalong Kanin
MYKE SALOMON / Hari Ng Tondo
INDIE MOVIE SOUND ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
ALBERT MICHAEL IDIOMA / Hari Ng Tondo
ALBERT MICHAEL IDIOMA and ALEX TOMBOC / The Janitor
MARK LOCSIN and WARREN SANTIAGO / Mga Kuwentong Barbero (Barber’s Tales)
DREW MILLALOS / Sundalong Kanin
ADDISS TABONG / Dementia
ADDISS TABONG / That Thing Called Tadhana
WILDSOUND / Maratabat (Pride And Honor)
INDIE MOVIE ORIGINAL THEME SONG OF THE YEAR
“AKING ARAW” / 1st Ko Si 3rd / Lyrics by Real Florido, Music by Carlo Yanesa, Interpreted by Ken Chan
“ASINTADO” / Asintado / Composed and Arranged by Gloc 9, Performed by Gloc 9 and Lirah Bermudez
“BATANG TULISAN” / Sundalong Kanin / Composed by Jaime Jesus Borlagdan, Arranged by TJ Ramos, Interpreted by Heber O’Hara
“BROKEN STRINGS” / Mariquina / Lyrics and Music by Jerrold Tarog, Interpreted by Karen Gaerlan
“HABANG PANAHON” / Alienasyon / Lyrics by Ricky Gallardo, Music by Jesse Lucas, Interpreted by Jon Abella
“PANGARAP NA IKAW” / Separados / Composed by GB Sampedro and Lara Maigue, Arranged by Marvin Querido, Interpreted by Erik Santos and by Lara Maigue
“SIGE LANG NANG SIGE” / Hari Ng Tondo / Lyrics by Bibeth Orteza, Music by Myke Salomon, Interpreted by Aiza Seguerra, Rafa Siguion-Reyna, and Cris Villonco
SPECIAL AWARDS
DARLING OF THE PRESS Nominees:
KC CONCEPCION
ANNE CURTIS
LUIS MANZANO
VICKY MORALES
ROBIN PADILLA
JUDY ANN SANTOS
Nora Aunor Ulirang Artista Lifetime Achievement Award – MS. CELIA RODRIGUEZ
Ulirang Alagad ng Pelikula sa Likod ng Kamera (Lifetime Achievement Award) – DIRECTOR MARYO J. DELOS REYES