'Jay,' Andong' Cinemalaya winners
By Bayani San Diego Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:59:00 07/20/2008
Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
MANILA, Philippines--An evening of pleasant surprises was how Tess Rances, Cinemalaya coordinator, described the awards show of the 4th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Sunday.
Rances said the board of jurors had a difficult time picking this year's winners.
"The five-man jury took almost five hours to deliberate," she told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The jury, headed by French critic Max Tessier, included foreign film fest programmers Kim Ji-Seok of Pusan and Ansgar Vogt of Berlin. There were two Filipinos on the panel: Inquirer arts editor, Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino and University of Santo Tomas (UST) professor Lito Zulueta and actor Cesar Montano.
The panel judged both the Full-Length Feature and Short Film categories.
Francis Xavier Pasion's "Jay" won Best Full-Length Feature Film; Milo Tolentino's "Andong" won Best Short.
"Jay" was cited for its "sheer originality and energetic storytelling;" and "Andong" for its "devoted and humorous look at a boy's obsessions."
Chris Martinez won Best Director (Full-Length) for "100."
Tara Illenberger's "Brutus" won Jury Prize for Full-Length; Anna G. Bigornia's "My Pet" Special Jury Prize for Short and Sheron R. Dayoc's "Angan-Angan" won Special Jury Citation.
Mark V. Reyes won Best Director (Short) for "God Only Knows."
Baron Geisler, who portrayed a gay TV producer in "Jay," won Best Actor; while Mylene Dizon, who played a cancer patient in "100," won Best Actress.
This year, organizers added two more performance awards: Best Supporting Actor and Actress.
Yul Servo of "Brutus" won Best Supporting Actor, while Eugene Domingo of "100" won Best Supporting Actress.
The audience Choice award was won by Chris Martinez for "100" (Full-Length) and by Mark V. Reyes for "God Only Knows" (Short).
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