It's Raining Awards At The 4th FDCP Film Ambassadors' Night

The Film Development Council of the Philippines continues to celebrate the Filipino filmmakers, production crew, creatives, and actors which have brought awards and recognition from various film festivals all over the world. Now on it's fourth year the FDCP Film Ambassadors' Night 2020 is like grand party for their contribution in flourishing Philippine Cinema to the international stage.

Led by Chairperson and CEO Liza Diño, she is very happy with the achievements of the films which expands the presence of Filipino films in known film festivals and also in various countries which also opens its doors for their movies. Most notable guest for that night include Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo and DILG Undersecretary Martin Diño.


Here are the list of  honorees that night:

SHORT FILMS

1. BREECH ASHER HARANI

NEXT TO ME 

JCS International Young Creatives Award

International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

International Emmy World Television Festival

New York City, New York, USA

2. JULLIENNE ROASA

ELON'S WAY

Best Student Film

International Film Festival Manhattan 2019

Manhattan, New York, USA

3. EMIR KAHN BAUTISTA

MISS CONCEPCION

Audience Choice Award

International Film Festival Manhattan 2019

Manhattan, New York, USA

4. JOHN LANBERT RAFOLS, JAY CONDENO, JOHN NICO NUNAG

YERO

Best Short Documentary

21 Islands International Short Film Festival

New York, USA

5. MARK DELA CRUZ

AMOR FALSO

Best Short Film

International Film Festival Manhattan 2019

Manhattan, New York, USA

6. RAYMUND RIBAY GUTIERREZ

JUDGEMENT

Gold Remi Dramatic – Original

52nd Worldfest Houston International Film Festival

Houston, Texas, USA

7. JOJI ALONSO

LAST ORDER

Platinum Remi Award - Short film

52nd Worldfest Houston International Film Festival

Houston, Texas, USA

8. LOUIE IGNACIO

NGITI NI NAZARENO

Jury Award 

Innuendo International Film Festival

Milan, Italy

9. ARJAN REBETA

PALABAS (A COUNTRY IN MOVING PICTURES)

Signs Award – Short Film Section

17th Festival International Signs of the Night – Zeichen Der Nacht

Berlin, Germany

Best Short Film

15th Mini Film Festival

Sarawak, Malaysia

Best International Short Film 

Short Film Festival on Cultural Diversity and Peace by Dhaka University Film Society 

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Telefon Art Category Top Prize Winner

12th Szczecin Film Festival

Szczecin, Poland

MA-GULONG SAYAW NG BUHAY (THE COMPLICATED DANCE TO THE WHEEL OF LIFE)

Second Best Short Film

Maandeshi International Short Film Festival

Sangola, Maharashtra, India

VIRAL GIRL

Best Child Short Film

Maandeshi International Short Film Festival

Sangola, Maharashtra , India

VIRAL KIDS

Special Mention for the Signs Award

17th Festival International Signs of the Night

Bangkok, Thailand

A BOXING COUNTRY

Best Short Film

ANPUD Short Film Competition 2019 

Bangkok, Thailand

Best Experimental Short Film

Dolgoji Experimental Shorts 

Seoul, South Korea

WING CHAIR

Best Short Documentary 

LAMP» International Film Festival 2019 

Perm, Russia

Jury Award 

10th Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival – 

PESTA10 Filmmakers’ Competition 

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

AT HOME

Best Documentary Film    

3rd Asia Peace Film Festival 

Lahore, Pakistan

DOCUMENTARIES

TV DOCUMENTARIES

1. THE ATOM ARAULLO SPECIALS: BABIES FOR SALE (GMA 7)

Gold Camera Award

US International Film and Video Festival

Chicago, Illinois, USA

2. THE ATOM ARAULLO SPECIALS: NO LEFTOVERS (GMA 7)

Gold Camera Award

US International Film and Video Festival

Chicago, Illinois, USA

3. I-WITNESS (HOWIE SEVERINO TEAM): ISLANG WALANG LUPA (GMA 7)

Silver Screen Award

US International Film and Video Festival

Chicago, Illinois, USA

4. FRONT ROW: PASAN (GMA 7)

Silver Screen Award

US International Film and Video Festival

Chicago, Illinois, USA

5. INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARIES: PIITAN (GMA 7)

Silver Screen Award

US International Film and Video Festival

Chicago, Illinois, USA

6. LOCAL LEGENDS: KARNE NORTE (ABS-CBN)

Silver Dolphin in the Lifestyle, Art, Music, and Culture Category

Cannes Corporate Media and TV Awards

Cannes, France

Bronze World Medal

2019 New York Festivals “World’s Best TV and Films”

New York, USA

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

7. NO MAN LEFT BEHIND

Directed by Ella Mage

Best Feature Documentary

International Film Festival Manhattan 2019

Manhattan, New York, USA

FULL-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY

8. CALL HER GANDA

Directed by PJ Raval

Produced by Jim Butterworth, Daniel J. Chalfen, James Costa, 

Abigail Disney, Barbara Dobkin

Audience Choice Award

Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2019

Washington, USA

Best Feature Film

Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2019

Washington, USA

TECHNICAL and CREATIVE AWARDS 

1. MATTHEW ROSEN & MARIA ROWELLA TALUSIG

Gold Remi Best Art Direction - Quezon’s Game

52nd Worldfest Houston International Film Festival

Houston, Texas, USA

2. MIKKO QUIZON

Best Sound Effects – Nabubulok

Formosa Festival of International Filmmaker Awards

Taiwan

3. VINCENT SOBERANO

Best Visual FX - Blood Hunters Rise of the Hybrids

Urban Action Showcase International Action Film Festival

New York, USA

4. MAC COSICO

Best Cinematography - Musmos Na Sumibol Sa Gubat ng Digma

Festival Internacional de Cinema da Figueira da Foz (Film Art 2019)

Coimbra, Portugal

5. ERIC RAMOS

Best Story Innovation - Rainbow Sunset

52nd Worldfest Houston International Film Festival

Houston, Texas, USA 

6. RODY VERA

Best Script - Asian Competition Section - Signal Rock

17th Dhaka International Film Festival

Dhaka, Bangladesh

7. CARLO ORTEGA CUEVAS 

Best Screenplay - Guerrero

International Film Festival Manhattan 2019

Manhattan, New York, USA

8. MONSOUR DEL ROSARIO

Best Weapons Sequence - Blood Hunters Rise of the Hybrids

Urban Action Showcase International Action Film Festival

New York, USA

9. SARAH CHANG

Best Action Sequence - Blood Hunters Rise of the Hybrids

Urban Action Showcase International Action Film Festival

New York, USA

10. ROMM BURLAT

Best Director - Ama Ka Ng Anak Mo

16th We Care Film Festival

New Delhi, India

11. MATTHEW ROSEN 

Gold Remi Best Director - Quezon’s Game

52nd Worldfest Houston International Film Festival

Houston, Texas, USA

ACTORS

1. BARBARA MIGUEL

Best Supporting Actress - 1-2-3

ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards 2019

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

2. CRISEL CONSUNJI 

Best New Performer - Still Human

38th Hong Kong Film Awards

Kowloon, Hong Kong

3. KRYSTLE CAMPOS

Best Child Artist - VIRAL GIRL

Maandeshi International Short Film Festival

Sangola, Maharashtra , India

4. GERALDO "JEK" JUMAWAN

Best Actor - Special Mention Citation - Nothing Beats the Oldies

Lake City International Film Festival

New Delhi, India

5. MAJA SALVADOR

Best Actress - Wildflower

Asian Content Awards 

Busan, South Korea

6. DANTE RIVERO

Best Actor Award - Kung Paano Hinihintay ang Dapithapon

39th Fantasporto-Oporto International Film Festival

Porto, Portugal

7. OGIE ALCASID

Best Actor -  Kuya Wes

International Film Festival Manhattan 2019

Manhattan, New York, USA

8. GLORIA ROMERO

Best Actress - Rainbow Sunset

International Film Festival Manhattan 2019

Manhattan, New York, USA

9. ANGELI BAYANI

Best Actress - Bagahe

15th Zagora International Trans-Sahara Film Festival

Morocco

10. INA RAYMUNDO

Best Actress - Kuya Wes

39th Fantasporto-Oporto International Film Festival

Porto, Portugal

11.  AI-AI DELAS ALAS

Best Actress - School Service

39th Fantasporto-Oporto International Film Festival

Porto, Portugal

12. MAX EIGENMANN 

Best Performance by an Actress - Verdict

13th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA)

Brisbane, Australia

13. EDDIE GARCIA, TONY MABESA, GLORIA ROMERO, AIKO MELENDEZ, TIRSO CRUZ, SHIDO ROXAS, ALBIE CASINO, ROSS PESIGAN

Best Ensemble Acting - Rainbow Sunset

International Film Festival Manhattan 2019

Manhattan, New York, USA

14. KRISTOFER KING (Posthumous Award)

Best Male Actor - Kristo

ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards 2019

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Best Performance - Verdict

Silver Screen Awards

30th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF)

Singapore

15. TONY MABESA 

Best Actor Award - Rainbow Sunset

52nd Worldfest Houston International Film Festival

Houston, Texas, USA

16. EDDIE GARCIA

Best Actor Award - Rainbow Sunset

52nd Worldfest Houston International Film Festival

Houston, Texas, USA

FEATURE FILMS

1. HINTAYAN NG LANGIT

Directed by Dan Villegas

Produced by Globe Studios; Project 8 corner San Joaquin Projects, Manet Dayrit & Ed Lejano

The Golden Samaritan Lion: To The Sincere Play-Acting

2019 Festival International Film East and 

West Classics and Avante-Garde

Orenburg, Russia

2. BAGAHE

Directed by Zig Dulay

Produced by Milagros Ong How

Critic’s Special Mention and People’s Choice Award

15th Zagora International Trans-Sahara Film Festival

Morocco

3. QUEZON’S GAME

Directed by Matthew Rosen

Produced by Lorena Rosen and ABS-CBN Film Productions Inc.

Special Jury Award First Feature

52nd Worldfest Houston International Film Festival

Houston, Texas, USA

Best Foreign Movie of the Year

52nd Worldfest Houston International Film Festival

Houston, Texas, USA

4. SCHOOL SERVICE

Directed by Louie Ignacio

Produced by BG Productions (Baby Go) and Ferdy Lapuz

Orient Express Special Jury Prize

39th Fantasporto-Oporto International Film Festival

Porto, Portugal

Gold Remi Foreign

Produced by Ferdy Lapuz

52nd Worldfest Houston International Film Festival

Houston, Texas, USA

5. MUSMOS NA SUMIBOL SA GUBAT NG DIGMA 

Directed by Iar Arondaing

Produced by Minda Ponce Rodriguez

Special Jury Prize

18th Baikal International Film Festival

Irkutsk, Russia Siberia

6. BALANGIGA: HOWLING WILDERNESS

Directed by Khavn Dela Cruz

Produced By. Achinette Villamor, Khavn & Edong Canlas

Best Jury Prize

5th Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival

Bangkok, Thailand

7. RAINBOW SUNSET

Directed by Joel Lamangan

Produced by Heaven’s Best Productions (Harlene Bautista) and Ferdy Lapuz

Special Jury Prize

52nd Worldfest Houston International Film Festival

Houston, Texas, USA

Best Feature Film

International Film Festival Manhattan 2019

Manhattan, New York, USA

8. KUNG PAANO HINIHINTAY ANG DAPITHAPON

Directed by Carlo Catu

Produced by Patrick Neil Meneses & Enrico Roque

Special Jury Prize –Directors Week

39th Fantasporto-Oporto International Film Festival

Porto-Portugal

Audience Choice Award

25th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema

Vesoul, France

9. BLOOD HUNTERS RISE OF THE HYBRIDS

Directed by Vincent Soberano

Produced by Monsour Del Rosario

Best Action Film

Urban Action Showcase International Action Film Festival

New York, USA

Best Martial Arts Film

Urban Action Showcase International Action Film Festival

New York, USA

10. PAN DE SALAWAL

Directed by Che Espiritu

Produced by Neil Arce, Matthew Godbey, Herb Kimble, Tey Clamor and Phyllis Grande

Best Narrative Feature Award

14th Belize International Film Festival

Belize City, Belize

11. ARIA

Directed by Carlo Enciso Catu

Produced by Ferdy Lapuz

Best Feature Film

Lake City International Film Festival

India

12. ALPHA: THE RIGHT TO KILL

Directed and Produced by Brillante Mendoza (Center Stage Productions)

Jury Prize Award

Bucharest International Film Festival 2019

Bucharest, Romania

Le Prix Du Jury

Festival International Du Film Policier De Beaune

Beaune, France

13. MAMANG

Directed by Denise O’Hara

Produced by Ferdy Lapuz

Best Feature Film

17th Dhaka International Film Festival

Dhaka, Bangladesh

14. SIGNAL ROCK 

Directed by Chito Rono

Produced by CSR Films and Regal Entertainment

Best Film

Asean International Film Festival & Awards 2019

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

SPECIAL CITATION 

1. BEA ALONZO

Asian Stars Up Next Award

4th International Film Festival & Awards Macao

Macao, China 

2. CESAR MONTANO

Lifetime Achievement Award – Acting/ Directing

International Film Festival Manhattan 2019

Manhattan, New York, USA

Best Actor

Heart For Victory

International Film Festival Manhattan 2019

Manhattan, New York, USA

3. JOEL LAMANGAN

Lifetime Achievement Award in Directing

International Film Festival Manhattan 2019

Manhattan, New York, USA

Film Festival Director Award

International Film Festival Manhattan 2019

Manhattan, New York, USA

A-LISTERS 

1. ASWANG

Directed by Alyx Ayn Arumpac

Produced by Armi Rae Cacanindin

FIPRESCI Prize

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFFA)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

2. JUDY ANN SANTOS

Best Actress

Mindanao

41st Cairo International Film Festival

Cairo, Egypt

3. JUN ROBLES LANA

Best Director

Kalel, 15

2019 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Tallinn, Estonia

4. MINDANAO

Best Artistic Contribution

Directed and Produced by Brillante Mendoza (Center Stage Productions)

41st Cairo International Film Festival

Cairo, Egypt

5. VERDICT

Directed by Raymund Ribay Gutierrez

Produced by Center Stage Productions (Brillante Mendoza)

NETPAC Award

2nd Hainan Island International Film Festival

Hainan Island, China

SPECIAL JURY AWARD

76th Venice Film Festival

Venice, Italy


The highest honor for the night were given to three individuals for the Camera Obscura Awards. They are director Cathy Garcia-Molina, film historian and lecturer Nick Deocampo, and scriptwriter Ricky Lee.

Cathy Garcia-Molina was recognized for her works that include recent modern classics like A Very Special Love (2008), One More Chance (2007) and its sequel A Second Chance (2015). And her biggest achievement was last year's blockbuster hit Hello, Love, Goodbye which grossed over 880 Million pesos which is the highest grossing Filipino film of all time in which the second place is also her film The Hows of Us in 2018.

Nick De Ocampo is a film historian and scholar, and an advocate in promoting awareness of Philippine cinema as a professor and resource person. He is an Associate Professor for the University of the Philippines Film Institute College of Mass Communication at U.P. Diliman. and has been recognized through multiple National Book Awards as well as the FAMAS Lifetime Achievement award.

Last but definitely not the least is Ricky Lee, who is a master scriptwriter and author. His most notable work include Himala with Nora Aunor. He has worked with the legends of Philippine cinema like Ishmael Bernal, and Marilou Diaz-Abaya. He also have recent works like Culion and Hindi Tayo Pwede with young and budding directors. He held script writing workshops that continue up to today and has also produced top creatives and directors today. 

The three of them were present to receive their awards and also got a standing ovation from the crowd. The awards given that night shows the continuing efforts of filmmakers, producers, and the FDCP efforts to expand the influence of Pinoy films in the global stage as the industry also celebrates its 100 years.