Ay Ayeng is an indie movie shown in Hawaii and Berlin, but didn’t get much exposure in Manila. It is in the running for several awards in the 57th Annual FAMAS Awards, namely Best Director (Ed Palmos), Best Actress (Heart Evangelista), and others.

Heart Evangelista grabbed the Best Actress trophy at the 57th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Gabi ng Parangal on Oct. 18. She played the role of a teacher in Mountain Province.

Ed Palmos got the Best Director award.

Brillante Mendoza’s second movie in Cannes got him the best director award.
Kinatay is a movie about 24 hours of a policeman’s life. He gets married in the morning then gets to help the older policemen in raping and hacking a prostitute to pieces then spreading the body parts around Manila.
His last year’s movie was Serbis, a movie about a porn theater in where else but Manila.
Previous Cannes entries from the Philippines
1978 Insiang (Lino Brocka)
1980 Jaguar (Lino Brocka)
1981 Bona (Lino Brocka)
1984 Bayan Ko: Kapit Sa Patalim (Lino Brocka)
Mendoza also directed

Tirador …

62nd Cannes International Film Festival
May 13 to 24, 2009
Short Film Corner
Janice Y. Perez’s “Sabongero”
Aissa Peñafiel and Miguel Ocampo’s “Manong Maong” –animated short
Un Certen Regard (URC)
special section in the Main Competition
Raya Martin’s “Indepedencia”
Special screening
Bing Lao’s “Biyaheng Lupa” — soliloquy
Raymond Red’s “Himpapawid”
Adolfo Alix, Jr. and Raya Martin’s “Manila”
Palme d’Or (in Competition)
Brillante (Dante) Mendoza’s “Kinatay” (”Chop Chop”)
Complete List of Finalists:

“Los Abrazos Rotos” (Broken Embraces) by Pedro Almodovar (Spain)
“Fish Tank” by Andrea Arnold (Britain)
“Un Prophete” (A Prophet) by Jacques Audiard (France)
“Vincere” (To Conquer) by Marco Bellocchio (Italy)
“Bright Star” by Jane Campion (New Zealand)
“Map …

He may have found Katrina Halili very tempting in “Gigil,” the forthcoming movie that pairs them for the first time, but Alfred Vargas stressed to the entertainment press, “LJ Reyes is the only woman in my life right now!”

Sumama yata ang loob ni Mike Tan sa pelikula niyang Barang.
Nag-premiere ang initial venture ng Northern Star Production written and directed by Neal Buboy Tan last Monday sa SM North. Late kaming dumating kaya hindi namin nakita kung sinu-sino ang mga nagsidatingang artista although we spotted Mike pati na rin sina Christine Reyes, Ms. Jaclyn Jose and Terence Baylon.
Hindi namin na-sight si Juliana Palermo but then not sure kami kung wala nga siya dahil sa dami ng tao but tita Liza Lorena, a textmate of ours said she …

Final na, Gigil na uli ang title ng launching movie ni Katrina Halili.
Dahil sa naisulat namin dito sa column namin about the papalit-palit na titulo ng unang pelikula rin ni Jun Lana as director, tinawagan kami ni Roselle Monteverde-Teo, Regal Films’ producer and daughter of Mother Lily Monteverde. Ms. Roselle agreed to our reasoning na kung My Girls ang gagamiting final title ng movie, it wouldn’t pertain to Katrina na or even the two female stars na sina Say Alonzo …

Kaleldo (Summer Heat) is neither a thriller nor a horror movie, but it’s opening on Nov. 1. Right after its world premiere in the 1st Rome Film Festival, where it was the opening film of the Extra Section.
The Brillante Mendoza megger for Centerstage Productions also has been invited to the filmfests in Vienna (Oct. 13-25), Hawaii (Oct. 19-Nov. 5), and Cairo (Nov. 28-Dec. 8).
It is about a family orphaned by a mother, 10 years after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. Johnny Delgado plays Mang Rudy, whose meager income is derived …

24th Luna Awards
Best Picture: Blue Moon
Best Director: Joel Lamangan
Best Actress: Zsa Zsa Padilla
Best Actor: Marvin Agustin
Best Supporting Actor: Johnny Delgado (La Visa Loca)
Best Supporting Actress: Hilda Koronel (Nasaan Ka Man)
Best Screenplay: Allan Tijamo (Blue Moon)
Best Cinematography: Charlie Peralta (Nasaan Ka Man)
Best Production Design: Richard Somes (Exodus)
Best Editing: Marya Ignacia (Nasaan Ka Man)
Best Musical Score: Von de Guzman (Blue Moon)
Best Sound: Addis Tabong (Nasaan Ka Man)
Hosts:
Sen. Bong Revilla and Lani Mercado
Marvin Agustin and Jolina Magdangal
Claudine Baretto and John Lloyd Cruz

Nora Aunor goes digital
Manila Standard Today article by Ricky Calderon
Superstar Nora Aunor’s latest movie titled Care Home premiered at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco recently. This is a movie shot using hand-held mini-DV camcorders. The advent of digital movies somehow changed the landscape of Philippine cinema since last year because of their cheaper costs.
Nora did Care Home while the Filipino superstar was undergoing behavior modification program in Los Angeles, in connection with her arrest at the Los Angeles Airport last year because of allegedly carrying a banned …

Cast:
Eddie Garcia
Gloria Romero
Diana Zubiri
Alfred Vargas
Cherry Pie Picache
Keanna Reeves
Joey Marquez