Showcasing Pinoy culture and Negros Occidental‘s iconic Filipino pastry – piaya – was the running background in the inaugural Puregold CinePanalo Awards Night big winner -“Under a Piaya Moon”, who brought home Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival‘s coveted Pinakapanalong Pelikula award!
While the above-mentioned movie is from the full-length category, budding film-makers also shone as “Last Shift” bagged the same award in the short-film category, held last March 16, 2024, at the Gateway Cineplex 18.
Big & Panalong Winners
The event was an emotional night as both established names as well as young up-and-comers received different recognitions for their exceptional efforts in various categories.
In the former, Kurt Soberano’s debut feature “Under a Piaya Moon” left the biggest impact as it bagged 6 awards including the coveted Panalong Aktor and Panalong Pangalawang Aktor. Close behind was Sigrid Andrea Bernardo’s “Pushcart Tales” which left with 4 awards including Panalong Direktor and Panalong Karangalan Mula sa Mga Hurado.
Panalong Student Shorts
Meanwhile among the student shorts, Ronjay-C Mendiola’s “Last Shift” achieved the most accolades, winning 5 awards through the night including Panalong Aktor and Panalong Pangalawang Aktor.
Diezelle Masilungan’s “Kung Nag-aatubili” also impressed with a total of 4 awards including Panalong Direktor and a tie for Panalong Pangalawang Aktor.
Award winners were selected by an esteemed jury of judges. Victor Villanueva, Emmanuel dela Cruz, Lito Zulueta, served as the jury for the short film category while Jeffery Jeturian, Mae Cruz-Alviar, and June Kim served for the full-length category. Festival directors Ivy Hayagan-Piedad and Chris Cahilig alongside Republic Creative’s Lyle Gonzales served on both juries.
Special Recognitions from MTRCB and Mowelfund
Representatives from festival partners MTRCB and Mowelfund were also in attendance to award special prizes to exceptional film entries.
“Smokey Journey,” “Tiil ni Lola,” and “Kung Nag-aatubili” received first, second, and third prize respectively in the MTRCB Responsableng Paglikha short-film category, while “Under a Piaya Moon” took home the award in the full-length category.
Mowelfund also gave out special citations for “Ka Benjie” in the short film category and “Under a Piaya Moon” in the full-length category. They also gave away 10 scholarships to the most promising student filmmakers who participated in the festival.
Screenings of the festival films will also have an extended run at Gateway 2 Cinemas starting on March 20, Wednesday.
Puregold CinePanalo Awards Night Winners
The full list of award winners is as follows:
PINAKAPANALONG PELIKULA
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- Full-length: “Under a Piaya Moon”
- Short Film: “Last Shift”
ALWAYS PANALO FILM
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- Full-length: “A Lab Story”
- Short Film: “Smokey Journey”
PANALONG DIREKTOR
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- Full-length: Sigrid Andrea Bernardo, “Pushcart Tales”
- Short Film: Dizelle Masilungan, “Kung Nag-aatubili”
PANALONG AKTRES
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- Full-length: Shamaine Buencamino, “Pushcart Tales”
- Short Film: Jade Mary Cornelia, “Text FIND DAD and Send to 2366”
PANALONG AKTOR
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- Full-length: Carlos Siguion-Reyna, “Pushcart Tales,” and Jeff Moses, “Under a Piaya Moon”
- Short Film: Jules Azaula, “Last Shift,” and Cristmer Valencia, “May Kulay Rosas Ba sa Bahaghari?”
PANALONG KARANGALAN MULA SA MGA HURADO
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- Full-length: “Pushcart Tales”
- Short Film: “Text FIND DAD and Send to 2366”
PANALO SA MGA MANONOOD
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- Full-length: “A Lab Story”
- Short Film: “Saan Ako Pinaglihi?”
PANALONG PANGALAWANG AKTRES
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- Full-length: Nicole Omillo, “Boys at the Back”
- Short Film: Maila Rediang, “Repeater si Peter”
PANALONG PANGALAWANG AKTOR
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- Full-length: Joel Torre, “Under a Piaya Moon”
- Short Film: Vince Macapobre, “Last Shift,” and Aiskhylos Akiyama, “Kung Nag-aatubili”
PANALONG KWENTO
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- Full-length: Raynier F. Brizuela, “Boys at the Back”
- Short Film: Ronjay-C Mendiola, “Last Shift”
MOWELFUND SPECIAL CITATION
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- Full-length: “Under a Piaya Moon”
- Short Film: “Ka Benjie”
MOWELFUND SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
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- Kent Michael Cadungog, “Text FIND DAD and Send to 2366”
- Jenievive Adame, “Smokey Journey”
- Daniel Gil, “Distansya”
- John Llever Sucaldito, “Tambal nga Sabaw”
- Reutsche Colle Rigurosa Lima, “Till ni Lola”
- Alexa Moneii Agaloos, “Ka Benjie”
- John Pistol Carmen, “Repeater si Peter”)
- Dizelle Masilungan, “Kung Nag-aatubill”)
- Joshua Andrey Doce, “I Am Mutya and I Thank You!”
- Marian Jayce Tiongzon, “May Kulay Rosas Ba Sa Bahaghari?”
MTRCB RESPONSABLENG PAGLIKHA
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- Full-length: “Under a Piaya Moon”
- Short Film
1st Place: “Smokey Journey”
2nd Place: “Tiil ni Lola”
3rd Place: “Kung Nag-aatubili”
PANALO SA CINEMATOGRAPHY
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- Full-length: Nathan Bringuer, “Under a Piaya Moon”
- Short Film: Anton Acosta, “Kung Nag-aatubili”
PANALO SA PRODUCTION DESIGN
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- Full-Length: Kurt Soberano and Jed Sicangco, “Under a Piaya Moon”
- Short Film: Mikaela Ganaden, “Remedy Soup”
PANALONG AWITIN
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- Full-length: “Mahal Kita” by VJ Mendoza, “Road to Happy”
- Short Film: “Balik” by Dixzie Dione Cruel, “Tiil ni Lola”
PANALONG ENSEMBLE
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- Full-length: “Pushcart Tales”
- Short Film: “Smokey Journey”
PANALO SA MUSICAL SCORING
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- Full-length: Owa Marquez, “Boys at the Back”
- Short Film: Bernie del Carmen, “Smokey Journey”
PANALO SA EDITING
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- Full-length: Kurt Soberano and Rodney Jarder Jr., “Under a Piaya Moon”
- Short Film: Reutsche Colle Lima, Nyle Justin Bacolod, and Elj Seth Tababa, “Tiil ni Lola”
PANALO SA SOUND DESIGN
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- Full-length: Nioki Aquino, “Pushcart Tales”
- Short Film: Kzee Flores, “May Kulay Rosas Ba sa Bahaghari?”
PANALO SA FILM POSTER
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- Full-length: “Boys at the Back”
- Short Film: “Last Shift”
Congratulations to all the Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival winners! The Filipino movie industry are also winners in this endeavor. Kudos to Puregold in forwarding this advocacy through ‘Puregold CinePanalo‘.
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