This past Sunday saw the best
from the Philippine movie industry honored by the Philippine Movie Press Club
in the 36th edition of the Star Awards for Movies. Due to the
ongoing presence of the COVID pandemic in the country the awards ceremony was a
virtual event. Even telling is that some of the films and performers that were
nominated in these Star Awards were from productions as far back as 2019, before
the pandemic took the world by storm. Still, the winning nominees awarded by
the PMPC are quite the formidable ensemble, even if circumstances changed how
their films were accessed by local audiences.
Inquirer.net has it that the 2019 pre-pandemic Star Cinema film “Hello,
Love, Goodbye” walked away with five accolades from this year’s PMPC Star
Awards for Movies. “Movie of the Year” was a given, as was “Actor of the Year”
for Alden Richards. “Actress of the Year” however was bagged by veteran star
Sylvia Sanchez for “Jesusa,” shutting out Alden’s Kapamilya costar Kathryn
Bernardo. Nevertheless, “Hello, Love Goodbye” was a powerful contender due to also
winning “Supporting Actress” (Maricel Laxa), “Screenwriter” (Cathy Garcia-Molina,
Carmi Raymundo, Rona Co), and “Love Team” (Kathryn and Alden, though thankfully
not to concern the KathNiel fans).
Another multi-Star Awardee for
the 2021 ceremony is a fellow pre-pandemic production, with Solar Pictures’ “Mindanao”
starring Judy-Ann Santos being named “Indie Movie of the Year.” Juday herself
got no awards but the film claimed two other Indie-related category victories
in score and production design. Ricky Davao was “Supporting Actor of the Year”
thanks to his role in “Fuccbois,” Xia Vigor from “Miracle in Cell No. 7” won as
“Child Performer” for her performance opposite Aga Muhlach as daughter-father
tandem. Said movie also got the nod for “Movie Ensemble Acting.”
The virtual presentation of the 36th
PMPC Star Awards for Movies this 2021 was made available in video format on
social media, particularly the PMPC’s official Facebook page just this
September 26. For more information on the other winners, check out the video
available here.
Image from Philippine Entertainment Portal
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