Super Kaloy: December 2012

The 38th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) Awards Night was held at the Meralco Theater in Pasig City hosted by Kris Aquino and KC Concepcion on December 27, 2012.

Nora Aunor bagged the Best Actress and Dingdong Dantes won Best Actor for the second consecutive year (he was 2011 MMFF Best Actor for "Segunda Mano").

On the other hand, Brillante Mendoza won Best Director for "Thy Womb" while "One More Try" won the Best Picture.

Most of the awards were collected by three films namely "Thy Womb," "El Presidente" and "One More Try."

Here's the 2012 MMFF complete list of winners:

Best Float: "El Presidente"
Youth Choice Award: "El Presidente"
Best Child Star: Miguel Vergara, "One More Try"
Best Sound: Michael Idioma, "El Presidente"
Best Musical Score: Jessie Lasaten, "El Presidente"
Best Theme Song: apl.de.ap and Jamir Garcia, "El Presidente"
Best Make-up: Warren Munar, "El Presidente" by Warren Munar & company
Best Special Fffects: "Shake, Rattle & Roll 14: The Invasion"
Best Production Design: Brillante Mendoza, "Thy Womb"
Best Editing: Vito Kahili, "One More Try"
Best Cinematography: Odyssey Flores, "Thy Womb"
Best Supporting Actor: Cesar Montano, "El Presidente"
Best Supporting Actress: Wilma Doesnt, "Sisterakas"
Best Original Story: Henry Burgos, "Thy Womb"
Best Screenplay: Anna Ramos, "One More Try"
Best Director: Brillante Mendoza, "Thy Womb"
3rd Best Picture: "Sisterakas"
2nd Best Picture: "El Presidente"
Best Picture: "One More Try"
Best Actor: Dingdong Dantes, "One More Try"
Best Actress: Nora Aunor, "Thy Womb"

New Wave Films Category
New Wave Best Actor: Alan Paule, "Gayak"
New Wave Best Actress: Liza Diño, "In Nomine Matris"
New Wave Best Director: Tyrone Acierto, "The Grave Bandits"
New Wave Best Film: Tyrone Acierto's "The Grave Bandits."
New Wave Special Jury: Armando "Bing" Lao's "Ad Ignorantiam"

Student Short Films Category
Best Short Film: "Pukpok" (DLSU)
Most Gender Sensitive Film Award: "Manibela" (FEU)
Special Jury Prize: "Tagad" (USC)

Special Awards
Gender Sensitivity Special Award (New Wave): "In Nomine Matris"
Gender Sensitivity Special Award (Mainstream): "Thy Womb"
Gender Sensitivity Special Award (Shorts): "Manibela"
FPJ Memorial Award: "One More Try"
Gatpuno Villegas Award: "Thy Womb"

Other Awards
Stars of the Night: Nora Aunor and Joseph Estrada
SMDC Male Celebrity of the Night: Zanjoe Marudo
SMDC Female Celebrity of the Night: Bianca King

Congratulations!!! ^^

There are a lot of things that happened this year that left a mark. Here’s my top picks countdown:

10. The impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona who was been convicted and removed from office; a one of a kind in the Philippine history. And yeah, the hospital arrest of former president Gloria Arroyo. Also, the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro between the Philippine Government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front. And of course, the ending of the world on December 21, 2012.

9. Major calamities that injured the Philippines. An earthquake with a magnitude of around 6.9 in Negros and Cebu and a thousand aftershocks in a month. People thought there would be a tsunami. And after days and/or weeks, there were even scattered non-related quakes in the country like the magnitude 7.9 undersea quake in eartern Philippines which caused landslides, damage on buildings and highways. And the Typhoon Pablo with International name Bopha hits Southern Philippines with major damages at Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental which killed a thousand people with a thousand homeless.

8. The Philippines was shocked about the illness and the death of the King of Comedy Dolphy and the plane accident of DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo.

7. Another Filipino act, Jessica Sanchez won as runnerup on the American Idol Season 11. And also Binibining Pilipinas-Universe Janine Tugonon was hailed Miss Universe 2012 1st runner-up.

6. The third party syndrome in Philippine TV and movies. After the hit of No Other Woman came The Mistress and A Secret Affair with third party themed television series like Temptation of a Wife, Two Wives and many more others which makes mistresses famous these days.

5. The canonization of the second Filipino saint, Pedro Calungsod at the Vatican City. And the tagged as "A Wedding Like No Other" by nuptials Carmina Villaruel and Zoren Legaspi.

4. The defeat of the Pound for pound King Pacman against Bradley in the controversial split decision and his sensational knockout against Marquez in their fourth fight. But The Filipino Flash knocked-out Arce which uplifts our boxing pride and is ESPN's Boxer of the Year.

3. The Cybercrime Prevention Act was put into law with netizens expressing their protests and Anonymous Philippines hacking government websites.

2. #Sottocopy and #Sinotto buzzed Twitter trending topics for Tito Sotto's plagiarism act during a speech on RH Bill issue. Also, the #Amalayer hashtag on Paula Salvosa vs. LRT guard incident goes viral with parodies.

1. Korean rapper Psy’s Gangnam Style became a nationwide dance craze uplifting the Korean pop music around the globe which also hit a billion views in youtube over Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe which was the much-parodied single this year.

Oppa gangnam style heyo sexy lady…. oh oh oh....

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