Facebook, October 22, 2019

FACINE 26 ANNOUNCES SHORT FILM WINNERS, CITATIONS;

ARBY & CHRISTINE LARANOS'S LIWANAG, LAWRENCE FAJARDO'S MEMORIES OF THE RISING SUN, RALPH QUINCENA'S BISPERAS WIN GOLD;

JUAN CARLO TAROBAL'S NILALANG WINS SILVER;

JOHN ALSEN ESTRELLA'S TAHANAN, KING ABALOS'S MARIA GET BRONZE

Twenty one out of 62 submissions were chosen as finalists. As with the full-length film competition, the short film finalists were screened by a jury of three members, each member rates each film in all categories; the festival director tallies all ratings and selected the winners following through the multiple-winner awards process that subjected the full-length films.

Members of the jury include:

Actress, director, producer Kristine Geolaga (A PERIOD DRAMA, as director, writer and actor; awarded for best female performance at the Sacramento International Asian American Film Festival for Jazmin Jamias's I HATE THE COLOR RED;

Actor, director Theophilus Jamal (ALICE, INTERRUPTED); a community activist who conducts media workshops for urban youth in Chicago;

Curator, cultural organizer Lian Ladia, who finished her MA in Curatorial Studies at the Bard College.

The following is the list of winners and recipients of special citations and nominees:

OUTSTANDING FILM

Gold

LIWANAG, Arby & Tin Films

MEMORIES OF THE RISING SUN, Gabby Fernandez, PD Class 2014, producers

BISPERAS, Sine Panghalina, Scream Play

Silver:

NILALANG, Balbas ni Tarubs Pelikulas, The Collective Film Production

Bronze:

TAHANAN, Benilde Film

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION

Winners

Arby & Christine Larano, LIWANAG

Keith Deligero, BABYLON

Lawrence Fajardo, MEMORIES OF THE RISING SUN

Special Citation

Juan Carlo Tarobal, NILALANG

Nominees

Ralph Quincena, BISPERAS

Arjanmar Rebeta, A BOXING COUNTRY

OUSTANDING WRITING FOR THE SCREEN

Winner

Juan Carlo Tarobal, NILALANG

Special citation

John Bedia, Lawrence Fajardo, MEMORIES OF THE RISING SUN

Nominees

Alsen Estrella, TAHANAN

King Abalos, MARIA

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR

Winner

Jess Evardone, POOT

Nominees

Publio Briones III, WALA'Y HUMAYAN SA TANGLAD

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS

Winners

Jennifer Dadivas, BISPERAS

Ruby Ruiz, MEMORIES OF THE RISING SUN

Nominees

Junyka Santarin, TAHANAN

Anne Valencia, AGAM

Ashley Sarmiento, VIRAL KIDS

OUSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner

Soliman Cruz, VIRAL KIDS

Nominee

Rein Matulan, TAHANAN

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Winner

Tanie Capiral, GRASYA

Nominees

Mari Joy Cacho, TAHANAN

Pau Benitez, BISPERAS

OUSTANDING EDITING

Winners

Miguel Esmeralda, BISPERAS

Lawrence Fajardo, MEMORIES OF THE RISING SUN

Special citation

John Ros, POOT

OUSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winners

Manuel Abanto, Lawrence Fajardo, MEMORIES OF THE RISING SUN

Keith Deligero, BABYLON

John Ros, POOT

Special Citation

Ron Gagamboy, WALA'Y HUMAYAN SA TANGLAD

Martin Andres, A BOXING COUNTRY

OUSTANDING VISUAL DESIGN

Winners

PD Class 2014, MEMORIES OF THE RISING SUN

Gale Osorio, BABYLON

Nominees

Pauline Olarte et al, WALA'Y HUMAYAN SA TANGLAD

Boni Juan, POOT

Alexy Bermundo, Andrea Rigor, BISPERAS

Khaye Medina, Lavisha Jusayan, A BOXING COUNTRY

OUSTANDING AURAL DESIGN

Winner

Idden de los Reyes, Keith Deligero, Zalde Lapina, Danny Caing, BABYLON

Special Citation

Nicholas Valera, Lorenzo Ouano, WALA'Y HUMAYAN SA TANGLAD

Congratulations

to all the winners and nominees.

Thank you to all participating filmmakers and producers!

Mabuhay ang pelikulang Filipino!

Long live Filipino cinema!

FACINE expresses its gratitude to all our community partners, patrons, donors and volunteers. On a personal note, I thank all members of the jury for both the full-length and short films and the FACINE team who continues to strive for professionalism and excellence in the work of the group and the festival.

- Mauro Feria Tumbocon Jr, Founder/Artistic Director, FACINE

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