1994_Metro_Manila_Film_Festival

1994 Metro Manila Film Festival

1994 Metro Manila Film Festival

Film festival edition

The 20th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in December 1994. This film festival is notable because no film won the award for Best Picture, the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. When asked on the absence of these awards, Board of Jurors chairman Alejandro Roces stated that none of the entries during that year were deserving of the awards.[1][2] Furthermore, this film festival is different from the Manila Film Festival (MFF) that took place earlier that year, which was marked by a scandal over the recipient of the Best Actor and Best Actress award.[3][4]

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Entries

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Winners and nominees

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Jaime Fabregas, Best Music winner.
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Multiple awards

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Ceremony information

Lack of award-winners

During the "Gabi ng Parangal" held in PICC, December 27 of Tuesday night, Alejandro Roces, chairman of the Board of Jurors announced that: "none of the entries was deserving". Therefore, the six major awards (Three Best Pictures, Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards, Best Director, and Best Screenplay) were not given.[4][6][7][8][9] Manila Standard columnist Emil P. Jurado praised the jurors' decision not to give out the major awards, stating that "[u]nless and until our filmmakers raise their professional and moral standards, the festival serves no purpose."[10]

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Most of the major awards were not given including the "Best Picture" category.
  2. [N 2]
    The following categories are not given: "Best Picture", "Second Best Picture", "Third Best Picture", "Best Director", "Best Screenplay", "Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards".

References

  1. [1]
    "THE 1994 METRO MANILA FILM FESTIVAL: NO BEST PICTURE; ROI VINZON, BEST ACTOR". Video 48.
  2. [2]
    "A look at the past MMFF controversies". ABS-CBN News.
  3. [3]
    "Metro Manila Film Festival: Awards for 1994". Internet Movie Database.
  4. [4]
    Lo, Ricky. "Metro Filmfest: No switching this time, but where are the awards?". The Philippine Star. December 29, 1994. Newspaper Print.
  5. [5]
    Japitana, Norma (January 4, 1995). "Metro filmfest: A ho-hum affair". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. p. 22. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Through the years: Controversies in the MMFF". Business World Online. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  7. [7]
    "A look at the past MMFF controversies". ABS-CBN. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  8. [8]
    "Looking Back: Showbiz scandals that raised public outcry" Archived April 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Pep.ph Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  9. [9]
    "Filipino Actress Steals The Show". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  10. [10]
    Jurado, Emil P. (January 5, 1995). "A major Supreme Court decision". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. p. 11. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
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