LIST: Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival 2024 unveils award winners

Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival has announced the big award winners for its inaugural edition's awarding ceremony, conducted last March 16 at Gateway Cineplex 18 in Quezon City, PH.

In the festival, six (6) new full-length features and twenty-five (25) student short films participated and screened as part of retail company Puregold’s “unwavering commitment to nurturing promising young Filipino talents”. Among these, films like “Under A Piaya Moon” and “Last Shift” took the top honors as the Best Picture in both the full-length and shorts categories.

Here is the full list of winners announced during the awarding ceremony:

Best Picture winner (Full-length) "Under A Piaya Moon"

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Pinakapanalong Pelikula (Best Picture) – Under A Piaya Moon

Panalong Karangalan Mula Sa Mga Hurado (Special Jury Prize) – Pushcart Tales

Panalong Direktor (Best Director) – Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo, Pushcart Tales

Panalong Aktres (Best Actress) – Shamaine Buencamino, Pushcart Tales

Best Actress (Full-length) winner Shamaine Buencamino of "Pushcart Tales"

Panalong Aktor (Best Actor) – TIE for Jeff Moses, Under A Piaya Moon and Carlos Siguion-Reyna, Pushcart Tales

Panalong Pangalawang Aktres (Best Supporting Actress) – Nicole Omillo, Boys at the Back

Panalong Pangalawang Aktor (Best Supporting Actor) – Joel Torre, Under A Piaya Moon

Panalong Ensemble (Best Ensemble) – Pushcart Tales

Best Actor (Full-length) winners Carlos Siguion-Reyna of "Pushcart Tales" and Jeff Moses of "Under A Piaya Moon"

Panalong Kwento (Best Screenplay) – Raynier F. Brizuela, Boys at the Back

Panalo sa Cinematography (Best Cinematography) – Nathan Bringuer, Under A Piaya Moon

Panalo sa Production Design (Best in Production Design) – Jed Sicangco & Kort Soberano, Under A Piaya Moon

Panalo sa Musical Scoring (Best Original Score) – Owa Marquez, Boys at the Back

Panalo sa Editing (Best Editing) – Rodney Jarder Jr. & Kurt Soberano, Under A Piaya Moon

Panalo sa Sound Design (Best Sound Design) – Nioki Aquino, Pushcart Tales

Panalo sa Film Poster (Best Poster) – Boys at the Back

Panalong Awitin (Best Song) – “Mahal Kita” Sung by VJ Mendoza and Composed by Macky Alca, Road to Happy

Always Panalo Film – A Lab Story

MTRCB’s Responsableng Paglikha Award – Under A Piaya Moon

Mowelfund Film Institute Special Citation – Under A Piaya Moon

Best Picture (Shorts category) winner "Last Shift"

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Pinakapanalong Pelikula (Best Picture) – Last Shift

Panalong Karangalan Mula Sa Mga Hurado (Special Jury Prize) – Text find Dad and Send to 2366

Panalong Direktor (Best Director) – Dizelle C. Masilungan, Kung Nag-aatubili

Panalong Aktres (Best Actress) – Jade Mary Cornelia, Text find Dad and Send to 2366

Panalong Aktor (Best Actor) – TIE for Jules Azaula, Last Shift and Cristmer Valencia, May Kulay Rosas bas a Bahaghari?

Panalong Pangalawang Aktres (Best Supporting Actress) – Maila Rediang, Repeater si Peter

Panalong Pangalawang Aktor (Best Supporting Actor) – TIE for Vince Macapobre, Last Shift and Aiskhylos Akiyama, Kung Nag-aatubili

Panalong Ensemble (Best Ensemble) – Smokey Journey

Panalong Kwento (Best Screenplay) – Ronjay-C Mendiola, Last Shift

Panalo sa Cinematography (Best Cinematography) – Anton Acosta, Kung Nag-aatubili

Panalo sa Production Design (Best in Production Design) – Mikaela Ganaden, Remedy Soup

Panalo sa Musical Scoring (Best Original Score) – Bernie Del Carmen, Smokey Journey

Panalo sa Editing (Best Editing) – Nyle Justin Bacolod, Reutsche Colle Lima & Elj Seth Tababa, Tiil ni Lola

Panalo sa Sound Design (Best Sound Design) – Kzee Flores, May Kulay Rosas ba sa Bahaghari?

Panalo sa Film Poster (Best Poster) – Last Shift

Panalong Awitin (Best Song) – “Balik” by Dixzie Dione Cruel and Composed by Espresso, Tiil ni Lola

Always Panalo Film – Smokey Journey

MTRCB’s Responsableng Paglikha Award – Smokey Journey

Mowelfund Film Institute Special Citation – Ka Benjie

 

The Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival is supported by its esteemed partners, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and the Movie Workers Welfare Foundation (Mowelfund).

The festival is currently running until March 19, 2024. Tickets are available for P300; PWDs, senior citizens, and students can avail of a discounted rate of P240 per film; and festival passes that cover all films can be purchased for P2,000.