Lantawan Socsksargen FILM Festival List of Winners

Lantawan Socsksargen Film Festival's theme "A showcase of films which reflect our collective endeavor as progressive region: an avenue of progress, taking a perspective of the world."

Sine Mindanaw Category
Best Film
Nominees:

• Nilusak
• Ang Pagpukaw sa akong Damgo
• Pahiyom ni Boye

Winner: Ang Pagpukaw Sa Akong Damgo
For soaring into poetic flights about love, loss and redemption, using real geographies, as well as cutting edge mobile phone technology

Special Citation:
Apasol
Two young men are brought together and torn asunder by a Tree of Life and Lies, in this unjudgemental, totally unselfconscious gem about acceptance

Sine SOCSKSARGEN Category

Best Sound
Winner: Hulagway sa Mamumuno
- for the competent sound quality that makes for an effective thriller

Best Production Design
Nominees: 

• Angelo ang Batang Ama
• Hulagway sa Mamumuno
• Mga Patay nga Bitoon

Winner: Hulagway sa Mamumuno
- for its commendable art direction, incorporating design elements that are appropriate for its genre

Best Editing
Nominees: 

• Adriel Kyle Evidente “Angelo ang Batang Ama”
• Bryan Wong “Hulagway sa Mamumuno”
• Kit Harvey Caubalejo “Lafis ni Efung”

Winner: Bryan Wong “Hulagway sa Mamumuno”
- for providing the tempo and rhythm to its tight narrative

Best Cinematography
Nominees: 

• Adriel Kyle Evidente “Angelo ang Batang Ama” 
• Bryan Wong “Hulagway sa Mamumuno” 
• Billy Jay Limos & Mark Yap “Puting Panyo”
• Kit Harvey Caubalejo “Lafis ni Efung”

Winner: Kit Harvey Caubalejo “Lafis ni Efung” 
- for its creative visualization of its simple story, adding a poetic element to the narrative

Best Screenplay
Nominees: 

• Aloha Mae Tolentino “Angelo ang Batang Ama” 
• Bryan Wong “Hulagway sa Mamumuno” 
• Mark Daniel De Leon “Puting Panyo”

Winner: Aloha Mae Tolentino “Angelo ang Batang Ama”
- for imparting a humane quality to a particular social issue where its twist in the end manages to surprise

Best Actor 
Co-winners: Kris Evidente “Angelo ang Batang Ama”
Daryl John Rey Batilo “Puting Panyo”
- for the poignant but unsentimental essaying of a young man’s unflinching devotion to his family… (Angelo ang Batang Ama)
- for his effortless & consistent portrayal of a befuddled lover whose illusions eventually get shattered… (Puting Panyo)

Best Actress: 
Co-winners: Christine Lapidez “Kaugmaon”
Astrid Hernandez “Mga Patay na Bitoon”
- for her subtle and refreshing portrayal of a young girl pushed to an extreme end (Kaugmaon)
- for capturing the many moods and levels of a girl in love with love (Mga Patay Nga Bitoon)

Best Director
Nominees: 

• Adriel Kyle Evidente & Romeo Geraldez III “Angelo ang Batang Ama”
• Bryan Wong “Hulagway sa Mamumuno” 
• Jodan Manua “Lafis ni Efung”

Winner: Hulagway sa Mamumuno
- for its consistent handling of its creative and technical aspects that reflect a filmmaker’s control of his material and potential for future film projects;

Best Film
Nominees: 

• Angelo ang Batang Ama
• Hulagway sa Mamumuno 
• Lafis ni Efung

Winner: Lafis ni Efung
- for its deceptively uncluttered plot in its portrayal of a young protagonist in a journey, both physical and psychological, that slowly unravels layers of meanings in a humane and simple way

Jury Members:
Ed Lejano, Tito Valiente & Ed Cabagnot