DAVAO filmmaker Arnel Mardoquio bagged five awards in the Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival held last Saturday at the ABS-CBN Dolphy Theater in Quezon City.
Mardoquio made it big with his latest “Riddles of my Homecoming,” hauling off five awards, including Best Director, in the Currents Category of the awards ceremony.
His film also got the award for Best Music, which was done by fellow Dabawenya Gauss Obenza. It also got the Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and the Jury Award.
Other winners in the Currents Category are:
Best Film - “Bukas na lang Sapagka’t Gabi Na” by Jet Leyco
Best Actor - Rayver Cruz, Matteo Gudicelli, Joseph Marco (“Saturday Night Chills”)
Best Actress - Vivian Velez (“Bendor”)
Best Supporting Actress - Anna Luna (“Bendor”)
Best Supporting Actor - Peque Gallaga (“Woman of the Ruins”)
Best Sound - “Islands”
Best Music - “Riddles of My Homecoming”
Best Editing - “Saturday Night Chills”
Best Production Design - “Riddles of My Homecoming”
Best Cinematography - “Riddles of My Homecoming"
Best Screenplay - “Bukas na lang Sapagka't Gabi Na”
Other winners in the Plus Category are:
Best Film - “Ang Alamat ni China Doll” by Adolfo Alix Jr.
Best Director - Borgy Torre (“Kabisera”)
Best Actor - Joel Torre (“Kabisera”)
Best Actress - Angelica Panganiban (“Ang Alamat ni China Doll”)
Best Supporting Actress - Bing Pimentel ("Kabisera")
Best Supporting Actor - David Chua ("Saturday Night Chills")
Best Sound - “Alamat ni China Doll”
Best Music - “Alamat ni China Doll”
Best Editing - “Alamat ni China Doll”
Best Production Design - “Blue Bustamante”
Best Cinematography - “Alamat ni China Doll”
Best Screenplay - "Sitio" by Mes De Guzman
Jury Award - “Sitio”
The five films under the Cinema One Plus category are:
1. Alamat ni China Doll by Adolf Alix Jr.
2. Kabisera by Alfonso “Borgy” Torre III’s
3. Sitio by Mes de Guzman
4. Woman of the Ruins by Keith Sicat
5. Blue Bustamante by Miko Livelo
The ten films under Cinema One Currents category are:
1. Angustia by Kristian Cordero, Alex Medina and Maria Isabel Lopez
2. Saturday Night Chills by Ian Loreños
3. Bendor by Ralston Jover
4. Shift by Siege Ledesma
5. A Philippino Story by Benjie Garcia
6. Islands by Whammy Alcazaren
7. Bukas Na Lang Sapagkat Gabi Na by Jet Leyco
8. Iskalawags by Keith Deligero
9. Ang Pagbabalat Ng Ahas by Timmy Harn
10. Riddles of my Homecoming by Arnel Mardoquio
Veteran director Elwood Perez and renowned film producer Lily Monteverde were also given video tributes and were awarded with the Philippine Cinema One Originals Award for their contribution to Pinoy cinema.
Davao filmmaker Sherad Anthony Sanchez had one of the Best Film Awards in 2006 and 2008 for his “Huling Balyan ng Buhi” and “Imburnal.”