Nine wins for 'Tanabata's Wife' at 3rd ToFarm fest
Published Sep 17, 2018 10:43 am
A period romance story of a Japanese immigrant farmer and a young Bontok farmhand in La Trinidad Valley bagged no less than nine trophies at the ToFarm Film Festival awards ceremony held at Makati Shangri-La Hotel over the weekend.
(FROM LEFT): Director Hubert Tibi, Richard Quan, Mai Fanglayan,
and Miyuki Kamimura, BFC Managing Director and Founder Here’s the complete list of winners: BEST PICTURE – “Tanabata’s Wife” 2nd BEST PICTURE – “1957” 3rd BEST PICTURE – “Alimuom” BEST DIRECTOR – Charlson Ong, Lito Casaje, Choy Pangilinan (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST ACTRESS – Mai Fanglayan (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST ACTOR – Japanese actor Miyuki Kamimura (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (tie) – Bayang Barrios (“Kauyagan”) and Gilleth Sandico (“Sol Searching”) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Richard Quan (“1957”) BEST STORY – Hubert Tibi (“1957”) BEST SCREENPLAY – Charlson Ong, Choy Pangilinan, Mao Portus, Juan Carlo Tarobal (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Nap Jamir (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST EDITING – May-I Padilla (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – Martin Asadao (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST MUSICAL SCORE – Kurt Ayeo-eo Lumbag Alalag, May-I Guia Padilla, Marc Tan (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST SOUND – Immanuel Verona (“Mga Anak Ng Kamote”) PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD – “Sol Searching” MARYO J. MEMORIAL AWARDS – for the Short Film Category: BEST SHORT FILM – “Panginoong May Lupa” 2nd BEST SHORT FILM – “Kaluguran Da Ka” 3rd BEST SHORT FILM – “Tahanan Ng Isang Magsasaka” SPECIAL AWARD – Robert Arevalo as long-time celebrity farmer Best Actress winner Mai Fanglayan hails from Baguio City and “Tanabata’s Wife” is her first film ever. Best Actor winner Miyuki Kamimura is a Japanese actor. After 25 years, Richard Quan finally bagged his second acting award. His first was for the film “Saan Ka Man Naroroon” as New Actor of the Yearfrom another award-giving body. Among the performers at the ToFarm awards ceremonies were Dulce and Bituin Escalante, who sang a musical tribute for the late director Maryo J. Delos Reyes, original festival director on its first two years. (Report and photo by Mell T. Navarro)
(FROM LEFT): Director Hubert Tibi, Richard Quan, Mai Fanglayan,and Miyuki Kamimura, BFC Managing Director and Founder Here’s the complete list of winners: BEST PICTURE – “Tanabata’s Wife” 2nd BEST PICTURE – “1957” 3rd BEST PICTURE – “Alimuom” BEST DIRECTOR – Charlson Ong, Lito Casaje, Choy Pangilinan (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST ACTRESS – Mai Fanglayan (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST ACTOR – Japanese actor Miyuki Kamimura (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (tie) – Bayang Barrios (“Kauyagan”) and Gilleth Sandico (“Sol Searching”) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Richard Quan (“1957”) BEST STORY – Hubert Tibi (“1957”) BEST SCREENPLAY – Charlson Ong, Choy Pangilinan, Mao Portus, Juan Carlo Tarobal (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Nap Jamir (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST EDITING – May-I Padilla (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – Martin Asadao (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST MUSICAL SCORE – Kurt Ayeo-eo Lumbag Alalag, May-I Guia Padilla, Marc Tan (“Tanabata’s Wife”) BEST SOUND – Immanuel Verona (“Mga Anak Ng Kamote”) PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD – “Sol Searching” MARYO J. MEMORIAL AWARDS – for the Short Film Category: BEST SHORT FILM – “Panginoong May Lupa” 2nd BEST SHORT FILM – “Kaluguran Da Ka” 3rd BEST SHORT FILM – “Tahanan Ng Isang Magsasaka” SPECIAL AWARD – Robert Arevalo as long-time celebrity farmer Best Actress winner Mai Fanglayan hails from Baguio City and “Tanabata’s Wife” is her first film ever. Best Actor winner Miyuki Kamimura is a Japanese actor. After 25 years, Richard Quan finally bagged his second acting award. His first was for the film “Saan Ka Man Naroroon” as New Actor of the Yearfrom another award-giving body. Among the performers at the ToFarm awards ceremonies were Dulce and Bituin Escalante, who sang a musical tribute for the late director Maryo J. Delos Reyes, original festival director on its first two years. (Report and photo by Mell T. Navarro)