Roll of Honor

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December 2 - Thursday
December 3 - Friday
December 4 - Saturday
December 5 - Sunday
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1999

• First CINEMANILA was launched in July 1999

• Award-winning cinematographer Christopher Doyle (Hero, Last Life in the Universe, 2046) conducted a lecture on cinematography

• Adoor Gopalakrishna. The Servile, Monologue, The Walls (India) was honored/featured Director in Focus

• Lino Brocka Award: Leaf on a Pillow by Garin Nugroho’s (Indonesia)

• Grand Jury Prize: The Terrorist by Santosh Sivan (India)

• NETPAC Jury Award: Birth of a Butterfly by Mojtaba Raei (Iran) and Pila Balde by Jeffrey Jeturian (Philippines)

• Best Short Film: Father’s Toys by Carol Miu-Suiet Lai (Hong Kong)

2000

• Saw the rise of 8arts.com – Asia’s first digital film website

• Alternative films competed for the first time for the Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema

• Tribute to Majid Majidi (Iran)

• Lino Brocka Award: Colour of Paradise by Majid Majidi (Iran)

• Grand Jury Prize: Yana’s Friends by Arik Kaplun (Israel)

• Best Actress: Evelyne Kaplun for Yana’s Friends (Israel)

• Best Documentary Film: Punitive Damage by Annie Goldson (New Zealand)

• Best Short Film: The Offering by Paul Lee (Canada)

• Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema: Buwan by Peter Chua

2001

• Tribute to Nonzee Nimibutr, Nang Nak, Jan Dara, Dang Birely’s

• Earned its reputation as the Philippines’ premiere international film festival with the presence of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as guest of Honor

• Lino Brocka Award: Firefly Dreams by John Williams (Japan)

• Grand Jury Prize: Roads and Bridges by Abraham Lim (USA)

• Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema Award: Batang West Side by Lav Diaz (Philippines)

• Special Recognition Award for Career Achievement: Charlotte Rampling, Screen Actress (UK)

• Best Short Film: Sand by Percy Fuentes (Canada)

• Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema: Batang Trapo by Mes de Guzman

2002

• Cinemanila-ASEF Film Development Plan was launched

• Scriptwriting Competition

• Direct Action Cinema workshop conducted by Rob Nilsson (Cannes’ Camera d’Or winner, Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner)

• Cinematography workshop conducted by French Cinematographer and Screenwriter Pierre-William Glenn

• Grand Prize Lino Brocka Award: Atanarjuat the Fast Runner by Zacharias Kunuk (Canada) and What Time Is It There? by Tsai Ming-Iiang (Taiwan)

• Grand Jury Prize: Seafood by Zhu Wen (China)

• Special Jury Prize: Una casa con vista al mar by Alberto Alvero (Venezuela)

• Kodak Vision Award for Technical Excellence in Cinematography: What Time Is It There? by Tsai Ming-Iiang (Taiwan)

• Best Actor: Lee Kang-sheng for What Time Is It There? (Taiwan) and Alejandro Trejo for Taxi Para Tres (Chile)

• Best Screenplay: Orlando Lubbert for Taxi Para Tres (Chile)

• Best Actress: Aoi Miyasaki for Harmful Insect (Japan)

• NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film: Hollywood Hong Kong by Fruit Chan (Hong Kong) and Harmful Insect by Akihiko Shiota (Japan)

• Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema: Lolo’s Child by Romeo Candido

• Best Short Film: Batinglaw by Lawrence Cordero

• Best Documentary: Case of Wilkie Duran Monte: Toxic Chemical Victim by Minnie Solomon Crouse

• Scriptwriting Competition Grand Jury Prize: James Arnold B. Ladioray, Cut and Mario O’Hara, Hocloban

• Scriptwriting Competition Special Jury Prize: Anton Juan, Ugat Nating Lahat and Peter Solis Nery, Buyong

2003

• Asia-Europe Scriptlab

• Tribute to Filipino-American Hollywood celebrities Lou Diamond Phillips, Tia Carrere, Dean Devlin, Fritz Friedman and Rob Schneider

• Cinemanila graced by Fernando Meirelles (City of God, Constant Gardner, Blindness) and Lou Diamond Phillips, Tia Carrere and Fritz Friedman

• Christine Hakim (Indonesian actress and activist) attended festival to receive Lifetime Achievement award

• Grand Prize Lino Brocka Award: Uzak (Distant) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)

• Grand Jury Prize: City of God by Fernando Meirelles (Brazil) and The Blessing Bell by Sabu II (Japan)

• Special Jury Prize: Whale Rider by Niki Caro (New Zealand)

• Best Actor: David Gulpilil, The Tracker (Australia)

• Best Screenplay: Divine Intervention by Elia Suleiman (Palestine) and Mr. and Mrs. Iyer by Aparna Sen (India)

• Best Actress: Vilma Santos, Dekada ‘70 (Philippines)

• NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film: Divine Intervention by Elia Suleiman of Palestine

• Best Short Film: Liyab (Flames) by Sockie Fernandez

• Best Documentary: Riles (Life on the Tracks) by Ditsi Carolino

• Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema: Binyag (Baptism) by Mariami Tanangco

2004

• Boracay International Co-Production Meeting in cooperation with Goteborg Film Festival Fund and Hubert Bals Fund

• Film Projects Winners: Pin Ball by Han Yew Kwan (Singapore) and Heremias by Lav Diaz (Philippines)

• Other participants: Auraeus Solito, Raymond Lee, Khavn dela Cruz

• Director in Focus: Jafar Panahi, who attended the festival

• Grand Prize Lino Brocka Award: Vibrator by Ryuichi Hiroki (Japan)

• Grand Jury Prize: Roads Koktebel by Boris Khlenikov and Alexel Popogrebsky (Russia) and August Sun by Prassana Vithanage (Sri Lanka)

• Best Actor: Nikolaj Lie Kaas Recontruction (Denmark) and Gleb Puskepalis in Roads to Koktebel (Russia)

• Best Actress: Katherine Luna, Babae sa Breakwater (Philippines) and Marina Golbahari, Osama (Afghanistan)

• NETPAC Award: Min, Ho Yuhang (Malaysia)

• Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema: Bakasyon, Raya Martin (Philippines)

• Best Short Film: Balikbayan (USA/Philippines)

• Best Documentary: Trollywood by Madeleine Farley (UK/USA)

2005

• Lifetime Achievement Award : Kim Dong Ho

• Tributes to : Roger Corman and Yonfan

• Director in Focus: Raymond Red

• Launched Digital Lokal

• Grand Prize Lino Brocka Award: The President’s Last Bang by Im-Sang Soo (Korea)

• Grand Jury Prize: In Casablanca, Angels Don’t Fly by Mohammed Asli (Morocco)

• Best Actor (International): Krystyna Feldman, My Nikifor (Poland)

• Best Actress (International): Fatoumata Coulibaly, Moolaade (Senegal)

• Best Documentary: Children of Leningradsky by Hanna Polak and Andrzei Celinski (Poland)

• Best Picture (Lokal): 1st Prize – Tuli by Auraeus Solito, 2nd Prize – Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong by Mes de Guzman, 3rd Prize – Ala Verde Ala Pobre by Briccio Santos

• Best Screenplay: Jorge Arago and Briccio Santos, Ala Verde Ala Pobre

• Best Actor: Bo Vicencio, Ala Verde Ala Pobre

• Best Actress: Ana Capri, Ala Verde Ala Pobre

• Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema: Salat, John Torres (Philippines)

• Best Short Film: Salat (Philippines)

2006

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Aruna Vasudev and Philip Cheah

• Awards Night in Malacañang Palace with President GMA

• Grand Prize Lino Brocka Award (International Competition): Kubrador by Jeffrey Jeturian (Philippines)

• Special Jury Prize (International Competition): Everlasting Regret by Stanley Kwan (Hong Kong)

• Best Actor (International Competition): Alexei Chadov, 9th Company (Russia/Ukraine/Finland)

• Best Actress (International Competition): Lee Young-ae, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (South Korea)

• Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema: Jobin Ballesteros, Ballad of Mimiong Minion

• Best Short Film: Hopia Express by Janus Victoria

• Best Documentary: Paper Dolls by Tomer Heymann (Israel)

• Digital Lokal Grand Prize: Manoro by Brillante Mendoza

• Digital Lokal Jury Prize: Squatterpunk by Khavn Dela Cruz

• Best Director (Digital Lokal): Brillante Mendoza for Manoro

• Best Actress (Digital Lokal): Maricel Soriano for Numbalikdiwa

• Best Actor (Digital Lokal): Archie Adamos for Raket ni Nanay

• Audience Favorite Awards (Digital Lokal): Numbalikdiwa by Bobby Bonifacio, Jr. and Anino ng Setyembre by Briccio Santos

2007

• Hollywood icon and filmmaker Quentin Tarantino graces the festival to accept his Lifetime Achievement Award

• Jury members include Wieland Speck of the Berlinale Panorama and Ansgard Vogt of International Forum for New Cinema. Also on the jury is Olivier Pere, Artistic Director of Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.

• Grand Prize, Lino Brocka Award: The Edge of Heaven, Fatih Akin (Germany/Turkey)

• Special Jury Prize: Persepolis, Marjana Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud

• Best ASEAN Film Award: Mukhsin, Yasmin Ahmad (Malaysia)

• Best ASEAN Short Film Award: Renita, Renita, Tonny Trimarsanto (Indonesia)

• Best International Short Film Award: Waiting Time, Chul Jung (South Korea)

• Best Documentary: Neo-Lounge, Joanna Arong (Philippines/China)

• Digital Lokal Lino Award, Grand Prize: Autohystoria, Raya Martin (Philippines)

• Digital Lokal Lino Grand Jury Prize: Voices…, John Torres (Philippines)

• Best Director (Digital Lokal): Autohystoria, Raya Martin (Philippines)

• Best Actress (Digital Lokal): Ana Capri, Ala Suerte Ala Muerte (Philippines) and Maris Dimayuga, Ala Suerte Ala Muerte (Philippines)

• Best Ensemble (International): The cast of Tribu, Jim Libiran (Philippines)

• Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema: Ernest Michael Manalastas, Delusions (Philippines)

• Best Short Film: Calling, Christopher Gozum (Philippines)

• FDCP/CINEMANILA Scriptwrting Contest: 1st Place | Francis Pasion, “Jay, ” 2nd Place (2 winners) | Maria Clarissa Estuar, “I.U.D. Afternoons” and Froilan Medina, “Tinig sa Dilim”

• Essay Writing Contest: 1st Place, Queenie Simbulan Caranto, “The Global Pinoy Cinema,” 2nd Place, Maria Alicia Aquino Sarmiento, “A Search for Identity in Common Ground Through the SEAWAVE Project,” 3rd Place, Remrick Espin Patagan, “Going Global: Juan dela Cruz on the Silver Screen”

2008

• Cinemanila celebrates its 10th year anniversary

• Launching of Sine Barangay

• Lino Brocka Grand Prize: The Band’s Visit (Israel)

• Lino Brocka Grand Jury Prize: The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela (Iceland/Philippines/France)

• SEA Film Grand Prize: Confessional by Jerrold Tarog and Ruel Dahis Antipuesto (Philippines)

• SEA Best Short – Frou Frou.. Shhh… Wag Mong Sabihin Kay Itay by Michael Juat (Philippines)

• Best Documentary: Marlon by Ralston Jover and James Amparo (Philippines)

• Best SEA Actor: Mario Maurer for Love of Siam (Thailand)

• Best SEA Actress: Anita Linda for Adela (Philippines)

• Digital Lokal Lino Grand Prize: Imburnal by Sherad Anthong Sanchez

• Lino Grand Jury Prize: Next Attraction by Raya Martin

• Best Actor: Kenneth Moraleda for Lucky Miles (Australia)

• Best Actress: Angeli Bayani for Melancholia (Philippines)

• Ishmael Bernal Award for Most Outstanding Young Filipino Filmmaker: Christopher Gozum for Surreal MMS

• Best Short Film: Tumbang Preso by Antoinette Jadaone

• UN MDGs Prize: Lay-an by Rommel Tolentino

2009

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Paul Schrader (USA. Writer: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull; Director: Mishima, Patty Hearst, American Gigolo, Adam Resurrected)

• Indie Spirit Award: Lav Diaz (Philippines)

• Best Actor (Main Competition): Alfredo Castro in Tony Manero (Chile/Brazil)

• Best Actress (Main Competition): Tsilla Chelton in Pandora’s Box (Peru/Spain)

• Grand Jury Prize: Tulpan by Sergey Dvortsevoy (Germany/Kazakhstan/Switzerland/Russia/Poland)

• Lino Brocka Grand Prize: Hunger by Steve McQueen (UK/Ireland)

• Best SEA Short: Focal Point by Alizera Khatami and Ali Seiffouri (Malaysia)

• Best SEA Film: Talentime by Yasmin Ahmad (Malasyia)

• Special Mention (SEA Competition): Woman on Fire Looks for Water by Woo Ming Jin (Malaysia)

• Best Short Film: To Siomai Love by Remton Siega Zuasola (Philippines)

• Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema: Remton Siega Zuasola for To Siomai Love

• Lino Grand Jury Prize (Digital Lokal): Biyaheng Lupa by Armando Lao

• Lino Grand Prize (Digital Lokal): Anacbanua by Christopher Gozum

• Best Director (Digital Lokal): Christopher Gozum for Anacbanua

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