Winners 2019

Screenshot from the film Buding ang Babayi nga Naglutaw.

Open Category Best Picture

BUDING ANG BABAYI NGA NAGLUTAW

Three individuals reported at the police station as they claimed to have seen Buding, a woman that by the sea, floating on her bed. Their versions of the story dissect the peculiar case starting from what happened before Buding’s ‘floating’. As they uncover the truth, the three individuals’ personalities also rise to the surface. 

Director: Mark Garcia

Cast: Camille Escaro, Nico Coronel, Helen Javier Arguelles, Archel Lacre, Milton Dionzon 

Screenshot from the film Kuntento.

Intercollegiate Category Best Picture

KUNTENTO

After their parents' fatal accident, Jeff Cruz has been leading a desolate and dreary life revolving around his automation-like job and mentally-ill sister. Jane, his sister seems to be a hopeless case who survives through anti-depressant pills. Unfortunately, their seemingly peaceful lives will be disrupted when Jeff ends up far away in a back of a dark moving van while his sister is left alone fighting the urge to end her life.

Director: Charlton Jocson

Cast: Marco Cornejo, Earnest Vienne Yap

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