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The Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival is one of the country’s most esteemed festivals, offering both emerging and established filmmakers a platform to address important social issues. It also highlights the quality and potential of Philippine cinema on the global stage.
For the short film category, the Best Film award was given to Cross My Heart and Hope to Die by Sam Manacsa, who also received the award for Best Director for the category. Abogbaybay by P.R. Monencillo Patindol won the NETPAC Jury Award for short film. Kono Basho’s Gabby Padilla also took home a Balangay for the Best Actress award, which she shared with Marian Rivera from Kip Oebanda’s Balota. Meanwhile, young actor Enzo Osorio won the Best Actor award for his role in Lawrence Fajardo’s The Hearing.
Apart from the awardees, the 10 finalists for the Cinemalaya 2025 full-length competition were also revealed. These are Abanse by Chad Vidanes, Child No.
The FDCP chairman also announced that the short film finalists for next year’s edition of Cinemalaya will receive P100,000 while the 10 full-length film finalists will each receive P1 million for the production of their films.
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