Nathan Studios’ first-ever entry in the 50th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) through the action-packed 'Topakk' is satisfying and inspiring after taking home three awards and 12 nominations, according to film producer veteran actress Sylvia Sanchez-Atayde.
Director Richard Somes accepts the Metro Manila Film Festival’s Fernando Poe, Jr. Memorial Award for “Topakk.” With Somes onstage are actress-producer Sylvia Sanchez-Atayde and his son, lead star and QC Rep. Arjo Atayde. Contributed photo.
“We are grateful to the Metro Manila Film Festival for accepting us here even though we are new as a producer. With that, we are already a winner for making it on our first try,” Sanchez-Atayde said after receiving one of the film’s three awards — the Fernando Poe Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence. The basis for the FPJ award is not only as being an epic action film but also the content and the film’s elements from creative execution, great appeal to the masses, redeeming values, and to the love for family and the oppressed have also seen in the movie. Sanchez-Atayde is very thankful to the FPJ board for recognizing the movie.
“The movie was screened, praised, and recognized by foreigners in various film festivals in Locarno, Cannes, Austin, Texas, and Catalonia, Spain in 2023. That’s why I told Direct Richard why we do not show it in our own country.”
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