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First Bacolod Film Fest winners named

FILMFEST WINNER. Vincent Joseph Entuna (second from left) receives the trophy for Best Screenplay for “Sa Pwesto ni Pistong” (The Barber’s Chair), which was also named Best Picture, in the presence of (from left) festival director Seymour Sanchez, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, and Councilor Em Ang, main author of the Bacolod Film Festival Ordinance, during the maiden Bacolod Film Festival awards night at the SM City Bacolod Cinema 1 Sunday. Entuna also won Best Director for his movie* Andrew Alatarejos photos

“Sa Pwesto ni Pistong” (The Barber’s Chair) bagged three major awards at the maiden Bacolod Film Festival (BFF) awards night held at the SM Cinema 1 in Bacolod City.

The movie won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

“Sa Pwesto ni Pistong”, written and directed by Vincent Joseph Entuna, is about a humble barber navigating a tumultuous era while serving diverse customers, including a prominent haciendero and an idealistic nephew.

The BFF, organized by the city government with support from the Department of Trade and Industry and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), featured 10 short films with the theme “Stories with Smile” from September 12 to 15.

“To all the stakeholders who contributed to this successful event, I would like to say thank you from the City of Bacolod. It’s a very, very good start, I would believe,” Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, chairperson of the BFF Council, said in his message during the event led by festival director Seymour Sanchez and graced by Movie Television Review and Classification Board chairperson Diorella “Lala” Sotto-Antonio.

Reynaldo Amaguin, Milton Dionzon, and Louis Dormido (2nd, 3rd and 4th from left) receives the trophy for Jury’s Prize for Ensemble Acting for “Aninaw” in the presence of Councilors Israel Salanga and Em Ang*
Movie and Television Review and Classification Board chair Diorella Maria “Lala” Sotto Antonio with Dante Macam who won Best Actor for “Laragway sa Karon”; right photo, Rolf Baynosa, who won Best Sound for “Chicken Inasal” (Those Little Things), is flanked by Marichu Atellano of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and Bacolod Councilor Em Ang (l-r)*
Kyhle Zedrick Anasta (second from left) won Best Musical Score for “A Flower a Day”*

Other winners included “Laragway sa Karon” – Best Actor (Dante Macam), Best Editing (Xavier Nojas and Fahleen Fang), and Audience Choice; “Chicken Inasal” – Best Special Effects (Poli Gonzales), Best Sound (Rolf Baynosa) and Best Production Design (Margaret Kathryn Tecson-Baynosa); “Puli Na, Diche Lesly” – Best Supporting Actor (Rene Hinojales); “Glub” – Best Make-up (Alvin Belesario Diaz); “A Flower A Day” – Best Musical Score (Kyhle Zedrick Anasta); and “Aninaw” – Best Cinematography (Rosco Cofreros) and Jury’s Prize for Ensemble Acting (Milton Dionzon, Reynaldo Amaguin and Louis Dormido).

Film critic Philip Cheah, lawyer and producer Joji Alonso, FDCP chairperson and chief executive officer Jose Javier Reyes, renowned director Lawrence Fajardo, and screenwriter and film educator Wanggo Gallaga made up the jury panel.*PNA

Margaret Kathryn Tecson-Baynosa (center) won Best Production Design for “Chicken Inasal” (Those Little Things)*
Poli Gonzales (4th from left) receive a trophy for Best Special Effects for “Chicken Inasal” (Those Little Things)*
Rosco Cofreros (2nd from left) won Best Cinematography for “Aninaw”*
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