Arts & Culture
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Cinemalaya 2018 winners
with the Cinemalaya
Organizing Committee and
Jury members. (Photo by
Kiko Cabuena)
“Kung Paano Hinihintay
ang Dapithapon” named
Best Film in the 14th
Cinemalaya
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ddie Garcia and Ai Ai Delas Alas win Best Actor and Actress
CARLO ENCISO CATU’s Kung Paano Hinihintay ang
Dapithapon (Waiting for Sunset) was named Best Film at
the 14th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival
Awards night held on August 12, 2018 at the CCP Main
Theater.
Catu’s film about love, companionship and forgiveness
in the twilight years of an unlikely trio — an unmarried
couple and the woman’s estranged husband — also won
the prizes for Best Production Design (Marielle Hizon), Best Cinematography
(Neil Daza), and Best Screenplay (John Carlo Pacala).
Featuring veteran actors Dante Rivero, Menggie Cobarrubias, Perla
Bautista in the lead roles, the film was cited “for its general technical
excellence, for its powerful ensemble acting by some of the most august
names in Philippine cinema, and for its sensitive depiction of decline and
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decrepitude.”
As Best Film winner, Kung Paano Hinihintay ang Dapithapon garnered
Php350,000, a Balanghai trophy, a post production package worth
Php600,000, a Canon camera, and a distribution grant worth Php200,000.
The Special Jury Prize went to Pan de Salawal (The Sweet Taste of Salted
Bread and Undies) by Che Espiritu, who also won for Best Direction.
As Special Jury Prize winner, Pan de Salawal garnered Php100,000, a
Balanghai trophy, a Canon camera, and full color-grading from Optima
Digital worth Php360,000 for the said award.
Pan de Salawal was lauded “For its vibrancy and vigor, its sense of
wonder and poignant humor, and its effective conjuring of a suffering
world where miracles are possible.”
Pan de Salawal also earned the Best Original Musical Score award (Len
Calvo) and Special Jury citations for the young actors in its cast.
Child actors Miel Espinosa (Pan de Salawal), JM Salvado (Pan de Salawal
and Musmos na Sumibol sa Gubat ng Digma), and Kenken Nuyda (Liway
and School Service) all earned Special Jury Citations for their outstanding
performances.
The Cinemalaya Board of Jurors said that strong performances of
children have distinguished a number of movies in this year’s Cinemalaya
festival.
The Cinemalaya Board of Jurors made special note of “the particularly
strong lineup of movies in the Main Competition” in this year’s Cinemalaya.
It gave Special Jury commendation to Kip Oebanda’s autobiographical
film Liway that told the story of Oebanda’s life as a child living with his
parents, rebels detained inside a military camp. As Special Jury winner,
Liway received Php100,000, a Balanghai trophy, a Canon camera and full
color-grading from Optima Digital worth Php360,000.
The Jury praised the film “for its timely subject matter and for its writer-
director who courageously opened himself up to share with others his