1980 Metro Manila Film Festival

1980 Metro Manila Film Festival
Date	December 25, 1980 to January 3, 1981
Highlights
Best Picture	Taga Sa Panahon
Most awards	Brutal, Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo, Langis at Tubig and Taga Sa Panahon (2)

The 6th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1980.

Fernando Poe, Jr. had his first Panday film, the undisputed top grosser of the festival; Nora Aunor had two entries: Lino Brocka's Bona and Laurice Guillen's Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo; Vilma Santos came up with Danny Zialcita's Langis at Tubig; Amy Austria in Marilou Diaz-Abaya's Brutal. Other entries were Basag with Alma Moreno, Taga Sa Panahon with Christopher De Leon and Bembol Roco, and three comedy films: Tembong with Nino Muhlach, Kape't Gatas with Chiquito and Julie Vega, and Dang-Dong with Andrea Bautista (daughter of Ramon Revilla, Sr.).

The Festival's Best Picture was awarded to Premiere Productions' Taga sa Panahon. The awards were spread equally and the category for Best Child Performer was first introduced in this year received by Julie Vega.^[1]

Entries

Title	Starring	Studio	Director
Basag	Mat Ranillo III, Vivian Velez, Alma Moreno	Showbiz	Van Ludor
Bona	Nora Aunor, Phillip Salvador	NV Productions	Lino Brocka
Brutal	Amy Austria, Gina Alajar, Jay Ilagan	Bancom Audiovision	Marilou Diaz-Abaya
Dang-Dong	Susan Valdez, Eddie Garcia, George Estregan, Andrea Bautista	Imus Productions	Efren Pinon
Kape't Gatas	Chiquito, Julie Vega	Larry Santiago Productions	Ric Santiago
Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo	Nora Aunor, Christopher de Leon, Rollie Quizon	Lea Productions	Laurice Guillen
Langis at Tubig	Vilma Santos, Dindo Fernando, Amy Austria	Sining Silangan	Danny L. Zialcita
Ang Panday	Fernando Poe, Jr., Liz Alindogan, Paquito Diaz, Max Alvarado, Lito Anzures, Bentot, Jr.	FPJ Productions	Ronwaldo Reyes
Taga sa Panahon	Christopher De Leon, Bembol Roco, Chanda Romero, Cherie Gil, Suzette Ranillo, Michael de Mesa	Premiere Productions	Augusto Buenaventura
Tembong	Niño Muhlach, Ricky Belmonte, Boots Anson-Roa, Azenth Briones, Eddie Garcia	D'Wonder Films	J. Erastheo Navoa

Winners and nominees

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[2] Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[3]

Best Film	Best Director
Taga Sa Panahon Brutal Langis at Tubig	Marilou Diaz-Abaya – Brutal
Best Actor	Best Actress
Dindo Fernando – Langis at Tubig	Amy Austria – Brutal
Best Sound Engineering	Best Cinematography
Rudy Baldovino and Ben Pelayo – Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo	Rudy Lacap – Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo
Best Music	Best Story
Ernani Cuenco – Ang Panday	Danny L. Zialcita – Jose N. Carreon
Best Screenplay	Best Child Performer
Jose N. Carreon – Taga sa Panahon	Julie Vega – Kape't Gatas

Multiple awards

Films with multiple awards

The following films received one or multiple awards:

Awards	Film
2	Taga Sa Panahon
	Langis at Tubig
	Brutal
	Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo
1	Ang Panday
	Kape't Gatas

Commentary

Second Golden Age of Philippine film

The period of the Philippine film's artistic accomplishment begins in 1975 (three years after Ferdinand Marcos' declaration of Martial Law) and ending in the February 1986 People Power Revolution where Marcos lost his power. Nora Aunor's Bona and Himala in 1980 and 1982 respectively (both official entries of MMFF) achieves to represent the period where the accomplishments of two government institutions contributed to the emergence of New Cinema in the 1970s and 1980s. Her films are cinematically accomplished despite being politically engaged films, and the MMFF is able to make these films flourish during this period.^[4]

References

1. "THE 1980 METRO MANILA FILM FESTIVAL: "ANG PANDAY" FILMFEST TOP GROSSER". Video 48. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
2. "Metro Manila Film Festival: Awards for 1980". Internet Movie Database.
3. "Metro Manila Film Festival:1978". IMDB. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
4. Kim, Youna (2012). Women and the Media in Asia: The Precarious Self. Macmillan Publishers Limited: England. Print.

External links

• Official website