32nd Gawad Urian (2009) - List of Winners

Here's the list of winners of the 32nd Gawad Urian given by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (Filipino Film Critics) and was held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. (September 19, 2009)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Natatanging Gawad): Peque Gallaga
Best Picture: Serbis (Centerstage Productions)
Best Actress: Mylene Dizon (100)
Best Actors: Ronnie Lazaro (Yanggaw)
Best Supporting Actress: Aleera Montalla (Yanggaw)
Best Supporting Actor: Coco Martin (Jay)

Best Director: Brillante Mendoza (Serbis)
Best Screenplay: Francis Xavier Pasion (Jay)

Best Production Design: Benjamin Padero at Carlo Tabije (Serbis)
Best Cinematography: Odyssey Flores (Serbis)
Best Editing: Francis X. Pasion, Kats Serraon, Chuck Gutierrez (Jay)
Best Music: Popong Landero (Hunghong Sa Yuta)
Best Sound: Joey Santos at Von de Guzman (Yanggaw)

Best Short Film: Andong by Milo Tolentino

Filipino Director Brillante "Dante" Mendoza won 2009 Cannes' Best Director

Filipino Director Brillante "Dante" Mendoza bagged Best Director award in the 2009 Cannes International Film Festival.

Mendoza's social reality dark movie "Kinatay (“butchered”)", notably features corrupt cops hacking a prostitute to pieces with blunt kitchen knives.

The Filipino filmmaker bested big names like Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee, Jane Campion and many more...

It stars Coco Martin, Mercedes Cabral, Maria Isabel Lopez, Lauren Novero and John Regala.

The award the Mendoza received are not all glory, the nine-member jury got into deep discussion and objections.

According to Variety, All three of the Asian kudos drew heavy booing from the assembled press corps. Biggest scorn was reserved for the director prize for Filipino Brillante Mendoza's rape-and-dismemberment drama "Kinatay" (of which even admiring jury member Hanif Kureishi admitted, "I don't ever want to see it again, myself"), followed by jeers for "Thirst" and mainland Chinese director Lou Ye's "Spring Fever," which copped screenplay (generally seen as its weakest element).

These awards appeared to have reflected deep divisions within the nine-member jury, which, apart from Huppert, included directors James Gray, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Lee Chang-dong, writer Kureishi, and actresses Robin Wright Penn, Shu Qi, Asia Argento and Sharmila Tagore.

Before the awards ceremony, rumors were already circulating that jury discussions had been particularly fraught. One member described it as the worst jury experience he'd ever had, while another was said to have described Huppert as a "fascist." Onstage, Huppert, looking visibly tense, referred to "an unforgettable week" and "several hours, uh, several moments of deliberation."

Brillante Mendoza’s “Kinatay” in Competition at Cannes 2009 film festival

Brillante "Dante" Mendoza once again gave Filipino films recognition for his movie "Kinatay (the Execution of P)", it will be competing at 62nd Cannes Film Festival for prestigious Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) competition.

Mendoza's last year entry “Serbis” is one of the finalists competing for the prestigious Palme d’Or. Only the second time after 24 years that a Filipino director and his film is included for competition in the said Film festival. Activist and director Lino Brocka done it in 1984 for his movie "Orapronobis" .

This new entry "Kinatay" is based on victims whose body parts have been chopped off and mutilated by killers.

Mendoza will be competing with the biggest heavyweight like Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar, Lars von Trier, Jane Campion, Michael Haneke, Johnnie To and Park Chan-wook.

The 62nd Cannes Film Festival will start on May 13 until May 24, 2009 at at Cannes, France. A total of 52 films are featured in four categories: Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, and Special Screenings.

COMPETITION:
"Bright Star," Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion
"Spring Fever," China-France, Lou Ye
"Antichrist," Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier
"Enter the Void," France, Gaspar Noe
"Face," France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang
"Les Herbes folles," France-Italy, Alain Resnais
"In the Beginning," France, Xavier Giannoli
"A Prophet," France, Jacques Audiard
"The White Ribbon," Germany-Austria-France, Michael Haneke
"Vengeance," Hong Kong-France-U.S., Johnnie To
"The Time That Remains," Israel-France-Belgium-Italy, Elia Suleiman
"Vincere," Italy-France, Marco Bellocchio
"Kinatay," Philippines, Brillante Mendoza
"Thirst," South Korea-U.S., Park Chan-wook
"Broken Embraces," Spain, Pedro Almodovar
"Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," Spain, Isabel Coixet
"Fish Tank," U.K.-Netherlands, Andrea Arnold
"Looking for Eric," U.K.-France-Belgium-Italy, Ken Loach
"Inglourious Basterds," U.S., Quentin Tarantino
"Taking Woodstock," U.S., Ang Lee

Two more Filipino films were selected for special screening: “Independecia” by Raya Martin and “Manila” by Adolfo Alix, Jr. and Raya Martin.

Dante Mendoza's "Serbis" will compete in Cannes and the list of movies in this year's film festival.

Another achievement in Philippine movies, Filipino director Brillante "Dante" Mendoza latest movie "Serbis" will compete in the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival 2008 in France.

This is only the second time after 24 years that a Filipino director and his film is included for competition in the said Film festival. The year 1984 is last time when the same achievement occur and it was the late National Artist, activist and director Lino Brocka for his movie "Orapronobis" .

"Serbis" chronicles the struggles of a rural family that decides to run a prostitute service based in a fake theater.

The film stars veteran, multi-awarded actress Gina Pareño and talented newcomer Coco Martin.

Brillante “Dante” Mendoza is also the man behind the award winning indie movies like “Masahista” and “Foster Child”.

Here are the 19 films competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or award on May 14 to 25, 2008.

"Uc Maymun" (The Three Monkeys) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)

"Le Silence De Lorna" (The Silence of Lorna) by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium)

"Un Conte de Noel" (A Christmas Tale) by Arnaud Desplechin (France)

"Changeling" by Clint Eastwood (United States)

"Adoration" by Atom Egoyan (Canada)

"Waltz With Bashir" by Ari Folman (Israel)

"La Frontiere De l'Aube" (The Frontier Of Dawn) by Philippe Garrel (France)

"Gomorra" by Matteo Garrone (Italy)

"24 City" by Jia Zhangke (China)

"Synecdoche, New York" by Charlie Kaufman (United States)

"My Magic" by Eric Khoo (Singapore)

"La Mujer Sin Cabeza" (Woman Without A Head) by Lucrecia Martel (Argentina)

"Serbis" by Brillante Mendoza (Philippines)

"Delta" by Kornel Mundruczo (Hungary)

"Linha de Passe" (Line of Passage) by Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas (Brazil)

"Che" by Steven Soderbergh (United States)

"Il Divo" by Paolo Sorrentino (Italy)

"Leonera" by Pablo Trapero (Argentina)

"The Palermo Shooting" by Wim Wenders (Germany)

Out of competition:

"Vicky Cristina Barcelona" by Woody Allen (United States)

"The Good, The Bad, The Weird" by Kim Jee-Woon (South Korea)

"Kung Fu Panda" by Mark Osborne, John Stevenson (United States)

"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" by Steven Spielberg (United States)


More info and list, check this link...Festival 2008