2002 Metro Manila Film Festival Film festival edition
2002 Metro Manila Film Festival Date December 25, 2002 (2002-12-25 ) to January 10, 2003 (2003-01-10 ) Site Manila Best Picture Mano Po Most awards Mano Po Network RPN
The 28th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in Manila , Philippines from December 25, 2002, to January 10, 2003. Two significant changes to the festival began with this edition: the festival became nationwide in scope, and its duration lasted two weeks instead of ten days.[ 1]
Regal Films ' Mano Po Best Picture , Best Actor (Eddie Garcia ), Best Actress (Ara Mina ), Best Supporting Actress (Kris Aquino ), and Best Director (Joel Lamangan ). The film is also the recipient of the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards .[ 2]
Entries
There are two batches of films in competition, the first batch was shown from December 25, while the second batch was shown on January 1, 2003.
Title
Starring
Studio
Director
Genre
First batch
Ang Agimat: Anting-Anting ni Lolo Ramon Revilla Sr. , Ramon "Jolo" Revilla , Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. , Mylene Dizon , Carlos Morales , Shaina Magdayao , Nancy Castiglione , Jaime Fabregas , Pen Medina , Goyong, Karylle Padilla , Gina Alajar Imus Productions
Augusto Salvador
Action, adventure, fantasy
Ang Alamat ng Lawin Fernando Poe, Jr. , Ina Raymundo , Cathy Vilar, Ryan Yamazaki, Franklin Cristobal, Khen Kurillo, Romy Diaz , Augusto Victa, Alex Cunanan, William RomeroFPJ Productions
Ronwaldo Reyes Action, adventure, family, fantasy
Dekada '70 Vilma Santos , Christopher de Leon , Piolo Pascual , Marvin Agustin , Carlos Agassi , Danilo Barrios, John Wayne Sace Star Cinema Chito Roño Period drama
Home Along da Riber Dolphy , Jolina Magdangal , Zsa Zsa Padilla , Vandolph , Eddie Gutierrez , Long Mejia, James Blanco , Boy2 Quizon, Michelle Quizon, Palito RVQ Productions
Enrico Quizon Comedy, drama, musical
Hula Mo... Huli Ko Rudy Fernandez , Rufa Mae Quinto Reflection Films
Edgardo 'Boy' Vinarao
Action, comedy
Lapu-Lapu Lito Lapid , Joyce Jimenez , Jeric Raval, Mark Lapid , Roi Vinzon , Jess Lapid Jr., Vic Vargas , Gloria Sevilla , Maria Isabel Lopez , Ian Veneracion , Julio Diaz, Bob Soler, Conrad Poe, Robert Rivera, Dinah Dominguez, Clod Robinson, Dante Rivero Calinauan Cineworks
William G. Mayo
Historical action
Mano Po Maricel Soriano , Richard Gomez , Kris Aquino , Ara Mina , Eddie Garcia , Gina Alajar , Boots Anson-Roa , Amy Austria , Tirso Cruz III , Cogie Domingo , Maxene Magalona , Jay Manalo , Eric Quizon Regal Films Joel Lamangan Drama
Second batch
Lastikman Vic Sotto , Donita Rose , Jeffrey Quizon , Michael V. , Michelle Bayle, Ryan Eigenmann , Anne Curtis , Oyo Boy Sotto Octoarts Films , M-Zet ProductionsTony Y. Reyes
Action, comedy, fantasy, superhero
Spirit Warriors: The Shortcut Vhong Navarro , Jhong Hilario , Spencer Reyes, Danilo Barrios, Chris Cruz, Gloria Romero , Jaime Fabregas MAQ Productions, Roadrunner Network, Inc.
Chito Roño Action, adventure, fantasy, horror
Winners and nominees
Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface .[ 3]
Piolo Pascual , Best Supporting Actor winner
Multiple awards
During the "Gabi ng Parangal" held in PICC on December 27, there were some controversies:[ 4] [ 5]
Dekada '70 castThe cast of the film Dekada '70 Lualhati Bautista failed to win the Best Story and Best Screenplay awards. Even more controversial was the decision of the judges to name the first-timer Ara Mina the Best Actress for her role in Mano Po , beating multi-awarded Vilma Santos , who was in Dekada '70
Inclusion of two films
The producers of the films Spirit Warriors: The Shortcut Lastikman
Spirit Warriors: The Shortcut issuesChito Roño , director of Second Best Picture Dekada '70 Spirit Warriors: The Shortcut Third Best Picture award if the officials disqualified it as an official entry. In the same way, the production team of Ang Agimat: Anting-Anting ni Lolo was also appalled to the decision of the jurors to give the Best Visual Effects award to Spirit Warriors: The Shortcut Dolby Digital System ".[ 6]
Box office gross
Final figures as of January 10, 2003.[ 7] [ 8]
Entry
Gross Ticket Sales
Mano Po ₱67,220,645.40 *
Lastikman ₱59,107,245.90
Ang Agimat: Anting-Anting ni Lolo
₱46,528,274.28
Spirit Warriors: The Shortcut ₱39,941,856.68
Dekada '70 ₱37,945,673.25
Home Along da Riber
₱28,143,340.90
Ang Alamat ng Lawin ₱20,453,252.95
Hula Mo... Huli Ko
₱10,334,808.45
Lapu-Lapu ₱5,686,715.90
TOTAL
₱315,361,813.71
References
^ Salterio, Leah (December 12, 2002). "Fernando Poe Jr. up against Dolphy for the first time" . Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved August 8, 2023 . ^ "THE 2002 METRO MANILA FILM FESTIVAL: "MANO PO" BEST PICTURE" . Video 48 . Retrieved 2014-04-15.^ "Metro Manila Film Festival: Awards for 2002" . Internet Movie Database ^ "Through the years: Controversies in the MMFF" Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine . Business World Online . Retrieved 2014-04-09.^ "A look at the past MMFF controversies" . ABS-CBN . Retrieved 2014-04-19.^ Lo, Ricky. "Filmfest: The night of the young blood". The Philippine Star . December 29, 2002. Newspaper Print.
^ Marinel R. Cruz (January 14, 2003). "2002 MMFF: Most successful in box office returns" . Philippine Daily Inquirer the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015 . ^ " . Filipino Reporter the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015 .
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