The awards night of the 35th Metro Manila Film Festival is happening tonight (December 28) at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. Check out the nominees this year!

2009 MMFF Nominees in Major Categories

Best Festival Picture:
(Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Award)

Ang Darling Kong Aswang (Octoarts/APT Entertainment)
I Love You, Goodbye (Star Cinema)
Mano Po 6: A Mother’s Love (Regal Films)
Nobody, Nobody but Juan (RVQ Productions)
Ang Panday (Imus Productions/GMA Films)
Shake, Rattle & Roll XI (Regal Films)
Wapakman (Solar Films)

Best Festival Actor:

Bong Revilla (Panday)
Dolphy (Nobody, Nobody but Juan)
Vic Sotto (Ang Darling Kong Aswang)
Gabby Concepcion (I Love You, Goodbye)
Derek Ramsay (I Love You, Goodbye)
Manny Pacquiao (Wapakman)

Best Festival Actress:

Sharon Cuneta (Mano Po 6)
Angelica Panganiban (I Love You, Goodbye)
Cristine Reyes (Ang Darling Kong Aswang)
Iza Calzado (Ang Panday)

Festival Best Director:

Joel Lamangan (Mano Po 6)
Mac Alejandre (Ang Panday)
Laurice Guillen (I Love You, Goodbye)
Tony Y. Reyes (Ang Darling Kong Aswang)
Enrico Quizon (Noboby, Nobody but Juan)
Rico Gutierrez, Don Michael Perez and Jessel Monteverde (Shake, Rattle & Roll XI)
Topel Lee (Wapakman)

Best Festival Supporting Actor:

Phillip Salvador (Ang Panday)
Dennis Trillo (Mano Po 6)
Eric Quizon (Nobody, Nobody but Juan)
Jeffrey Quizon (Nobody, Nobody but Juan)
Eddie Garcia (Nobody, Nobody but Juan)
Jojo Alejar (Wapakman)
John Lapus (Shake, Rattle & Roll XI)

Best Festival Supporting Actress:

Zsa Zsa Padilla (Mano Po 6)
Heart Evangelista (Mano Po 6)
Agot Isidro (Ang Darling Kong Aswang)
Kim Chiu (I Love You, Goodbye)
Heart Evangelista (Nobody, Noboby but Juan)
Rhian Ramos (Ang Panday)

Best Festival Screenplay:

Roy Iglesias (Mano Po 6)
Laurice Guillen and Mark Meily (I Love You, Goodbye)
Eric Quizon and Bibeth Orteza (Nobody, Nobody but Juan)
RJ Nuevas (Ang Panday)
Bibeth Orteza and Anna Karenina Ramos (Ang Darling Kong Aswang)

Best Festival Original Story:

Roy Iglesias (Mano Po 6)
Vanessa Valdez, Anna Karenina Ramos and Kriz Gazmen (I Love You, Goodbye)
Carlo J. Caparas (Ang Panday)
Bibeth Orteza, Vic Sotto and Tony Y. Reyes (Ang Darling Kong Aswang)
Eric Quizon and Bibeth Orteza (Nobody, Nobody but Juan)
Emman dela Cruz (Wapakman)
Gina Marie Tagasa, Elmer Gatchalian and Renato Custodio (Shake, Rattle & Roll XI)

Best Festival Cinematography:

Moises Zee (Mano Po 6)
Lee Briones-Meily (I Love You, Goodbye)
Regiben Romano (Ang Panday)
Lito Mempin (Ang Darling Kong Aswang)
Ricardo Jose Trofeo (Nobody, Nobody but Juan)
Juan Lorenzo Orendain and Louie Quirino (Shake, Rattle & Roll XI)
Luis Quirino (Wapakman)

* Just like in previous years, a second best festival picture and third best festival picture will be awarded. As well as Best Festival Production Design, Best Festival Visual Effects, Best Festival Original Theme Song, Best Festival Musical Score, Best Festival Sound Recording, Best Festival Editor, Best Festival Make-Up Artist, and Best Festival Child Performer.