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Gawad Urian 2012 Winners Announced: ‘Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa’ Bags 7 Awards

"Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa" was named the biggest winner in the 35th Gawad Urian by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino on Wednesday night, June 13,at the AFP Theater in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

“Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa” took home seven awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Paulo Avelino and Best Supporting Actress for Jean Garcia.

Maja Salvador, on the other hand, won the Best Actress trophy for “Thelma.”

Mainstream movies like “No Other Woman,” “In the Name of Love,” “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” and the MMFF Best Picture “Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story,” were not able to win any award.

It’s also interesting to note that the Cinemalaya Best Picture and the country’s entry to the Oscar Awards–“Ang Babae sa Septic Tank”–was snubbed in the Urian.

Here is the complete list of winners in the 35th Gawad Urian:

Best Picture:
Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa

Best Actress:
Maja Salvador (Thelma)

Best Actor:
Paulo Avelino (Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa)

Best Director:
Alvin Yapan (Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa)

Best Supporting Actress:
Jean Garcia (Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa)

Best Supporting Actor:
Art Acuña (Niño)

Best Screenplay:
Alvin Yapan (Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa)

Best Cinematography:
Arvin Viola (Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa)

Best Production Design:
Maulen Fadul (The Natural Phenomenon of Madness)

Best Editing:
Lawrence Fajardo (Amok)

Best Music:
Christine Muyco and Jema Pamintuan (Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa)

Best Sound:
Albert Michael Idioma and Addiss Tabong (Amok)

Best Documentary:
Tundong Magiliw

Best Short Film:
Sirip

8 Comments on Gawad Urian 2012 Winners Announced: ‘Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa’ Bags 7 Awards

  1. I’ve watched many indie films already and I’d say most of them are crap. Yeah, there are excellent few, but to say most of them are substantial, I can’t seem to agree. czebu is right. I think Gawad Urian is having an identity crisis. It’s torn between being an Academy Awards or Cannes Film Fest

  2. czebu, you’re wrong. most of what you call low-budget films are in fact more substantial than your type of movies.

  3. MAS MAGAGANDA PA NGA ANG INDIE FILMS KAYSA SA MAINSTREAM, MAS MAY PINAPAKITANG VALUES ;DI GAYA NG IBANG COMMERCIAL FILM PURO KILIG-KILIG LANG WALANG ARAL…

  4. Dapat iba ang category ng indie films para mas maraming ma engganyong gumawa. 

  5. That’s the reason why mainstream film is distinguished from “Indie”. Indie is not slated to run commercially, but award giving bodies don’t base on how big budgeted a film is but to the story’s social relevance and it’s appeal in depicting societal reality.

  6. alejandro9am // June 14, 2012 at 2:00 pm //

    TAMA DI BA RENATO SARMIENTO ESTE CORONA ………..

  7. dapat dito sa awards nato…INDIE FILMS AWARDS! low quality naman ang karamihan sa indie kaya walang nanonood? what can you expect eh low-budgeted lang…kaso mas pinapaboran sa awards na ganito…pampalubag loob!

  8. best actress: maja salvador
    best actor: paulo avelino

    KAPAMILYA STARS PA DIN….CONGRATS KAPAMILYA….THE BEST TALAGA ANG DOS

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