30th Luna Awards – 2012 Big Winners are ‘Thelma’ and ‘Manila Kingpin’
The 2011 MMFF Best Picture–“Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story“–also won Luna’s top plum plus 5 more awards including Best Actor for George E.R. Estregan and Best Supporting Actor for John Regala.
Gawad Urian Best Actress Maja Salvador also bagged Luna’s Best Actress trophy for “Thelma.” This is her second win for the Indie film. Her director, Paul Soriano, won Best Direction for the said film.
Surprise winner of the night was Lovi Poe who won Best Supporting Actress for “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.”
Urian Best Picture “Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa” and Cinemalaya Best Picture “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” did not win any award.
Here’s the complete list of winners for the 30th Luna Awards (2012):
Best Film
Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story (Scenema Concept Intl. Productions)
Best Direction
Paul Soriano (Thelma)
Best Actor
Jeorge E.R. Estregan (Manila Kingpin)
Best Actress
Maja Salvador (Thelma)
Best Supporting Actor
John Regala (Manila Kingpin)
Best Supporting Actress
Lovi Poe (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)
Best Screenplay
Froilan Medina and Paul Soriano (Thelma)
Best Cinematography
Odyssey Flores (Thelma)
Best Production Design
Fritz Silorio and Mona Silorio (Manila Kingpin)
Best Editing
Jason Cahapay and Ryan Orduna (Manila Kingpin)
Best Music
Raul Mitra (No Other Woman)
Best Sound
Albert Michael Idioma (Manila Kingpin)
SPECIAL AWARDS
Golden Reel Award:
Rodolfo “Dolphy” Vera Quizon
FPJ Lifetime Achievement Award:
Augusto Salvador
Manuel de Leon Award for Exemplary Achievement:
Manuel “Jun” Urbano
Lamberto Avellana Memorial Award:
Ben Feleo, Don Escudero and Jose Batac
Photo Credit: Film Academy of the Philippines
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