Arts & Leisure
Posted on March 08, 2016 05:34:00 PM
NCCA celebrates 83 artists whose work brought honor to the Philippines in 2015
WHAT DOES it mean that more than 80 Filipino artists won in various international prestigious competitions last year? It just goes to show that the art in the Philippines is alive and thriving.
ACTRESS Nora Aunor led 83 other honorees at the NCCA’s Ani ng Dangal which celebrates artists who brought honor to the country by winning abroad. -- NCCA
Veteran actress Nora Aunor, a third time awardee, led the roster of winners. She won two awards last year: Best Lead Actress in a Foreign Film at the 3rd St. Tropez International Film Festival in France in May, and a lifetime achievement award for her filmDementia at the 2nd ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards (AIFFA) in Kuching, Malaysia in April.
“Movies have become the instrument for a country to promote awareness of its culture, tradition, and beliefs. I want to show that the Filipino movies and the Filipinos have depth... Unfortunately, our movies may have been put on a pedestal by international award-giving bodies, yet the Filipino audience doesn’t have the opportunities to see them,” she said in Filipino.
With this, she appealed for three things: monitoring of a talent fee scheme to protect artists and the people behind the camera; secure, fair, and prioritized play dates at movie theaters to protect them against Hollywood movies; and for the government to allot a budget for directors, especially new filmmakers, to make their movies.
“Some directors, especially those who are starting, have to borrow money to start a movie,” she said.
The Ani ng Dangal (Harvest of Honors) Awards recognizes Filipino artists -- individuals and groups -- who in the previous year won at any international awards that went through rigorous judging and not through online voting alone. The 83 artists honored this year come from different fields: one for architecture and allied arts; one for broadcast arts; 45 for cinema; seven for dance; three for dramatic arts; 14 for music; and 12 for the visual arts.
Also an awardee is Cherie Gil, who bagged two best actress trophies for her films Manaand Sonata, at the 4th Madrid International Film Festival in Spain in July, and at the 2ndAIFFA in Malaysia in April, respectively. Her most recent film, Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis (A Lullaby for the Sorrowful Mystery), directed by Lav Diaz, got the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. The eight-hour film costars John Lloyd Cruz, Piolo Pascual, Alessandra De Rossi, Angel Aquino, and Ely Buendia.
“Art defines and feeds our soul,” said Ms. Gil at the NCCA award ceremony. “The recognition is a stamp of approval that encourages artists to continue their work,” she said in mix Filipino and English. She hopes many Filipinos will be able to watch critically acclaimed local movies, especially the independent films.
The other winners for cinema are: Aiko Melendez, Albert Chan Paran, Allen Dizon, Benjamin Tolentino, Brillante Mendoza, Carlo Enciso Catu, Epy Quizon, Emilio Garcia, Joseph Israel Laban, Jun Robles Lana, Lemuel Lorca, Sid Lucero, Liza Diño, LJ Reyes, Louie Ignacio, Micko Laurente, Ralston Javier, and Richard Gomez.
Also honored were the makers of award-winning films Ang Huling Cha-Cha Ni Anita, Ari,Balikbayan #1, Bambanti, Boundary, Bwaya, Children Show, Dementia, Ekstra, In Nominee Matris, Kanlungan, K’na, the Dreamweaver, Lihis, Mana, Magkakabaung, Paraiso, Princess Urduja, Purok 7, Red Lights, Ruined Heart, Sundalong Kanin, That Thing Called Tadhana, The Waves, Wawa and Yolanda.
GMA 7’s Front Row was honored in the broadcast arts category. and Rachelle Ann Go will be recognized in the field of dramatic arts.
For the dramatic arts, one of the awardees is Rachelle Ann Go, who was not able to claim her award personally. The actress bagged the Broadway Worlds award as the best featured actress in a musical for her role as Gigi in Miss Saigon last year. Now she’s back in the Philippines to play Fantine as part of the international touring production of Les Misérables which will open this month. Also honored with actor Bernardo Bernardo and Broadway producer Jhett Tolentino.
In the field of dance, the awardees were: the Bayanihan National Folkdance Company, the Halili-Cruz School of Ballet, Jamaica France Jornacion and Lawrence Santiago, Klivert John Mendoza, Sayawatha, and Upeepz.
In the field of music, the awardees were: the Aleron Choir, Anna Tabita Abeleda-Piquero, the Ateneo Chamber Singers, Boschorale, Imusicapella, Los Cantantes de Manila, Ryan Tamondong, Triple Fret, the University of Visayas Chorale, the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus, the University of the Philippines Manila Chorale, the University of Santo Tomas Singers, Acapellago, and Kammerchor Manila.
In the visual arts, the awardees were: Ana Katrina Miranda, Ananda Wisely, Herbert Bagolbagol, Jamia Mei Tolentino, Jamille Bianca Aguilar, John Herrera, Jophel Botero Ybiosa, Maria Angelica Tejada, Mandy Javillonar, Robert Anton Aparante, Ruston Banal, and Trisha Co Reyes; and Christian Salandanan in the field of architecture and allied arts.
The growing number of Filipino artists who continue to carve a name for themselves here and abroad and win while doing so, encourages the artists to continue their craft, said NCCA Chairman Felipe de Leon, Jr. -- Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
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