Notes

BEST FEATURE FILM »
1. John Denver Trending
2. For My Alien Friend
3. Kalel, 15
4. No Data Plan
5. Edward
6. The Kingmaker
7. Cleaners
8. Ang Hupa
9. ICYMI: I See Me
10. Ulan

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE (male or female) »
1. Gio Gahol (Sila-Sila)
2. Jansen Magpusao (John Denver Trending)
3. Elijah Canlas (Kalel, 15)
4. Louise Abuel (Edward)
5. Ruby Ruiz (Iska)
6. Meryll Soriano (John Denver Trending)
7. Carlo Aquino (Isa Pa, With Feelings)
8. Maine Mendoza (Isa Pa, With Feelings)
9. Kristoffer King (Verdict)
10. Shaina Magdayao (Ang Hupa)

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE (male or female) »
1. Joel Lamangan (Ang Hupa)
2. Ricky Davao (F#*@bois)
3. Elora Españo (Kalel, 15)
4. Dwein Baltazar (Sila-Sila)
5. Boo Gabunada (Sila-Sila)
6. Tuesday Vargas (LSS)
7. Topper Fabregas (Sila-Sila)
8. JC Santos (Miracle in Cell No. 7)
9. Soliman Cruz (Iska)
10. Iana Bernadez (Metamorphosis)

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE »
1. Sila-Sila
2. Kalel, 15
3. Iska
4. John Denver Trending
5. Edward

BEST DIRECTOR »
1. Arden Rod Condez
2. Jet Leyco
3. Miko Revereza
4. Thop Nazareno
5. Glenn Barit

BEST SCREENPLAY »
1. John Denver Trending
2. Ang Hupa
3. Kalel, 15
4. Cleaners
5. Isa Pa, With Feelings

BEST DOCUMENTARY »
1. For My Alien Friend
2. No Data Plan
3. The Kingmaker
4. ICYMI: I See Me
5. A is for Agustin

BEST FIRST FEATURE »
1. John Denver Trending
2. No Data Plan
3. Cleaners
4. Verdict
5. A is for Agustin

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY »
1. The works of Tey Clamor (I'm Ellenya L., Babae at Baril, Isa Pa With Feelings, Metamorphosis)
2. Marcin Szocinski (for Watch Me Kill)
3. Steven Evangelio (for Cleaners)
4. Isaac Banks (for Lingua Franca)
5. Kara Moreno (for Edward)

BEST EDITING »
1. JBL and Brian Gonzales (for For My Alien Friend)
2. Che Tagyamon and Noah Loyola (for Cleaners)
3. Carlo Francisco Manatad (for ICYMI: I See Me)
4. Miko Revereza (for No Data Plan)
5. Benjo Ferrer III (for John Denver Trending)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE/SOUNDTRACK »
1. Len Calvo (for John Denver Trending)
2. Igo Gonzalez (for Sila-Sila)
3. Pat Lasaten (for LSS)
4. Divino Dacunas (for Metamorphosis)
5. Pepe Manikan (for Edward)

BEST SCENE »
1. The ending of John Denver Trending
- "The last few minutes of John Denver Trending were among the most suffocating and maddening moments of 2019.
Within those few minutes, we get a glimpse of what's revolving around John Denver's mind: the fear, the shame,
the guilt, the desolation. He's had enough of being both the suspect and the victim. In doing so, he runs
away from everyone, away from the police who's wrongly accused him of something he did not do, away from the
society who's so quick to judge and belittle him without knowing all the sides of the coin, away from the school
who's never defended him just because he did some bad things in the past, and away from his mother who's seen
him at his best and at his worst. He finds no sense anymore in fighting a fight that he knows he will not be
able to conquer in the end. He escapes. Intentionally. And in his escape, he's setting himself free from the
hatred and the negativity surrounding him. Many people would think that such a scene would be a glorification of
self-harm, but sometimes we need a dose of reality for us to understand the importance of mental health and
the repercussions of our everyday actions. The shots were framed in a raw and nihilistic way, without ever
trying to romanticize John Denver's situation. It's the truth. And there's nothing we can do about it."

2. The spitting of Kalel
- "A symbolic way of Lana's criticism against the world, particularly the healthcare system and the religious
institutions who've dared judge and lambast every LGBTQ+ member who's suffered from HIV/AIDS, Kalel spitting on
the heavens above is his meager form of rebellion. He's trapped and cannot say what's on his mind, afraid of being
put down on by everyone he knows and he loves. And we, as members of the society, have failed to acknowledge him.
We, as members of the society, have put him in a tight spot, where he feels no form of acceptance or love
whatsoever. We, as members of the society, have imprisoned him in a narrow frame of hatred and ostracism. And he's
had enough. 'You have failed me,' he tries to say, without the words ever coming out of his mouth. And that says a lot."

3. The crying of Edward
- "For a limited amount of time, Edward has seen it all: the faces of poverty, the burdens of our public healthcare system, the
idea of first love, the powerlessness of youth and, most of all, the cruelties of life. He didn't have to go through it all; after all, at the start he was once like every single young blood out there right now: so full of idealism and ignorance in whatever's happening.
But Fate knows when to teach us what reality means. Edward learned his lesson the hardest way possible, most of which he did
not deserve. In the process of learning, his innocence—like his idealism and ignorance—has been torn away from him in a
crescendo of events that even he did not expect to happen. Life just works that way. That's where the emotions, intensely
seething through his vessel, have started piling up. In the waiting area of the hospital, he lies on the carton-laden floor, along with
hundreds and thousands of other family members who are lying along with him, and there he starts hugging his bag and lets the
tears in his eyes overwhelm him. For a limited amount of time, Edward has seen it all. And what he's seen is a little too much."

4. The anger of the Cleaners
- "It's the last day of IV-Rizal's senior year. A lot of events and problems have come their way, most of which will later on define
what their identities will be. They've been through a lot of terrible things, that enumerating each of them would take more than
a single day. Finally, they are going to graduate. They are going to move up to college. Yet the nightmares and the moments, the successes and the failures... all of these memories are banked within their hearts and minds. For them to leave high school and to move on with their lives, no matter how the walk forward is going to be, feels incomplete. In what comes off as a sudden fit of rage and angst, the Cleaners of IV-Rizal—the students who have remained in the classroom on their last day of school—have trashed and ruined their classroom. They were screaming at every corner of the room, shouting through the windows, throwing garbage everywhere, making a mess on the walls and breaking every armchair inside, all culminating along with the burst of colors beneath their photocopied selfs. It's their version of kids throwing middle fingers in the air. And rightfully so."

BEST SHORT FILM »
1. Judy Free
Director: Che Tagyamon

2. Wag Mo 'Kong Kausapin
Director: Josef Gacutan

3. Tokwifi
Director: Carla Marie Pullido

4. Heist School
Director: Julius Renomeron Jr.

5. Excuse Me Miss, Miss, Miss
Director: Sonny Calvento

BEST FILM FESTIVAL »
1. QCinema International Film Festival
2. Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival
3. Cinema One Originals Film Festival
4. Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino
5. Sinag Maynila Film Festival

FAVORITE FILMS OF THE 2010s (2010-2019) »

1. Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan (2013)
Director: Lav Diaz

2. Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012)
Director: Lav Diaz

3. Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (2017)
Director: Khavn

4. Anino sa Likod ng Buwan (2015)
Director: Jun Robles Lana

5. Oda sa Wala (2018)
Director: Dwein Baltazar

6. Salvage (2015)
Director: Sherad Anthony Sanchez

7. Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis (2016)
Director: Lav Diaz

8. Sa Palad ng Dantaong Kulang (2017)
Director: Jewel Maranan

9. Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon (2014)
Director: Lav Diaz

10. Sunday Beauty Queen (2016)
Director: Baby Ruth Villarama-Gutierrez