The First Annual Brun Film Awards 2013: Nominees and Recipients (Critics' Section)

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Updated: March 28, 2014 (6:00 P.M.) Recipients announced

Early January 2014, Brun Philippines was invited to participate for the first time in Pinoy Rebyu’s 2013 Movie Poll.  Our official selections were voted by our resident and guest critics as well as selected readers.  Since many critics consider 2013 as a resurgent year in Philippine cinema, we have decided to give our very own awards. Yes, another award-giving body! God help us. Insert sardonic grin here. Don fret, we aim to be the most “ironic self-aware” award-giving body in the country.

Brun Philippines was launched last year and so we think it is only appropriate that we celebrate our first anniversary by honoring the best in Filipino films. Unlike our selections in Pinoy Rebyu, we decided to follow the traditional path and stick with Best Performances by Female and Male Actors, especially since there were so many great performances last year. It would limit our choices if we just settle for Best Lead and Supporting Performances. Who knows, perhaps next year, the picking will be slim so might as well take advantage of last year’s abundant harvest.

Here are the nominees for our first Brun Film Awards. For now, we will just have seven categories. Ten nominees for Best Film and five for the other categories. Our choices for Best Director and Best Screenplay are already announced but we will announce the recipients for the other categories on March 28, 2014. (Update: Originally, the announcement of the recipients was on February 28, but because of the positive feedback from our readers, we decided to move the announcement on March 28 to coincide with the closing date of our Readers' Choice Awards.

Note: The nominees are slightly different from the ones we submitted for Pinoy Rebyu because we divided the performance categories into four instead of two. 

Nominees are arranged alphabetically

CRITICS' SECTION

For the official results of our Readers' Choice Section, please click this.

BEST FILMS ("The Triad")

Brun chooses a maximum of three winning best films instead of the traditional single winner because a single winner is very limiting. In addition, time is the true test of a good film and we believe that the following three films have longevity. The award is credited to the film producer(s) and director(s).

• “Ang Huling Cha Cha ni Anita” (Directed by Sigrid Andrea Bernardo)
• “Badil” (Directed by Chito Roño; Produced by Hans Salazar) «-Read Review
• “Debosyon” (Directed by Alvin Yapan; Produced by Alemberg Ang) «-Read Review
• “Iskalawags” (Directed by Keith Deligero)
• “Mga Anino ng Kahapon” (Directed by Alvin Yapan)
• “Norte: Hangganan ng Kasaysayan” (Directed by Lav Diaz)
• “OTJ: On the Job” (Directed by Erik Matti)
• “Quick Change” (Directed by Eduardo Roy, Jr.; Produced by Ferdinand Lapuz) «-Read Review
• “Sana Dati” (Directed by Jerrold Tarog)
• “Transit” (Directed by Hannah Espia)

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

• Lav Diaz for “Norte: Hangganan ng Kasaysayan”
• Hannah Espia for “Transit”
• Erik Matti for “OTJ”
• Chito Roño for “Badil” / “Boy Golden: Shoot to Kill”
• Alvin Yapan for “Debosyon” / “Mga Anino ng Kahapon”«(Read Article)

BEST SCREENPLAY (2 AWARDS)

• Giancarlo Abraham and Hannah Espia for “Transit”
• Carlo Obispo for “Purok 7”
• Eduardo Roy, Jr. for “Quick Change”«
• Rody Vera for “Badil” «
• Alvin Yapan for “Mga Anino ng Kahapon”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Nora Aunor in “Ang Kwento ni Mabuti”
• Cherie Gil in “Sonata”
• Agot Isidro in “Mga Anino ng Kahapon”«-Read Review
• Vilma Santos in “Ekstra”
• Krystel Valentino in “Purok 7”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Irma Adlawan in “Transit”«(tie)-Read Review
• Angel Aquino in “Ang Huling Cha Cha ni Anita”
• Angeli Bayani in “Ilo Ilo” (Also cited for "Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan" «(tie)-Read Review
• Jasmine Curtis-Smith in “Transit”
• Nikki Gil in “Badil”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Jhong Hilario in “Badil”
• Mimi Juareza in “Quick Change”
• Sid Lucero in “Norte: Hangganan ng Kasaysayan”
• Alex Medina in “Babagwa”
• Joel Torre in “OTJ” (Also cited for "Kabisera")«-Read Review

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Archie Alemania in “Norte: Hangganan ng Kasaysayan”
• John Arcilla in “Metro Manila”
• Dick Israel in “Badil” «
• Joey Paras in “Babagwa”
• T.J. Trinidad in “Sana Dati”

OTHER FILM ESSAYS

• Our Choices for the 86th Oscar Awards (2014)
• Pelikulang Pilipino: "Ipahiya ang mga Mayayaman at mga Lider ng Bansa sa Pelikula"
• The Cinema of “Disconnection”
• "Filburger Films" to Something Radically New: What Will the New Philippine Cinema Be Like? (Part 1)
• What is a Critic?
• Smoking in Films (from “The Death of a Critic” Blog)
• Introducing Emma Thompson's Sternocleidomastoid Muscles (from “The Death of a Critic” Blog)
• Soon: Pelikula Bilang Instrumento ng Aktibismo

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