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1978 Metro Manila Film Festival
Annual Philippine Festival edition
Annual Philippine Festival edition
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1978 Metro Manila Film Festival |
| number | 4 |
| award | Metro Manila Film Festival |
| site | Manila |
| date | to |
| best_picture | Atsay |
| most_wins | Atsay (4) |
| last | 3rd |
| next | 5th |
The 4th Metro Manila Film Festival had its run in 1978 starting from December 25 onwards. There were nine official entries and Atsay was hailed as the Festival's Best Film.
Ian Film Productions' Atsay received the most awards, with a total of four including Best Picture Award in the highly contested 1978 Metro Manila Film Festival. The movie also won for Nora Aunor the Best Performer Award, the first and only awardee of the category. Sampaguita Pictures' Rubia Servios received two awards: Best Screenplay for Mario O'Hara and Best Editing for Jose Tarnate. RVQ's Jack n' Jill of the Third Kind was the top grosser of the festival.
Entries
| Title | Starring | Studio | Director | Genre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Atsay* | ||||||||
| *Garrote: Jai Alai King* | ||||||||
| *Ang Huling Lalaki ng Baluarte* | ||||||||
| *Jack n'Jill of the Third Kind* | ||||||||
| *The Jess Lapid Story* | ||||||||
| *Katawang Alabok* | ||||||||
| *Kid Kaliwete* | ||||||||
| *Rubia Servios* | ||||||||
| *Salonga* |
Awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted with boldface and indicated with a double dagger (). Nominees are also listed if applicable.
| Best Film | Best Director | Best Performer | Best Editing | Best Screenplay | Best Cinematography | Best Art Direction |
|---|
Multiple awards
| Awards | Film |
|---|---|
| 4 | Atsay |
| 2 | Rubia Servios |
Ceremony Information
"Noranians" versus "Vilmanians"
The board of jurors decided to not award honors for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for some reasons. Instead, the jurors gave Nora Aunor a "Best Performer" award for her role in the movie Atsay. Ms. Aunor beat Ms. Santos, whom fortune-tellers on the talk show of Inday Badiday had predicted would win the award for her role in the movie Rubia Servios.
''Atsay'' vs. ''Rubia Servios'' commentary
In 1979, Isagani Cruz of TV Times commented about Atsay and Rubia Servios. He states: "Rubia Servios is Lino Brocka's film; Atsay is Eddie Garcia's. Nora does an excellent acting job; but so does Vilma Santos, and Rubia is a much more demanding and difficult role. Edgardo M. Reyes is an established literary figure, but Mario O'Hara is much better screenwriter. Overall, Atsay may be much more impressive than Rubia Servios. In terms of challenging our moral and legal convictions, however, Rubia Servios is much more significant."
References
References
- [http://video48.blogspot.ca/2007/12/1978-metro-manila-film-festival-entries.html "THE 1978 METRO MANILA FILM FESTIVAL: NORA'S "ATSAY" VS. VILMA'S "RUBIA SERVIOS""]. ''Video 48''. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000431/1978 "Metro Manila Film Festival:1978"]. ''IMDB''. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- Isagani Cruz. ''Atsay and Rubia Servios comment''. TV Times. 1979.
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