Criteria Used in Choosing the Best Films in the Philippines

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Since it’s the film awards season once again in the Philippines, here’s a very helpful guide on how films are merited:

Cinemanila International Film Festival
100% - Film merits based on jury’s decision;

Cinema One Originals
100% - Film merits based on jury’s decision;

Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival
50% - Film merits based on jury’s decision;
50% - Should be credited to the committee for imposing their cast selection and other “filmmaking” strategy;

Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) for Films
90% - Films that don’t promote RH Bill;
10% - Film merits based on the showbiz side of the priests and bishops;

Gawad TANGLAW (Tagapuring mga Akademisyan ng AninoNG GumagaLAW)
30% - Kapamilya production (actors, Star Cinema, etc.);
20% - Ideally, anything educational;
50% - Film merits based on the showbiz side of the professors and college deans;

Star Awards for Films (by PMPC or Philippine Movie Press Club)
79% - Kapamilya production (Kapamilya actors, Star Cinema, etc.);
20% - Connections and possibly, under-the-table transactions;
1% - Film merits based on the choices of our dear tabloid reporters;

Golden Screen Awards for Films (by EnPress or Entertainment Press, the break-away group of PMPC)
79% - Kapuso production (Kapuso actors, GMA Films, etc.);
20% - Connections and possibly, under-the-table transactions;
1% - Film merits based on the choices of the remaining tabloid reporters;

Film Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards
90% - Connections and possibly, under-the-table transactions;
10% - Film merits based on the committee’s decision;

Luna Awards (by FAP or Film Academy of the Philippines, our very own Oscars)
100% - Connections, just connections;

Young Critics Circle (YCC) Film Desk Citations
80% - Any film/actor that critics (including mostly of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino) wouldn’t think of;
20% - Film merits based on the voting body’s decision;

Gawad Urian (by Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino)
80% - Any film/actor that YCC hasn’t cited yet;
20% - Film merits based on the voting body’s decision;