Two Films with enough Laurels to Make a Tub of Adobo Lead Sinag Maynila 2018 Winners

Tale of the Lost Boys by Joselito "Jay" Altarejos snagged the Sinag Box Office Award, Best Editing, Best Screenplay, and Best Film. On the other hand, Bomba by Ralston Jover won Best Cinematography (Pipo Domagas), Best Director (Jover), Best Actor (Allen Dizon), and Best Actress (Angelie Sanoy) awards. Both films already garnered laurels in credible film festivals abroad, either as part of the roster or actual winners.

Altarejos' film, according to IMDB, is "a story about an unexpected connection between a Filipino and a Taiwanese aborigine who are both in search of their identities." Jover's, is about a mute man living with an assumed daughter who encounter circumstances that bring forth another persona boiling beneath the surface. The former was part of HKGLFF 2017, The 26th Rainbow Reel Tokyo, IQMF, etc. It premiered at the Tokyo International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival last July 2017. The latter won a top prize at the 33rd Warsaw Filmfest as well as the 16th Dhaka International Film Festival.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Documentary: Mahal Kita

Jury Prize for Documentary: Journeyman Finds Home: The Simone Rota Story 

Best Short Film: The Duwende

Sinag Box Office Award: Tale of the Lost Boys

SM People's Choice Award: El Peste

Best Sound: Abomination

Best Musical Score: Melodrama/Random/Melbourne!

Best Editing: Tale of the Lost Boys

Best Cinematography: Bomba

Best Production Design: El Pests

Best Screenplay: Tale of the Lost Boys

Best Director: Ralston Jover - Bomba

Best Actress: Angeli Nicole Sanoy - Bomba

Best Actor: Allen Dizon - Bomba

Best Film: Tale of the Lost Boys

The Gabi ng Parangal was held last night, March 11, at the Conrad Hotel. Christian Bautista and The Company were among the guest artists who performed.