Bancom Audiovision's Kisapmata, a movie about a deranged retired policeman, won ten of the 13 awards in the 1981 Metro Manila Film Festival--- Best Picture; Vic Silayan (Best Actor); Jay Ilagan (Best Supporting Actor); Charito Solis (Best Supporting Actress); Mike de Leon (Best Director); Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr., Racquel Villavicencio and Mike de Leon (Best Screenplay and Story); Jess Navarro (Best Editing); Best Production Design and Best Sound Engineering.
ECP's Himala captured nine awards in the 1982 Metro Manila Film Festival--- Best Picture, Best Actress (Nora Aunor), Best Supporting Actor (Spanky Manikan), Best Supporting Actress (Gigi Duenas), Best Director (Ishmael Bernal), Best Cinematography (Sergio Lobo), Best Art Direction (Racquel Villavicencio), Best Sound Engineering (Rolly Ruta) and Best Editing (Ike Jarlego, Jr.).
Cherubim Films' Bulaklak sa City Jail won the Best Picture Award in the 1984 Metro Manila Film Festival.
The 1986 Metro Manila Film Festival was considered the worst in the 12-year history of the annual 10-day festival of local movies.
Olongapo...The Great American Dream was adjudged Best Picture in the 1987 Metro Manila Film Festival.
Vilma Santos and Christopher de Leon received top honors winning the Best Actress and Best Actor trophies in the 1989 Metro Manila Film Festival.
In 1975, the first Metropolitan Film Festival was held in commemoration of the the third year anniversary of the continuation of Martial Law.
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In 1977, the Metropolitan Film Festival was changed to its current name, Metro Manila Film Festival.
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Metro Manila Film Festival (held every December 25 to January 7 in all cinemas nationwide)
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topped the 1990 Metro Manila Film Festival with eleven awards--- Best Picture, Best Actress (Nora Aunor), Best Supporting Actress (Gina Alajar), Best Director (Gil Portes), Best Editing (Boy Vinarao), Best Musical Score and Best Original Theme Song (Mon Faustino), Best Original Story and Best Screenplay (Ricky Lee and Gil Portes), Best Studio Sound Recording (Rolly Ruta) and The Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Award.
The film achieved numerous milestones including being the second highest grossing Filipino romantic comedy movie of all-time after It Takes a Man and a Woman and third highest grossing non-MMFF film of all-time after It Takes a Man and a Woman and Praybeyt Benjamin respectively, and also the highest-grossing January-released film of all-time in the country.
In 1994, Balagtas won the Best Director Award in the Metro Manila Film Festival for the movie Lucas Abelardo starring Roi Vinzon.
He won Best Movie Theme Song and was also nominated for Best Film Score at the 34th Metro Manila Film Festival for his music in the movie "Homecoming" by renowned Filipino director Gil Portes.
In 2008, Contis was hailed as the Best Actor at the 24th PMPC Star AwardsBest Actor award for Banal, a film directed by GMA reporter Cesar Apolinario (who won as Best Director in the Metro Manila Film Festival in that same year).
He also returned to comedy film for his comeback movie, "Iskul Bukol: 20 Years After", an official entry to the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival, together with Tito & Vic Sotto and his father, Joey De Leon, with co-stars Jimmy Santos, Jose Manalo, Carlene Aguilar, Pauleen Luna & Ryan Agoncillo.