MMFF 2022 awards: 'Deleter' receives 7 trophies, Nadine Lustre wins best actress

MANILA, December 28 ------ The 48th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) handed out awards to stars and talents involved in this year’s eight competing entries, with the psychological horror “Deleter” taking home the most trophies, including Best Picture.

Among the 7-trophy haul of “Deleter” were Best Director for Mikhail Red, Best Actress for Nadine Lustre, as well as Best Cinematography for Ian Guevarra. The romance thriller “Nanahimik Ang Gabi,” meanwhile, clinched five awards in total, including 3rd Best Picture, Best Actor for Ian Veneracion, and Best Supporting Actor for Mon Confiado. Winning 2nd Best Picture was “Mamasapano: Now It Can Be Told,” which received three other awards, including Best Screenplay for Eric Ramos.

Held at the New Frontier Theater in Quezon City, the 2022 Gabi ng Parangal saw the biggest awarding ceremony of the MMFF in three years in terms of attendees, amid eased pandemic restrictions. The 2020 edition was held completely virtually, while last year’s festival had significant limitations both in cinema capacity and public activities, including the traditional Parade of Stars and its awards night. Themed “Balik Saya,” in part to reflect the full-scale return to cinemas, the 2022 MMFF also celebrated the re-energized movie audience during the Gabi ng Parangal.

Some of the winners are listed below:

Best Child Performer

• Shawn Niño Gabriel, ‘My Father, Myself’

Best Visual Effects

• Gaspar Mangalin, ‘Deleter’

Best Cinematography

• Ian Guevarra, ‘Deleter’

Star of the Night

• Ian Veneracion and Nadine Lustre

FPJ Memorial Award

• ‘Mamasapano: Now It Can Be Told’

Best Screenplay

• Eric Ramos, ‘Mamasapano: Now It Can Be Told’

Best Supporting Actress

• Dimples Romana, ‘My Father, Myself’

Best Supporting Actor

• Mon Confiado, ‘Nanahimik Ang Gabi’

Best Director

• Mikhail Red, ‘Deleter’

Best Actor

• Ian Veneracion, ‘Nanahimik Ang Gabi’

Best Actress

• Nadine Lustre, ‘Deleter’

Best Picture

• Mikhail Red’s ‘Deleter’

Source: news.abs-cbn.com