“Never Tear Us Apart” leads this year’s Cinema One Originals 2018 winners

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After the I Am Original Awards Night in Dolphy Theater in ABS-CBN, Whammy Alcazaren’s film Never Tear Us Apart, won the most awards last October 21 including Best Director, Best Music, Best Editing, Best Production Design, and Best Cinematography. The movie about an aging spy and his troubled family and shot entirely using an iPhone X, stars Ricky Davao, Meryl Soriano, and Jasmine Curtis-Smith. It was one of the nine full-length entries at this year’s Cinema One Originals film festival. Below is the full list of winners:<big>Technical Category</big>Best Picture: “Paglisan”Best Director: Whammy Alcazaren, “Never Tear Us Apart”Best Screenplay: Carl Papa and Aica Ganhinhin, “Paglisan”Best Sound: Jess Carlos, “Paglisan”Best Music: Teresa Barrozo, “Paglisan;” and Erwin Romulo, Juan Miguel Sobrepena, Malek Lopez, “Never Tear Us Apart”Best Editing: Ilsa Malsi, “Never Tear Us Apart”Best Production Design: Thesa Tang, “Never Tear Us Apart”Best Cinematography: Sasha Palomares, “Never Tear Us Apart” <big>Acting Category</big>Best Actor: Alwyn Uytingco, “Asuang”Best Actress: Iyah Mina, “Mamu; and A Mother Too”Best Supporting Actor: Arron Villaflor, “Mamu; and A Mother Too”Best Supporting Actress: Mary Joy Apostol, “Hospicio” <big>Special Awards</big>Jury Prize: “Never Tear Us Apart”Special Citation: “A Short History of a Few Bad Things”Audience Choice: “Mamu; And A Mother Too”Champion Bughaw Award: “Paglisan”Best in Short Film: “Manila Is Full of Men Named Boy,” Andrew Stephen LeeC1 Minute Student Film Competition: “Paray Kay Tatay,” Christlin Conanan, UP Diliman

Best Picture: “Paglisan”Best Director: Whammy Alcazaren, “Never Tear Us Apart”Best Screenplay: Carl Papa and Aica Ganhinhin, “Paglisan”Best Sound: Jess Carlos, “Paglisan”Best Music: Teresa Barrozo, “Paglisan;” and Erwin Romulo, Juan Miguel Sobrepena, Malek Lopez, “Never Tear Us Apart”Best Editing: Ilsa Malsi, “Never Tear Us Apart”Best Production Design: Thesa Tang, “Never Tear Us Apart”Best Cinematography: Sasha Palomares, “Never Tear Us Apart” <big>Acting Category</big>Best Actor: Alwyn Uytingco, “Asuang”Best Actress: Iyah Mina, “Mamu; and A Mother Too”Best Supporting Actor: Arron Villaflor, “Mamu; and A Mother Too”Best Supporting Actress: Mary Joy Apostol, “Hospicio” <big>Special Awards</big>Jury Prize: “Never Tear Us Apart”Special Citation: “A Short History of a Few Bad Things”Audience Choice: “Mamu; And A Mother Too”Champion Bughaw Award: “Paglisan”Best in Short Film: “Manila Is Full of Men Named Boy,” Andrew Stephen LeeC1 Minute Student Film Competition: “Paray Kay Tatay,” Christlin Conanan, UP Diliman

After the I Am Original Awards Night in Dolphy Theater in ABS-CBN, Whammy Alcazaren’s film Never Tear Us Apart, won the most awards last October 21 including Best Director, Best Music, Best Editing, Best Production Design, and Best Cinematography. The movie about an aging spy and his troubled family and shot entirely using an iPhone X, stars Ricky Davao, Meryl Soriano, and Jasmine Curtis-Smith. It was one of the nine full-length entries at this year’s Cinema One Originals film festival. Below is the full list of winners:<big>Technical Category</big>

The film shot entirely on a smartphone took home five technical awards.

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