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Inay (1993 Film)
''Inay'' is a 1993 Filipino drama film directed by Artemio Marquez. The film stars Nora Aunor in the title role, along with Tirso Cruz III and Maridin Lumano. It was one of the entries in the 1993 Metro Manila Film Festival. This is the first film produced by couple Derek Dee, who is first introduced in this film, and Melanie Marquez under their film company Omni Films International. The film is streaming online on YouTube. Cast * Nora Aunor as Sally * Tirso Cruz III as Teddy * Melanie Marquez as Gemma * Chanda Romero as Prosecutor Attorney * Tommy Abuel as Defense Attorney * Jaclyn Jose as Anna * Derek Dee as Angel Castro * Maridin Lumano as Thea * Carol Dauden as Catalina * Orestes Ojeda as Donny * Tita Muñoz as Mrs. Corcuera * Caridad Sanchez as Aling Elena * Louella de Cordova as Doctor de Cordova * Nanding Fernandez as The Judge * Tom Lupton as Leonardo * Ces Aldaba as Policeman * Renato Laurel as Policeman * Jason Calma as Jason * Ramir Lorenzo as Ramir * Noel Allan as Pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Marquez
Mimilanie "Melanie" Laurel Marquez (; born 16 July 1964) is a Filipino actress and beauty queen who won Miss International 1979. Career Pageant career Marquez won a local beauty pageant competition when she was 15 years old, and the 1979 Miss International pageant. In 1985, Marquez became the "Face of the 80s" in New York, USA. In 1986, she was the first runner-up in the "Supermodel" competition. In 2000, she was voted the "Most Beautiful Miss International Winner", and in 2005, was one of the six finalists at "Mrs. World" pageant held in India. She has appeared in the Binibining Pilipinas "World of BC 2004" and "World of Canada 2004" pageants. Post-pageantry Marquez became a fashion and commercial model and was featured on local and international magazine covers. She toured Europe and the United States. As an actress, she has played parts in action and dramatic films, including the title role in her own bio-picture. Later, she became a TV host, film producer, and celebr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caridad Sanchez
Caridad Yuson Sanchez-Babao (born August 1, 1930 in Mandaue) is a Filipino actress, mostly seen on GMA Network. In 1977, she played the role of Nanay Idad in the revival TV drama series based from the very successful radio soap opera (first heard over DZRH in 1949) ''Gulong ng Palad'' as a household mother of Luisa. Early life and career Caridad Sanchez's father, Marcos F. Sanchez, and mother, Sofia Yuson, are from Mandaue, Cebu. She comes from a big family of 15 children, and she is the youngest. She dreamt to become a lawyer before she become an actress. As a professional actress she did Visayan films and then starred in many TV shows in supporting roles in the early 1960s to the 1970s. She honed her acting skills working with big stars such as Dolphy, Nida Blanca, and Fernando Poe Jr. She was later cast in bigger roles in the late 1970s. She became a TV household favorite as Nanay Edad in ''Gulong ng Palad,'' a classic radio serial turned TV soap on the old BBC 2. She then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Drama Films
The General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its calendar advanced 24 hours to the Eastern Hemisphere side of the International Date Line, skipping August 21, 1993. Events January * January 1 ** Czechoslovakia ceases to exist, as the Czech Republic and Slovakia separate in the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. ** The European Economic Community eliminates trade barriers and creates a European single market. ** International Radio and Television Organization ceases. * January 3 – In Moscow, Presidents George H. W. Bush (United States) and Boris Yeltsin (Russia) sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. * January 5 ** US$7.4 million is stolen from the Brink's Armored Car Depot in Rochester, New York, in the fifth largest robbery in U.S. history. ** , a Liberian-registered oil tanker, runs aground off the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Films
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits ''Jurassic Park (film), Jurassic Park'', ''The Fugitive (1993 film), The Fugitive,'' and ''The Firm (1993 film), The Firm''. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.) Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1993 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * January 1 – China Film Group Corporation, China Film Import & Export Corporation ends its 40-year monopoly distributing all films in China, with 16 other Chinese film studios now responsible for distributing their own films. * January 29 – ''Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film), Bram Stoker's Dracula'' opens in the United Kingdom setting an opening weekend record of £2,633,635 million. * March 31 – actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of ''The Crow (1994 film), The Crow''. * May 27 – actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge initially order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solar Pictures
Solar Entertainment Corporation (also known as Solar Entertainment, and simply known as Solar or SEC) is a Mass media in the Philippines, Filipino Mass media, media company based in Makati, Philippines. Founded and owned by the brothers, Wilson, William and Willy Tieng. Solar Entertainment operates four Free-to-air, digital free-to-air channels and one Cable television, cable channel. Solar also owns a film distribution company (Solar Pictures) and defunct freemium digital television service (Easy TV (Philippines), Easy TV Home). History Film production and distribution Solar Entertainment was founded and established by the brothers William Tieng, Wilson Tieng and Willy Tieng in 1976. Solar Films was then formed in 1988 (one of the first films that distributed by Solar Films is Rambo III of Sylvester Stallone), bringing international films (and later, local films since 2009) to the Philippines. Since 2012, Solar has collaborated with independent film director Brillante Mendoza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Critics Circle
The Young Critics Circle - Film Desk is a society of film critics and an award-giving body for cinema in the Philippines. It was established in 1990 and had its first awarding in 1991.Young Critics Circle to hold awarding rites on June 27 - The Philippine Star (June 18, 2012). Retrieved June 28, 2012Himpapawid Wins Big at Young Critics Circle - ABS-CBN (October 16, 2011). Retrieved June 28, 2012. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FAMAS Award
The Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards, or simply the FAMAS Awards, are the annual honors given by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS), an organization composed of writers and movie columnists, for achievements in Philippine cinema for a calendar year. Members of the academy including avid movie viewers, fans or enthusiasts cast their votes on who should win the statuettes in the different categories they were nominated. Established in 1952, it is the oldest existing film industry award-giving body in the Philippines and one of the oldest in Asia. The FAMAS Award, from 1952 to 1982, was the highest Filipino film award a filmmaker or artisan could receive in the local movie industry. In 1982, after the inception of the Film Academy of the Philippines (Luna) Awards, the Philippine equivalent of the Oscars (where academy members are film professionals who nominate and choose awardees of the year) was mandated by the Philippine government, FAM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Manila Film Festival Award For Best Actress
The Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). It was first awarded at the 1st Metro Manila Film Festival ceremony, held in 1975; Charito Solis received the award for her role in ''Araw-Araw, Gabi-Gabi'' and it is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry."Metro Manila Film Festival:1975" ''IMDB''. Retrieved 2014-04-09. Currently, nominees and winners are determined by Executive Committees, headed by the Chairman and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Commission For Culture And The Arts
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts of the Philippines (NCCA; , ) is the official government agency for culture in the Philippines. It is the overall policy making body, coordinating, and grants giving agency for the preservation, development and promotion of Philippine arts and culture; an executing agency for the policies it formulates; and task to administering the National Endowment Fund for Culture and the Arts (NEFCA) – fund exclusively for the implementation of culture and arts programs and projects. History The successful overthrow of the dictatorship in 1987 through the People Power Revolution inspired the different sectors of society to rally behind the new government towards the restoration of democracy. On March 12, 1986, the Alliance of Artists for the Creation of a Ministry of Culture (AACMC) drafted and adopted a proposal for the establishment of a Ministry of Culture. The group cited the inability of the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Manila Film Festival Award For Best Picture
The Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Picture (previously known as Dangal ng Bagong Lipunan) is an award presented annually by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). It was first awarded at the 1st Metropolitan Film Festival ceremony, held in 1975; the film ''Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa'' starring Joseph Estrada received the award and it is given in honor of the film that has delivered an outstanding creation of the film, including directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing and other efforts put forth into a film."Metro Manila Film Festival:1975" ''IMDb''. Retrieved 2014-04-09. The category was first named "Best Film" before changing it to "Best Picture" in 2007. Currently, nominees and winners are determined by Executive Committees, headed by the |
Jaclyn Jose
Mary Jane Santa Ana Guck (October 21, 1963 – March 2, 2024 ), known professionally as Jaclyn Jose, was a Filipino actress. Known for her penetrating eyes and antagonistic roles in film and soap operas, she was a recipient of various accolades, including five Gawad Urians, two Luna Awards, and a FAMAS Award, in addition to an Asian Film Awards nomination. She is the only Filipino to win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for the movie '' Ma' Rosa'' (2016). She was also described as the "Queen of Underacting" for her ability to deliver restrained and subtle performances. Jose made her film acting debut in 1984, starring in dramas directed by William Pascual, Chito S. Roño and Lino Brocka, which earned her recognition in the Philippine movie awards circuit. In the 1990s, she began appearing in television soap operas. Jose was also honored by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts at the Ani ng Dangal ceremony in 2017. In 2023, she was awarded the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Lee
Ricardo Arreola Lee ONA (born March 19, 1948) is a Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright. Starting in 1973, he has written more than 180 film screenplays and collaborated with many of the Philippines' most notable film directors, including Lino Brocka, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, and Ishmael Bernal. Many of his films he written have been screened in international film festivals, including Cannes, Toronto, and Berlin, among others. A major prominent figure of Filipino screenwriters and one of the greatest and most influential figures in the Philippines, Lee was awarded the Order of National Artists of the Philippines for Film and Broadcast Arts in 2022. His work has earned him over seventy awards from various accolades including three lifetime achievement awards from the Cinemanila International Film Festival, the Gawad Urian, and the PMPC. He was also the recipient of the 2015 UP Gawad Plaridel and one of the Gawad CCP awardees for that year. In 2018, he receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
