There are many institutions, academies and fellowships in the Philippines that hands out awards, citations and recognitions to outstanding film achievements for a certain calendar year.

History

1950-1975

The

Maria Clara Awards The Maria Clara Awards is the first formal film industry Film awards bodies in the Philippines, award-giving body of the Philippines. It was established in 1950 by a group of writers from the Manila Times, Manila Times Publishing, Co., which incl ...

was established in 1950 by

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. However, it was criticized for being judged only by movie outsiders. In response, a group of writers established the

Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences 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 achieveme ...

s (FAMAS Awards) in 1952. In

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

, the first Metropolitan Film Festival was held in commemoration of the third anniversary of the continuation of

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1975-1990

From 1952 to 1976, the FAMAS was the sole award-giving body for film in the Philippines. On May 1, 1976, a group of nine film critics and writers formed the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (English: ''Filipino Film Critics''), an organization aiming at giving recognition to Filipino film achievements through the eyes of a film critic. The MPP formed the

Gawad Urian Awards The Gawad Urian Awards are annual film awards in the Philippines presented since 1977 by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (), a film critic organization composed of critics, writers, and scholars. It is the regarded as the highest award for ...

, the first award-giving body to contest the long-reigning FAMAS Awards. The Gawad Urian gave a Philippine equivalent to the

New York Film Critics Circle Awards The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) is an American film critic organization founded in 1935 by Wanda Hale from the New York ''Daily News''. Its membership includes over 30 film critics from New York–based daily and weekly newspapers, ma ...

. This organization was also created after the first tie in lead categories was recorded in 21st FAMAS Awards in 1973. It was in the Best Actress category, in which both

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and

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won. In

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

, the Metropolitan Film Festival was changed to its current name,

Metro Manila Film Festival The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is an annual film festival organized by the Metro Manila Development Authority and held nationwide in the Philippines. The festival, which runs from Christmas Day through New Year's Day and into first weeke ...

. During the commercialist era of movies in the 1980s, more award-giving bodies have sprung up to honor film achievements. In 1981, President

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passed Executive Order 640-A, which established the

Film Academy of the Philippines Established in 1981, the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) is the Philippines' official counterpart of the United States' Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The FAP was founded through Executive Order 640-A issued by the Presiden ...

, the Philippines' official counterpart of the United States'

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of adva ...

. The FAP handed out the first

Luna Awards The Luna Awards are awards given annually by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) to recognize the outstanding achievements of the Filipino film industry. The first awards were presented in 1983 in Pasay. It is considered to be the Philipp ...

(then called the FAP Award until 2005) in 1983 to honor film achievements in 1982. In addition, the Catholic Church also established the Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA). In 1985, the Philippine Movie Press Club initiated the Star Awards for Movies and Television, which is currently the Philippines'

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' counterpart. Under the auspices of First Lady

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, the first Filipino international film festival was held in 1982: the

Manila International Film Festival The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is an annual film festival organized by the Metro Manila Development Authority and held nationwide in the Philippines. The festival, which runs from Christmas Day through New Year's Day and into first weeken ...

. This prestigious festival opened at the Manila Film Center.

Grand Slam

During the 1980s, the term '' grand slam'' became popular. The Philippine grand slam is an unofficial moniker given to an actor or actress who had won the following awards: FAMAS Awards, Gawad Urian, CMMA and FAP Awards (became Luna Awards in 2005) in one year. CMMA though stopped giving acting awards by 1990 while Star Awards started giving their awards in 1985. The moniker was first earned by actress

in 1983 when she won the FAMAS, Gawad Urian, CMMA and FAP Awards for her performance in the

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film ''Relasyon''.

1990-present

The number of film award-giving bodies in the Philippines grew beginning in the 1990s. Several university scholars and teachers formed their own awards, beginning with the Young Critics Circle in 1990, with members coming from various disciplines of the country's top universities. Gawad Pasado and Gawad Tanglaw followed suit in 1998 and 2002, respectively. In 2003, several members of the PMPC formed a breakaway group called the Entertainment Press Society and started handing out awards - the Golden Screen Awards - in 2004.

Awards

First four

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 achieveme ...

s (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences) *

Gawad Urian The Gawad Urian Awards are annual film awards in the Philippines presented since 1977 by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (), a Film criticism, film critic organization composed of critics, writers, and scholars. It is the regarded as the h ...

(''Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino'' or Filipino Film Critics) *

Luna Award The Luna Awards are awards given annually by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) to recognize the outstanding achievements of the Filipino film industry. The first awards were presented in 1983 in Pasay. It is considered to be the Philipp ...

s (

) * Star Award for Movies (Philippine Movie Press Club)

Post-1990 bodies

* Young Critics Circle Film Desk Awards * Gawad PASADO (''Pampelikulang Samahan ng mga Dalubguro'' or Film Association of Professors) Backronym meaning: To pass

Post-2000 bodies

* Gawad TANGLAW (''Tagapuring mga Akademik ng Aninong Gumagalaw'' or Academic Praisers of Motion Pictures) Backronym meaning: light * Gawad Genio Awards (Film Critics Academe of Zamboanga City) * The EDDYS or The Entertainment Editors' Choice Awards (Society of Philippines Entertainment Editors (SPEEd))

Festivals

Consistently held

(held every December 25 to January 7 in all cinemas nationwide since 1975) *

Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival The Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, more commonly known as Cinemalaya, is a film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theater, cinemas or screening venues, usually ann ...

(held at the

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, select Ayala Malls theaters and Vista Mall cinemas every July or August since 2005) * Cinema One Originals (held at select malls in Metro Manila and Cebu every October or November since 2005) * QCinema International Film Festival (held at select theaters in Quezon City every October since 2013) * Sinag Maynila Film Festival (held in select theaters in Metro Manila every March or April since 2015) *

Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (), abbreviated as PPP, is a film festival held in the Philippines in celebration of the ''Buwan ng Wika''. It is organized by the Film Development Council of the Philippines. Similar to the Metro Manila Film Festiv ...

(held every August or September in all cinemas nationwide since 2017)

Intermittently held

Cinemanila International Film Festival The Cinemanila International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Manila, Philippines. It was founded by Filipino filmmaker Amable "Tikoy" Aguiluz in 1999. The focus of the festival is on the cinema of the Philippines as well as Sout ...

(held at select malls within Metro Manila every November) * Sineng Pambansa (held every June and November in select Philippine cities) * CineFilipino Film Festival (held every other year from 2013-2018) * ToFarm he Outstanding Farmers in the PhilippinesFilm Festival (held every September in select cinemas nationwide from 2016-2018)

Defunct

(1950–1951) (resurrected in 2006 as a temporary venue of awards for the FAMAS, which was undergoing a leadership crisis and an anti-awards night ruling from the Securities and Exchange Commission) * Catholic Mass Media Awards * Manila International Film Festival * Golden Screen Awards (Entertainment Press Society (ENPRESS)) - breakaway group from PMPC (2004-2015)

References

External links

Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival
- official website
Cinemanila International Film Festival
- official website
Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences
- official website
Film Academy of the Philippines
- official website
''Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino''
- official website
Metro Manila Film Festival
- official website
Young Critics Circle Film Desk
- official blog {{DEFAULTSORT:Film Awards Bodies In The Philippines Philippine film awards