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The Luna Awards are awards given annually by the
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(FAP) to recognize the outstanding achievements of the Filipino film industry. The first awards were presented in 1983 in
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. It is considered to be the Philippine counterpart of the
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. It used to be known as the FAP Awards until in 2005 when it got its current name. Since 2007, the
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started holding simple awards ceremonies due to lack of government funding and reduction of its share from MMFF earnings. This also caused some delays for ceremony scheduling.


History

In 1981, the Executive Order 640-A was passed by then President
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. The order mandated that the Film Academy of the Philippines should recognize outstanding film achievements annually. The first awards was presented on April 27, 1983, in Manila Film Center which gave awards to the best films of 1982. It was known as the Film Academy of the Philippines Awards, shortened as FAP Awards. In 2005, FAP held a naming contest to give a unique name for the awards and Luna was chosen. The awards for 2009 films (28th Luna Awards) were not given due to budget constraints. The academy still count it as part of the numbering pattern of the awards even though it was not held.


Statuette

In 2005, Luna was chosen as the new name for the awards from the 221 names submitted to the contest. Romeo Cando and Baltazar dela Cruz won the prize of ₱5000 for naming it. The word "
Luna Luna commonly refers to: * Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin, Spanish and other languages * Luna (goddess) In Sabine and ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon (Latin ''Lūna'' ). She is often presented as t ...
" means moon in different languages.
Luna Luna commonly refers to: * Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin, Spanish and other languages * Luna (goddess) In Sabine and ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon (Latin ''Lūna'' ). She is often presented as t ...
is also the Roman goddess of moon. It is also can be reflected in the idiom "shoot for the moon" which means to aspire for the seemingly unreachable because winning a Luna Award is something difficult to achieve. Indirectly, the choice of Luna is also a way to pay homage to
Juan Luna Juan Luna de San Pedro y Novicio (, ; October 25, 1857 – December 7, 1899) was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activism, activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first recog ...
. A painting which was made by Luna inspired production designer Angel "Ulay" Tantoco in making the design of this statuette in 1981. Luna is a long-haired woman with a flowing dress which represents the muse of arts. She holds a wreath and stands on twelve circular steps that represent all of the guilds of the academy. She is made of
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cast and weighs four kilograms.


Voting process

For a film to eligible, it should be released and have a commercial run for at least three days from January 1 to December 31 of the previous year. The voting process of Luna Awards was formulated by the academy with the help of
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(AIM). It was partially implemented in 2004 and fully implemented in 2005. It is done by a three-body system composed of the citers, nominators and voters. A citer can also be a voter but cannot be a nominator. The citers indicate whether a work should be cited or not. The cited works move on the next round. Ten seats are allocated for each guild focused on the professions of: *Direction *Performance *Screenplay *Cinematography *Production Design *Editing *Musical Score *Sound Another ten seats are allocated for a non-category guild, totaling to 90 seats. In the second round, a nominator should be a previous nominee in any major film awards like Luna,
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, Urian and
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. Five seats are assigned for each profession, adding up to 40 seats. They would rank all cited works from best to worst, with the two to five highest scorers becoming the nominees. To become a nominee in Best Picture, a film should have three nominations and one of these nominations should be in Best Direction or Best Screenplay. The nominees would then move on the last round where voters would cast their votes. Fifteen seats are designated per profession and another fifteen for a non-category guild, numbering to 135 seats. The winners would then be announced in the awards night.


Awards

*Best Picture *Best Direction *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best Screenplay *Best Cinematography *Best Production Design *Best Editing *Best Musical Score *Best Sound


Special awards

*Golden Reel Award *Fernando Poe, Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award *Manuel de Leon Award for Exemplary Achievements *Lamberto Avellana Memorial Award


Inactive awards

*Best Child Performer


Ceremonies

The following is a list of all ceremonies since the award's inception in 1983 as FAP Awards and as Luna Awards since 2005.


Hall of Fame

An individual is inducted to the Luna Awards Hall of Fame if he/she won at least five competitive awards. Years listed are based on when they garnered their fifth trophy. Their total number of awards are also listed. *Willy Cruz (1987): 13 awards *Romy Vitug (1988): 8 awards * Phillip Salvador (1994): 8 awards *Edgardo Vinarao (1991): 7 awards *
Ricky 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 di ...
(1996): 7 awards *Augusto Salvador (1996): 7 awards * George Canseco (1996): 6 awards *Ramon Reyes (2000): 6 awards *Rolly Ruta (1989): 5 awards *Vic Macamay (1998): 5 awards *
Joel Lamangan Joel Lamangan (born September 21, 1952) is a Filipino film director, television director, actor, and comedian. His award-winning films include '' The Flor Contemplacion Story'', '' Sidhi'', '' Deathrow'', ''Hubog'', '' Aishte Imasu 1941'', ''Bl ...
(2006): 5 awards


References


External links


FAP/Luna Awards
at the
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