MANILA, Philippines — Historical epic "GomBurZa" led all nominees for the 47th Gawad Urian with a dozen nods, including acting nominations for Cedrick Juan, Piolo Pascual, Enchong Dee, and Dante Rivero.
Juan is competing in the Best Actor category while Pascual, Dee, and Rivero are all up for Best Supporting Actor against Epy Quizon from "Firefly" and Ronnie Lazaro from "Gospel of the Beast."
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"GomBurZa" is also up for Best Picture, Best Director for Pepe Diokno, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Sound, and Best Music.
Following in the nomination count is Metro Manila Film Festival 2023 winner "Firefly" with 10 nods including Best Picture, Best Director for Zig Dulay, Best Actor for Euwenn Mikaell Aleta, Best Supporting Actress for Alessandra de Rossi, and Best Screenplay.
"Ang Duyan ng Magiting" and "Third World Romance" both earned seven nominations each and are also competing for Best Picture, with 2023 Summer Metro Manila Film Festival winner "About Us But Not About Us" and Cinemalaya 2023 winner "Iti Mapukpukaw" completing the lot.
Like "GomBurZa" in the Best Supporting Actor race, "Ang Duyang ng Magiting" has three representatives in contention — Agot Isidro, Dolly de Leon, and Frances Makil-Ignacio. Jorrybell Agoto from "When This is All Over" and the previously mentioned de Rossi round off the category.
Juan and Aleta are up against Carlo Aquino from "Third World Romance," Paolo O’Hara from "Ang Duyan ng Magiting," Jansen Magpusao from "The Gospel of the Beast," and Romnick Sarmenta from "About Us But Not About Us."
The Best Actress race is a tough competition among Kathryn Bernardo from "A Very Good Girl" (the film's sole nomination), Charlie Dizon from "Third World Romance," Max Eigenmann from "Raging Grace," and Gabby Padilla from "Gitling."
"Iti Mapukpukaw," which made history at Cinemalaya 2023 as the festival's first feature-length animated film, is the sole nominee for Best Animation.
The 47th Gawad Urian will take place on June 8, 2024, in partnership with De La Salle University, the Film Development Council of the Philippines, and TVUP.
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Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Picture
"About Us But Not About Us"
"Ang Duyan ng Magiting"
"Firefly"
"GomBurZa"
"Iti Mapukpukaw"
"Third World Romance"
Best Director
Jun Robles Lana for "About Us But Not About Us"
Zig Dulay for "Firefly"
Pepe Diokno for "GomBurZa"
Sheron Dayoc for "The Gospel of the Beast"
Carl Papa for" Iti Mapukpukaw"
Dwein Ruedas Baltazar for "Third World Romance"
Best Actor
Romnick Sarmenta from "About Us But Not About Us"
Paolo O'Hara from "Ang Duyan ng Magiting"
Euwenn Mikaell Aleta from "Firefly"
Cedrick Juan from "GomBurZa"
Jansen Magpusao from "The Gospel of the Beast"
Carlo Aquino from "Third World Romance"
Best Actress
Kathryn Bernardo from "A Very Good Girl"
Gabby Padilla from "Gitling"
Max Eigenmann from "Raging Grace"
Charlie Dizon from "Third World Romance"
Best Supporting Actor
Epy Quizon from "Firefly"
Dante Rivero from "GomBurZa"
Piolo Pascual from "GomBurZa"
Enchong Dee from "GomBurZa"
Ronnie Lazaro from "The Gospel of the Beast"
Best Supporting Actress
Agot Isidro from "Ang Duyan ng Magiting"
Dolly de Leon from "Ang Duyan ng Magiting"
Frances Makil-Ignacio from "Ang Duyan ng Magiting"
Alessandra de Rossi from "Firefly"
Jorrybell Agoto from "When This is All Over"
Best Documentary
"Baon sa Biyahe"
"Ghosts of Kalantiaw"
"Maria"
"Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)"
Best Animation
"Iti Mapukpukaw"
Best Screenplay
"About Us But Not About Us"
"Firefly"
"GomBurZa"
"Iti Mapukpukaw"
???????"Third World Romance"
Best Cinematography
"Firefly"
"Gitling"
"GomBurZa"
???????"The Gospel of the Beast"
"Huling Palabas"
Best Editing
"About Us But Not About Us"
"Firefly"
"GomBurZa"
"The Gospel of the Beast"
"Iti Mapukpukaw"
"When This is All Over"
Best Production Design
"Ang Duyan ng Magiting"
"Firefly"
"GomBurZa"
"Huling Palabas"
"In My Mother's Skin"
"Third World Romance"
Best Sound
"About Us But Not About Us"
"Ang Duyan ng Magiting"
"GomBurZa"
"Iti Mapukpukaw"
???????"Raging Grace"
Best Music
"Firefly"
"GomBurZa"
"Iti Mapukpukaw"
"Third World Romance"
"When This is All Over"
Best Short Film
"Abutan man tayo ng House Lights"
"Ate Bunso"
"Cross My Heart Hope to Die"
"Hito"
"Karkarma"
"Tumatawa, umiiyak"
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