1986 Metro Manila Film Festival

The 12th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1986.

1986 Metro Manila Film Festival
Date	December 25, 1986 (1986-12-25) to January 3, 1987 (1987-01-03)
Site	Manila
Highlights
Best Picture	none[Note 1] Halimaw sa Banga(3rd Best Picture)
Most awards	Halimaw sa Banga (10)
← 11th Metro Manila Film Festival 13th →

NCV productions' Halimaw sa Banga romped away 10 of the 12 awards given including the Best Director and Best Actor for Mario O'Hara - Banga Episode and Best Actress for Liza Lorena - Banga Episode among others. The film also garnered the Third Best Picture Award. Romy Vitug won the Best Cinematography Award for Celso Ad. Castillo's Payaso while the director's son, Chris Ad Castillo, received the Best Supporting Actor Award for Augusto Buenaventura's Bagets Gang.^[1][2]

Entries

Title	Starring	Studio	Director	Genre
Bagets Gang	Jinggoy Estrada, Rio Locsin, ER Ejercito, Robin Padilla, Christopher Ad. Castillo	Amazaldy Film Production	Augusto Buenaventura	Action, Drama
Bangkay Mo Akong Hahakbangan	Dante Varona, Melissa Mendez, Paquito Diaz, Millicent Bautista, Aurora Sevilla, Fred Moro, Usman Hassim, Rocco Montalban and Joko Diaz	Bathala Films	Dante Varona	Action, War
Captain Barbell	Edu Manzano, Herbert Bautista, Lea Salonga, Dennis Da Silva, Bing Loyzaga, Nova Villa, Ruel Vernal, Rez Cortez, Beth Bautista	Viva Films	Leroy Salvador	Action, Adventure, Comedy, Superhero
Halimaw	Liza Lorena, Gina Pareno, Michael de Mesa, Mario O'Hara, Ruel Vernal, Maritess Gutierrez, Ronel Victor, Jaime Fabregas, Ian Kristoffer de Leon & Lotlot de Leon	NCV Films	Christopher de Leon & Mario O' Hara	Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Payaso	German Moreno and the All-Star Cast	Sialina Film Enterprises	Celso Ad. Castillo	Comedy, Drama
Salamangkero: The Magician	Michael de Mesa, Gina Alajar, Liza Lorena, Armida Siguion-Reyna, Tanya Gomez, Dick Israel, Odette Khan, Ruben Rustia, Tom-Tom, Sunshine	Aces Films	Tata Esteban	Fantasy, Horror
Tuklaw	Charito Solis, Nadia Montenegro, Anjo Yllana, Richard Gomez, Janice Jurado, Zandro Zamora, Lucita Soriano, Jaime Fabregas, Robert Talabis	Golden Lion Films	Carlo J. Caparas	Comedy, Drama

Winners and nominees

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[3]

Best Film	Best Director
None Halimaw sa Banga - NCV productions (3rd) Bagets Gang Payaso	Mario O'Hara – Halimaw sa Banga
Best Actor	Best Actress
Mario O'Hara – Halimaw sa Banga	Liza Lorena – Halimaw sa Banga
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Christopher Ad. Castillo – Bagets Gang	Maritess Gutierrez – Halimaw sa Banga
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Frank G. Rivera – Halimaw sa Banga	Romeo Vitug – Payaso
Best Sound Engineering	Best Music
Rodel Capule – Halimaw sa Banga	Jaime Fabregas – Halimaw sa Banga
Best Child Performer	Best Editing
Ian de Leon – Halimaw sa Banga	Efren Jarlego – Halimaw sa Banga

Multiple awards

Awards	Film
10	Halimaw sa Banga

Ceremony Information

Gabi ng Parangal

The following are the key people during the "Gabi ng Parangal".^[2]

• Guest Speaker: Kris Aquino - representative of President Cory Aquino
• Metro Manila Commission officer in charge and executive chairman of the 1986 MMFF - Joey Lina

Lack of Award categories

The 1986 Metro Manila Film Festival was considered the worst in the 12-year history of the annual 10-day festival of local movies. For the first time, it did not give out the traditional first and second Best Picture awards as well as the other two categories: Best Story and Best Screenplay. According to one of the jurors, Tingting Cojuangco stated: "No one of the seven entries deserved these awards..." He added that they: "...would like to express [their] concern over the current state of the Philippine movie industry as reflected in the entries to the year's MMFF...[The entries] failed to reinforce and inculcate positive Filipino values by portraying negative stereotypes, imitating foreign films and perpetuating commercially-oriented movies...".^[4]

Notes

1. Many awards were not given including the "Best Picture" category. Only the "Third Best Picture Award was given.