1993 Metro Manila Film Festival

The 19th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1993.

1993 Metro Manila Film Festival
Date	December 25, 1993 (1993-12-25) to January 3, 1994 (1994-01-03)
Site	Manila
Highlights
Best Picture	Kung Mawawala Ka Pa
Most awards	May Minamahal (9)
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Reyna Films' Kung Mawawala Ka Pa and Star Cinema's May Minamahal shared top honors in the 1993 Metro Manila Film Festival. Kung Mawawala Ka Pa was awarded Best Picture and received seven other awards including the Best Actress for Dawn Zulueta among others. On the other hand, May Minamahal won nine awards including the Best Actor for the second consecutive time winner Aga Muhlach, Best Director for Jose Javier Reyes, Second Best Picture, and the coveted Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards among others.^[1][2]

This year's festival was also the first to feature short films as part of their Short Film Endowment Program, which was organized in collaboration with Mowelfund Film Institute.

Entries

Title	Starring	Studio	Director	Genre
Doring Dorobo: Hagupit ng Batas	Eddie Garcia, Eddie Gutierrez, Boots Anson-Roa, Sharmaine Arnaiz, Paquito Diaz, Rey 'PJ' Abellana, Ali Sotto, Dick Israel, Vivian Foz	LEA Productions	Augusto Salvador	Action
Gaano Kita Kamahal	Christopher de Leon, Lorna Tolentino, Tirso Cruz III, Daniel Fernando, Juan Rodrigo, Marita Zobel, Sylvia Sanchez, Ali Sotto	Pioneer Films	Butch Perez	Drama
Inay	Nora Aunor, Tirso Cruz III, Chanda Romero, Tommy Abuel, Tita Munoz, Orestes Ojeda, Caridad Sanchez, Louella de Cordova, Carol Dauden, Jaclyn Jose, Melanie Marquez	OWNI Films	Artemio Marquez	Drama
Kung Mawawala Ka Pa	Christopher de Leon, Dawn Zulueta, Sarah Jane Abad, Amy Austria, Pilar Pilapil	Reyna Films	Jose Mari Avellana	Drama, Romance
May Minamahal	Aga Muhlach, Aiko Melendez, Boots Anson-Roa, Ronaldo Valdez, Aljon Jimenez, John Estrada, Agot Isidro, Liza Lorena, Marita Zobel, Nikka Valencia, Claudine Barretto	Star Cinema and Regal Films	Jose Javier Reyes	Romance, Comedy
Pusoy Dos	Janno Gibbs, Dennis Padilla, Gelli de Belen, Leo Martinez, Mat Ranillo III, Jackie Aquino	VIVA Films	Jun Aristorenas	Action, Comedy

Short Film Endowment Program

• Anak Maynila - Nonoy Dadivas (6 min)
• The Good Kisser of Manila - Joey Tam (14 min)
• Isaak - Nick Deocampo (10 min)
• Kamagong - Fruto Corre
• Nene - Grace Amilbangsa
• Kanlungan - Robert Quebral

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Winners and nominees

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[4]

Best Film	Best Director
Kung Mawawala Ka Pa - Reyna Films May Minamahal - Star Cinema and Regal Films(2nd Best Picture) Doring Dorobo: Hagupit ng Batas - LEA Productions(3rd Best Picture) Gaano Kita Kamahal - Pioneer Films Pusoy Dos - VIVA Films Inay - OWNI Films	José Javier Reyes – May Minamahal
Best Actor	Best Actress
Aga Muhlach – May Minamahal	Dawn Zulueta – Kung Mawawala Ka Pa Nora Aunor - Inay
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Ronaldo Valdez – May Minamahal	Amy Austria – Kung Mawawala Ka Pa
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Benjie de Guzman – May Minamahal	Romy Vitug - Kung Mawawala Ka Pa
Best Child Performer	Best Editing
Sarah Jane Abad – Kung Mawawala Ka Pa	Augusto Salvador - Doring Dorobo: Hagupit ng Batas
Best Story	Best Screenplay
Jose Javier Reyes – May Minamahal	Jose Javier Reyes – May Minamahal
Best Original Song	Best Music
Kung Mawawala Ka Pa	Ryan Cayabyab – Kung Mawawala Ka Pa
Best Visual Effects	Best Make-up
Bobby Pineda – Doring Dorobo: Hagupit ng Batas	Teresita Dominguez – Gaano Kita Kamahal
Best Sound Recording	Best Float
Ramon Reyes - Kung Mawawala Ka Pa	May Minamahal - Star Cinema
Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards	Short Films
May Minamahal - Star Cinema	Anak Maynila - Dir. Nonoy Dadivas

Multiple awards

Awards	Film
9	May Minamahal
8	Kung Mawawala Ka Pa
3	Doring Dorobo: Hagupit ng Batas

Controversies

Winners' list leakage

During the "Gabi ng Parangal" held in the PICC Plenary Hall, December 27 of Monday night, a supposed leakage of the list of winners marred that year's awards presentation.^[5]