27th Luna Awards

The 27th Luna Awards were held on July 10, 2011 at the Quezon City Sports Club and they honored the best Filipino films of the year 2008. It was delayed due to lack of government funding and was held together with the 29th Luna Awards.

27th Luna Awards
Date	July 10, 2011 (2011-07-10)
Site	Quezon City Sports Club, Kristong Hari, Quezon City
Hosted by	Boots Anson-Roa Robert Arevalo
Highlights
Best Picture	Baler
Most awards	Baler (8)
Most nominations	Baler (10)
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The nominations were released on September 16, 2009.^[1] Baler received the most nominations with ten. Caregiver followed with nine.

The winners were announced beforehand on March 25, 2011.^[2] Baler dominated the ceremony by winning eight awards, including Best Picture.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Best Picture	Best Direction
Baler A Very Special Love Caregiver Magkaibigan Ploning Torotot	Mark Meily – Baler Cathy Garcia-Molina – A Very Special Love Jose Javier Reyes – Magkaibigan Maryo J. de los Reyes – Torotot Chito Roño – Caregiver
Best Actor	Best Actress
Christopher de Leon – Magkaibigan John Lloyd Cruz – A Very Special Love John Estrada – Caregiver Baron Geisler – Torotot Aga Muhlach – When Love Begins Jericho Rosales – Baler	Mylene Dizon – 100 Ai-Ai de las Alas – Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat Sharon Cuneta – Caregiver Anne Curtis – Baler Judy Ann Santos – Ploning
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Phillip Salvador – Baler Ricky Davao – Endo Christopher de Leon – When Love Begins Makisig Morales – Caregiver Phillip Salvador – For the First Time Dante Rivero – A Very Special Love Ronaldo Valdez – When Love Begins	Iza Calzado – One True Love Eugene Domingo – Ikaw Pa Rin: Bongga Ka Boy Maricel Laxa – Magkaibigan Candy Pangilinan – For the First Time Tessie Tomas – 100
Best Screenplay	Best Cinematography
Roy Iglesias – Baler Jade Castro, Michiko Yamamoto & Raymond Lee – Endo Dante Nico Garcia & Benjamin Lingan – Ploning Chris Martinez – Caregiver Paul Alexander Morales – Concerto	Lee Meily – Baler Eli Balce – Caregiver Larry Manda – 100 Charlie Peralta – Ploning Shayne Sarte – For the First Time
Best Production Design	Best Editing
Aped Santos – Baler Nancy Arcega – A Very Special Love Raymund George Fernandez – Ploning Benjamin Padero & Carlo Tabije – Serbis Gerry Santos – Concerto	Jess Navarro – Torotot Manet Dayrit – Caregiver Marya Ignacio – A Very Special Love Marya Ignacio – My Only Ü Ike Veneracion – 100
Best Musical Score	Best Sound
Vincent de Jesus – Baler Carmina Cuya – Caregiver Von de Guzman – Mag-ingat Ka Sa... Kulam Vincent de Jesus – I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust and Love You) Jesse Lasaten – Ploning	Ditoy Aguila – Baler Ronald de Asis – Magkaibigan Albert Michael Idioma – Ploning Albert Michael Idioma – When Love Begins Albert Michael Idioma & Addiss Tabong – One Night Only

Multiple nominations and awards

Nominations Film 10 Baler 9 Caregiver 7 Ploning 6 A Very Special Love 5 Magkaibigan 4 100 Torotot When Love Begins 3 For the First Time 2 Concerto Endo

Awards Film 8 Baler