LSS (Last Song Syndrome)

LSS (Last Song Syndrome) is a 2019 Filipino musical romantic drama film written and directed by Jade Castro, and starring Gabbi Garcia, Khalil Ramos, Tuesday Vargas, and Filipino folk-pop band Ben&Ben. It had a theatrical release in the Philippines on September 13, 2019, as one of the entries of the 2019 Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino.^[1]

LSS (Last Song Syndrome)
Film poster
Directed by	Jade Castro
Written by	Jade Castro Siege Ledesma
Produced by	Armi Rae S. Cacanindin Emmanuel A. Dela Cruz Kren V. Yap
Starring	Gabbi Garcia Khalil Ramos Tuesday Vargas Ben&Ben
Cinematography	Malay Javier Pao Orendain
Edited by	Jeremiah Domingo
Music by	Pat Lasaten
Production companies	Globe Studios Dokimos Media Studios, Inc. Ben&Ben
Distributed by	Film Development Council of the Philippines
Release date	September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13) (Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino

Plot

Aspiring musician Sarah and hopeless romantic Zack find themselves in the most unfortunate situations in their separate lives. Struggling to navigate through life, they both unexpectedly found a common bond for their love of music and being fans of Ben&Ben coincidentally. After a series of events and unexpected encounters with each other, will that love for the 9-piece Filipino folk-pop band eventually bring and mend their broken hearts together?

Cast

• Gabbi Garcia as Sarah
• Khalil Ramos as Zack
• Tuesday Vargas as Ruby
• Bernard Palanca as Buboy
• Elijah Canlas as Cedie
• Iana Bernardez as Cha
• Jam Rances as Ate Maj
• Eian Rances as Elmer
• Ameera Johara as Cindy
• Mika Manikan as Abi
• Ben&Ben
  • Miguel Guico as himself
  • Paolo Guico as himself
  • Jam Villanueva as herself
  • Agnes Reoma as herself
  • Pat Lasaten as herself
  • Keifer Cabugao as himself
  • Poch Barretto as himself
  • Andrew De Pano as himself
  • Toni Muñoz as herself
• Ebe Dancel as himself

Soundtrack

Ten original songs were featured in the film, namely "Ride Home," "Branches," "Leaves," "Kathang Isip," "Bibingka," "Fall," "Maybe The Night," "Mitsa (Salamat)," "Araw-Araw," and "Pagtingin" which are all performed by Ben&Ben.^[2] For these songs, Ben&Ben received positive responses, with "Araw-Araw" winning Best Original Song at Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino Awards.

Release

LSS was one of the first 3 films the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) announced to be official entries for the 3rd Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino,^[3] where it premiered on September 13, 2019.^[4]

LSS was also available for streaming on November 29, 2019, on iflix.^[5] The film was screened on March 8 & 10, 2020 as an official entry under New Action! Southeast Asia category in the 15th Osaka Asian Film Festival in Osaka, Japan.^[6]

Accolades

Year	Award-giving body	Recipient(s)	Award	Result	Ref.
2019	3rd Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino	Khalil Ramos	Best Actor	Nominated	[7][8]
		Tuesday Vargas	Best Supporting Actress	Won
		Jade Castro	Best Director	Nominated
		LSS (Last Song Syndrome)	Best Picture	Nominated
		Siege Ledesma & Jade Castro	Best Screenplay	Nominated
		Erickson Navarro	Best Production Design	Nominated
		Pao Orendain & Malay Javier	Best Cinematography	Nominated
		Pat Lasaten	Best Musical Score	Nominated
		Araw-Araw by Ben&Ben	Best Original Song	Won
		Aurel Claro Bilbao & Arnel Labayo	Best Sound Design	Won
		LSS (Last Song Syndrome)	Special Jury Award	Won
		LSS (Last Song Syndrome)	PISTAPP Audience Choice Award	Won
2020	7th Urduja Heritage Film Festival	Gabbi Garcia	Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical	Won	[9]
2021	36th PMPC Star Awards for Movies	LSS (Last Song Syndrome)	Movie of the Year	Nominated	[10][11]
		Jade Castro	Movie Director of the Year	Nominated
		Tuesday Vargas	Movie Supporting Actress of the Year	Nominated
		Jeremiah Domingo	Movie Editor of the Year	Nominated
		Pat Lasaten	Movie Musical Scorer of the Year	Won
		Aurel Claro Bilbao & Arnel Labayo	Movie Sound Engineer of the Year	Nominated
		Araw-Araw by Ben&Ben	Movie Theme Song of the Year	Won
		Gabbi Garcia and Khalil Ramos	Movie Love Team of the Year	Nominated