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PMPC Star Awards for Movies is an annual award ceremony recognizing outstanding films in the Philippines. It is organized by the Philippine Movie Press Club , founded in 1985. History
When Star Awards were created in 1985, there were five major awards. Ever since the CMMA ceased giving out acting awards sometime in the 1990s, this awards had been relegated as a minor award. Today, "grand slam" has been generally used to refer to winning awards in FAMAS, Urian, Luna and Star in the same year for the same category.
The Philippines has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] since the inception of the category in 1956, when it became the first independent nation in Southeast Asia to join the competition.
From 1952 to 1976, the FAMAS was the sole award-giving body for film in the Philippines. [2]On May 1, 1976, a group of nine film critics and writers formed the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (English: Filipino Film Critics), an organization aiming at giving recognition to Filipino film achievements through the eyes of a film critic.
The Gawad Urian Awards were established to "examine Filipino films, bolster the interest of the masses and the Philippine film industry, study and celebrate the achievement that will help define the good Filipino film, and cultivate the knowledge and skills that the film medium was designed for, which is to be a medium of communication and ...
It was first awarded at the 1st Metropolitan Film Festival ceremony, held in 1975; the film Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa starring Joseph Estrada received the award and it is given in honor of the film that has delivered an outstanding creation of the film, including directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing and other efforts ...
Marilou Correa Diaz-Abaya (March 30, 1955 – October 8, 2012 [1]) was a Filipina multi-award winning film director.She was posthumously conferred the Order of National Artists of the Philippines for Film and Broadcast Arts in 2022, [2] she was the founder and president of the Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center, a film school based in Antipolo, Philippines.
The first awards was presented on April 27, 1983, in Manila Film Center which gave awards to the best films of 1982. It was known as the Film Academy of the Philippines Awards, shortened as FAP Awards. [3] In 2005, FAP held a naming contest to give a unique name for the awards and Luna was chosen.