Winners and Finalists (Short Film category) to the 3rd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards

More photos about this event can be found on Azrael Coladilla's site.

I was fortunate to have been invited to watch the screening of the 10 film finalists in the Short Film category of the 3rd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards. It was held in U-View theater of Fully Booked bookstore at The Fort, Taguig City on February 23, 2010. 

The screening was sponsored by TGIFriday’s and Bo’s Coffee.

Arch. Jaime Daez, owner of Fully Booked bookstore and Neil Gaiman handed out the awards on March 17, 2010, 7:00PM at the Rockwell Tent in Makati City. Unfortunately, there was no 1st Place Winner being awarded for the Short Film category as no entry met the minimum score for the prize.

1st Place - No Winner 

2nd Place Winner; People's Choice - 1st Place Winner

Kumot ng Panaginip by Jedd Chris Dumaguina

Would you want to wake up from a perfect dream?

3rd Place Winner

Squatters from Mars by Rommel Sales

By sending the Filipino land squatters to the planet Mars the Filipinos would not only be seen as heroes of the world, they would become saviors of mankind.

People's Choice - 2nd Place Winner

Anak ng Tikbalang by Desiree Ann Samson

A romantic comedy where Pinoy family values and Philippine Lower Mythology combine!

People's Choice - 3rd Place Winner

Embrace by Ronnie Sapinoso

The search for love and meaning.

Other finalists (in no particular order):

1. Lost and Found by Jethro Trogo and Gharawi Usman

A young woman looks for her missing wallet in a mysterious lost and found kiosk where she also finds things she thought she’d never see again.

2. Blogog by Rommel Tolentino

A well-rounded fable with a bounce of whimsy.

3. Black Worms by Khavn dela Cruz

After everything. Nothing.

4. Panibugho (Jealousy) by Alvin Yapan

The film is a meditation on the nature of creative production, as a form of covetous voyeurism, in a third world setting.

5. Takot Ako by Jules Dan Katanyag

Takot Ako is the story of a girl who finds out too late the true meaning of ghost hunting.

6. Kulob by Camille Jensen Hirro and Liezl Ortacio