2000 Metro Manila Film Festival

2000 Metro Manila Film Festival
2000 Metro Manila Film Festival
Date	December 25, 2000 to January 3, 2001
Highlights
Best Picture	Tanging Yaman
Most awards	Tanging Yaman (9)
	← 25th; Metro Manila Film Festival; 27th →;

The 26th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in Manila, Philippines starting December 25.

Gloria Romero, received the Best Actress plum during the 2000 Metro Manila Film Festival for her role in Star Cinema's Tanging Yaman. It was a popular victory acknowledged with a standing ovation for a revered actress. As a matter of fact, unlike in past awards, no grumblings were heard. The movie also received eight more major awards including the Best Picture, the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards, Best Actor for Johnny Delgado and Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Director and Best Original Story for two-time winner Laurice Guillen among others. On the other hand, GMA Films' Deathrow took home four awards including the Second Best Picture.^[1]^[2]

Entries

Title	Starring	Studio	Director
Deathrow	Eddie Garcia, Cogie Domingo, Angelika dela Cruz, Jaclyn Jose, Alan Paule, Pen Medina, Ray Ventura & Ace Espinosa	GMA Films	Joel Lamangan
Markova: Comfort Gay	Dolphy, Eric Quizon, Loren Legarda, Jeffrey Quizon	RVQ Productions	Gil Portes
Ping Lacson: Super Cop	Rudy Fernandez, Lorna Tolentino, Ricky Davao, Glydel Mercado, Ace Espinosa, Trubador Ramos, Levi Ignacio & Herbert Bautista	Millennium Cinema	Toto Natividad
Spirit Warriors	Joel Torre, Jhong Hilario, Spencer Reyes, Vhong Navarro, Danilo Barrios, Chris Cruz, Meynard Marcellano, Sherwin Roux, Nikko Manalo, Michael Foz-Sesmundo, Denise Joaquin	MAQ Productions and Roadrunner Network, Inc.	Chito Rono
Sugatang Puso	Christopher de Leon, Lorna Tolentino, Cherie Gil, Patrick Garcia, Carlo Aquino	Regal Films	Jose Javier Reyes
Tanging Yaman	Hilda Koronel, Edu Manzano, Dina Bonnevie, Johnny Delgado, Joel Torre, Cherry Pie Picache, Marvin Agustin, Jericho Rosales, Ms. Gloria Romero, Janette McBride, John Prats, Carol Banawa, Ceejay Ramos, Dominic Ochoa & Shaina Magdayao	Star Cinema	Laurice Guillen

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[3]

Best Film	Best Director
Tanging Yaman - Star Cinema Deathrow - GMA Films (2nd Best Picture) Sugatang Puso - Regal Films (3rd Best Picture) Spirit Warriors - MAQ Productions Markova: Comfort Gay - RVQ Productions Ping Lacson: Supercop - Millennium Cinema	Laurice Guillen - Tanging Yaman
Best Actor	Best Actress
Johnny Delgado – Tanging Yaman	Gloria Romero – Tanging Yaman
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jeffrey Quizon – Markova: Comfort Gay	Cherie Gil – Sugatang Puso
Best Cinematography	Best Production Design
Videlle Meily - Tanging Yaman	Joey Luna - Deathrow
Best Child Performer	Best Editing
-	Jess Navarro and Kelly Cruz - Deathrow
Best Original Story	Best Screenplay
Laurice Guillen - Tanging Yaman	Shaira Mella Salvador, Raymond Lee and Laurice Guillen - Tanging Yaman
Best Original Theme Song	Best Musical Score
-	Nonong Buencamino - Tanging Yaman
Best Visual Effects	Best Make-up Artist
Roadrunner Network, Inc. - Spirit Warriors	Cecile Baun, Benny Batoctoy and Warren Munar - Spirit Warriors
Best Sound Recording	Best Float
Albert Michael Idioma and Rudy Gonzales - Deathrow	Spirit Warriors - MAQ Productions and Roadrunner Network, Inc.
Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards
Tanging Yaman - Star Cinema

The following films received one or multiple awards:

Preceded by 1999 Metro Manila Film Festival	Metro Manila Film Festival 2000	Succeeded by 2001 Metro Manila Film Festival