Hannah Espia’s directorial debut “Transit” received the most number of trophies at the 11th Golden Screen Awards for Movies. “Transit” won a total of nine awards, including Best Director for Espia, Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress for Jasmine Curtis-Smith and Breakthrough Performance of an Actor for Marc Justine Alvarez. “Transit” was also selected as the country’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 86th Academy Awards.
Another big winner at this year’s Golden Screen Awards for Movies is Star Cinema and Reality Entertainment’s “On The Job” top billed by Joey Marquez, Gerald Anderson, Piolo Pascual and Joel Torre. The action thriller won Best Visual Effects, Best Original Story for director Erik Matti and gave Joel Torre another Best Actor trophy.
Enpress also gave this year’s Gawad Lino Brocka Lifetime Achievement Award to seasoned actress, Susan Roces.
The 11th Golden Screen Awards was held on October 4 (Saturday night) at Teatrino in Greenhills, San Juan andwas organized by the Entertainment Press Society (Enpress) to honor the outstanding films and movie performances of the past year.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Lino Brocka Lifetime Achievement Awardee: Ms. Susan Roces
Best Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy: It Takes a Man and a Woman
Best Motion Picture-Drama: Transit
Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role-Musical or Comedy: John Lloyd Cruz (It Takes a Man and a Woman)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role-Musical or Comedy: Sarah Geronimo (It Takes a Man and a Woman)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role-Drama: Joel Torre (On The Job)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role-Drama: Vilma Santos (Ekstra) and Rustica Carpio (Ano ang Kulay ng mga Nakalimutang Pangarap)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role-Drama, Musical or Comedy: Joey Paras (Dance of the Steelbars)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role-Drama, Musical or Comedy: Angel Aquino (Huling Cha-Cha ni Anita)
Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: Marc Justine Alvarez (Transit)
Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: Jasmine Curtis Smith (Transit)
Best Direction: Hannah Espia (Transit)
Best Original Story: Erik Matti (On The Job)
Best Original Screnplay: Hannah Espia and Giancarlo Abrahan (Transit)
Best Cinematography: Lyle Sacris and Ber Cruz (Transit)
Best Editing: Hannah Espia and Benjamin Gonzales (Transit)
Best Production Design: Tessa Tang (Transit)
Best Visual/Special Effects: David Yu and Miguel Javier (On The Job)
Best Original Song: “Di Ako Titigil” (Burgos)
Best Musical Score: Mon Espia (Transit)
Best Sound Design: Michael Idioma (Ano ang Kulay ng mga Nakalimutang Pangarap)
