Luna Award

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Luna Awards
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Awarded forOutstanding achievements in Filipino cinema
Country Philippines
Presented by Film Academy of the Philippines
First awardedApril 27, 1983;40 years ago (1983-04-27)
Website filmacademyphil.org

The Luna Awards are awards given annually by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) to recognize the outstanding achievements of the Filipino film industry. [1] The first awards were presented in 1983 in Pasay. It is considered to be the Philippine counterpart of the Oscars. It used to be known as the FAP Awards until in 2005 when it got its current name. Since 2007, the Academy started holding simple awards ceremonies due to lack of government funding and reduction of its share from MMFF earnings. This also caused some delays for ceremony scheduling.

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Most recent Luna Award winners
←  2018 Best in films in 2019 2020 →
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AwardBest ActorBest Actress
WinnerJansen Magpusao
( John Denver Trending )		 Judy Ann Santos
( Mindanao )
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AwardBest Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
WinnerSoliman Cruz
(Iska)		Meryll Soriano
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AwardBest DirectorBest Original Screenplay
Winner Brillante Mendoza
( Mindanao )		Honeylyn Joy Alipio
( Mindanao )
Previous Best Picture

Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral

Best Picture

Mindanao

History

In 1981, the Executive Order 640-A was passed by then President Ferdinand Marcos. The order mandated that the Film Academy of the Philippines should recognize outstanding film achievements annually. [2]

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.

The awards for 2009 films (28th Luna Awards) were not given due to budget constraints. The academy still count it as part of the numbering pattern of the awards even though it was not held. [4]

Statuette

In 2005, Luna was chosen as the new name for the awards from the 221 names submitted to the contest. Romeo Cando and Baltazar dela Cruz won the prize of ₱5000 for naming it. [5]

The word "Luna" means moon in different languages. Luna is also the Roman goddess of moon. It is also can be reflected in the idiom "shoot for the moon" which means to aspire for the seemingly unreachable because winning a Luna Award is something difficult to achieve.

Indirectly, the choice of Luna is also a way to pay homage to Juan Luna. A painting which was made by Luna inspired production designer Angel "Ulay" Tantoco in making the design of this statuette in 1981. [6]

Luna is a long-haired woman with a flowing dress which represents the muse of arts. She holds a wreath and stands on twelve circular steps that represent all of the guilds of the academy. She is made of aluminum cast and weighs four kilograms. [7]

Voting process

For a film to eligible, it should be released and have a commercial run for at least three days from January 1 to December 31 of the previous year. The voting process of Luna Awards was formulated by the academy with the help of Asian Institute of Management (AIM). It was partially implemented in 2004 and fully implemented in 2005. It is done by a three-body system composed of the citers, nominators and voters. A citer can also be a voter but cannot be a nominator.

The citers indicate whether a work should be cited or not. The cited works move on the next round. Ten seats are allocated for each guild focused on the professions of:

Another ten seats are allocated for a non-category guild, totaling to 90 seats.

In the second round, a nominator should be a previous nominee in any major film awards like Luna, FAMAS, Urian and Metro Manila Film Festival. Five seats are assigned for each profession, adding up to 40 seats. They would rank all cited works from best to worst, with the two to five highest scorers becoming the nominees. To become a nominee in Best Picture, a film should have three nominations and one of these nominations should be in Best Direction or Best Screenplay.

The nominees would then move on the last round where voters would cast their votes. Fifteen seats are designated per profession and another fifteen for a non-category guild, numbering to 135 seats. The winners would then be announced in the awards night. [8]

Awards

Special awards

Ceremonies

The following is a list of all ceremonies since the award's inception in 1983 as FAP Awards and as Luna Awards since 2005.

CeremonyDateBest PictureHost(s)Venue
1st FAP AwardsApril 27, 1983 Batch '81 — Manila Film Center
2nd FAP Awards1984Pieta
3rd FAP Awards1985Sister Stella L.
4th FAP Awards1986 Bayan Ko
5th FAP AwardsApril 10, 1987 [9] Gabi Na, Kumander — Metropolitan Theater
6th FAP AwardsMay 28, 1988 [10] Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig?— Philippine International Convention Center
7th FAP AwardsApril 7, 1989 [11] Boy Negro— Rizal Theater
8th FAP Awards1990 Bilangin ang Bituin sa Langit
9th FAP AwardsMay 25, 1991 [12] [13] Dirty Affair— Philippine International Convention Center
10th FAP AwardsMarch 29, 1992 [14] Ipagpatawad Mo Rudy Fernandez, Bong Revilla, Phillip Salvador, Lorna Tolentino
11th FAP AwardsMarch 28, 1993 [15] [16] Ikaw Pa Lang ang Minahal —
12th FAP AwardsApril 23, 1994 [17] Masahol Pa sa Hayop—
13th FAP AwardsJune 13, 1995 [18] Pangako ng Kahapon—
14th FAP AwardsJune 1, 1996 [19] [20] The Flor Contemplacion Story Mikee Cojuangco, Pops Fernandez, Francis Magalona, Aga Muhlach Westin Philippine Plaza
15th FAP Awards1997 Hangga't May Hininga
16th FAP Awards1998Eseng ng Tondo
17th FAP Awards1999 Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?
18th FAP Awards2000Bulaklak ng Maynila
19th FAP Awards2001 Tanging Yaman
20th FAP Awards2002 Abakada... Ina
21st FAP Awards March 29, 2003 Lapu-Lapu —University of the Philippines Theater
22nd FAP Awards July 3, 2004 Magnifico Ogie Alcasid, Pops Fernandez Cultural Center of the Philippines
23rd Luna Awards May 14, 2005 Aishite Imasu 1941 Cherie Gil, Martin Nievera The Westin Philippine Plaza
24th Luna Awards September 16, 2006 Blue Moon Marvin Agustin, Claudine Barretto, John Lloyd Cruz, Jolina Magdangal, Lani Mercado. Bong Revilla PAGCOR Grand Theater
25th Luna Awards December 27, 2007 Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo Gina Alajar, Rez Cortez Club Filipino
26th Luna Awards February 8, 2009 Baler Gina Alajar, Robert Arevalo, Tirso Cruz III, Lorna Tolentino Mandarin Oriental Suites
27th Luna Awards July 10, 2011 Rosario Boots Anson-Roa, Robert Arevalo Quezon City Sports Club
28th Luna AwardsNot held
29th Luna Awards July 10, 2011 Emir Boots Anson-Roa, Robert Arevalo Quezon City Sports Club
30th Luna Awards August 26, 2012 Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story Rez Cortez, Katya Santos
31st Luna Awards June 1, 2013 El Presidente Rez Cortez, Leroy dela Fuente, Lesley Martinez
32nd Luna AwardsNot held
33rd Luna Awards
34th Luna Awards September 18, 2016 Heneral Luna Rez Cortez Quezon City Sports Club
35th Luna Awards August 26, 2017 Die Beautiful —Resorts World Manila
36th Luna Awards September 29, 2018 Ang Larawan —
37th Luna Awards November 30, 2019 Goyo: The Boy General Jon SantosMaybank Performing Arts Theater
38th Luna Awards December 18, 2020 Mindanao —Online due to COVID-19 pandemic
39th Luna Awards August 26, 2023 Family Matters Rico RoblesQuezon City Sports Club

Hall of Fame

An individual is inducted to the Luna Awards Hall of Fame if he/she won at least five competitive awards. Years listed are based on when they garnered their fifth trophy. Their total number of awards are also listed.

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