Winners and nominees
Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. [2]
| 2004 Metro Manila Film Festival | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 25, 2004 to January 5, 2005 |
| Site | Manila |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Mano Po III: My Love |
| Most awards | Mano Po III: My Love & Panaghoy sa Suba (7) |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | RPN |
The 30th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in Manila, Philippines, from December 25, 2004, to January 5, 2005.
Vilma Santos, Christopher de Leon and their movie, Mano Po III: My Love topped the 2004 Metro Manila Film Festival. Santos and de Leon won the Best Actress and Best Actor awards respectively for their roles in Mano Po III: My Love , which was also awarded the Festival's Best Picture. The Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards went to Dennis Trillo for Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita and Rebecca Lusterio for Panaghoy sa Suba .
Cesar Montano's Panaghoy sa Suba also received six other awards including the prestigious Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards, Best Director for Montano, and the Second Best Picture among others. [1]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. [2]
| Awards | Film |
|---|---|
| 7 | Mano Po III: My Love |
| Panaghoy sa Suba | |
| 3 | Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita |
| Sigaw |
| Entry | Gross Ticket Sales | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 25 [3] | December 29 [4] | January 1 [5] | January 2 [6] | January 4 [7] | January 5 [8] | |
| Enteng Kabisote: Okay ka, Fairy Ko: The Legend | ₱ 11,800,000* | ₱ 62,800,000* | ₱ 83,600,000* | ₱ 93,000,000* | ₱ 99,300,000* | ₱ 101,600,000* |
| So Happy Together | ₱ 5,500,000 | ₱ 23,000,000 | ₱ 32,100,000 | ₱ 37,000,000 | ₱ 42,600,000 | ₱ 45,100,000 |
| Spirit of the Glass | ₱ 7,000,000 | ₱ 23,200,000 | ₱ 30,900,000 | ₱ 34,000,000 | ₱ 37,800,000 | ₱ 39,300,000 |
| Mano Po III: My Love | ₱ 3,800,000 | ₱ 19,000,000 | ₱ 27,500,000 | ₱ 30,000,000 | ₱ 33,800,000 | ₱ 35,300,000 |
| Sigaw | ₱ 3,700,000 | ₱ 14,200,000 | ₱ 18,600,000 | ₱ 21,000,000 | ₱ 24,200,000 | ₱ 25,300,000 |
| Lastikman: Unang Banat | ₱ 4,100,000 | ₱ 16,000,000 | ₱ 21,100,000 | ₱ 22,000,000 | ₱ 24,000,000 | ₱ 24,500,000 |
| Panaghoy sa Suba | ₱ 2,060,000 | ₱ 7,500,000 | ₱ 10,900,000 | ₱ 12,000,000 | ₱ 14,800,000 | ₱ 15,800,000 |
| Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita | ₱ 2,080,000 | ₱ 7,300,000 | ₱ 10,100,000 | ₱ 11,000,000 | ₱ 13,000,000 | ₱ 13,700,000 |
TOTAL [9] | ₱ 300,777,532.66 | |||||
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