| Big Night! | |
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| Directed by | Jun Robles Lana |
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| Edited by | Benjamin Tolentino |
| Music by | Teresa Barrozo |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
| Languages | Tagalog, Cebuano |
Big Night! is a 2021 Philippine black comedy film directed by Jun Robles Lana. [1]
The film also includes cameo appearances from Gina Pareño, Martin del Rosario, Ogie Diaz, Allan Paule, VJ Mendoza, and Cedrick Juan.
Big Night! was directed by Jun Robles Lana and is a co-production by Cignal Entertainment, The IdeaFirst Company, Octobertrain Films, and Quantum Films. [2] Lana decided to use the war on drugs initiated by President Rodrigo Duterte as the setting of his film.
Principal photography of Big Night! took place from January 2020 to mid-2020. [3] Community quarantine measures were imposed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the middle of the filming, thus part of the film had to be made under a lock-in set-up. [4] Among the filming locations was the Quezon Institute. [5]
Christian Bables says that someone helped him with the Cebuano-language dialogue in Big Night!, but he no longer required their assistance by the second day of filming. He attributes his ease with the language to his upbringing, as he was raised by a Bisaya mother. [6]
Big Night! premiered on November 25, 2021, at the 25th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia. [5] [7] [8] The film will have its theatrical release in the Philippines on December 25, 2021, as one of the eight official entries of the 2021 Metro Manila Film Festival. [9]
| Year | Award-Giving Body | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| 2021 | Metro Manila Film Festival | Best Picture | Big Night! | Won | [10] |
| Best Director | Jun Lana | Won | |||
| Best Actor | Christian Bables | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | John Arcilla | Won | |||
| Nico Antonio | Nominated | ||||
| Best Supporting Actress | Eugene Domingo | Nominated | |||
| Janice de Belen | Nominated | ||||
| Best Screenplay | Jun Lana | Won | |||
| Best Cinematography | Carlo Mendoza | Won | |||
| Best Production Design | Maolen Fadul | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Benjamin Tolentino | Nominated | |||
| Best Sound | Emmanuel Verona | Nominated | |||
| Best Musical Score | Teresa Barrozo | Won | |||
| Best Float | Big Night! | Nominated | |||
| Gender Sensitivity Award | Won |
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