LAST SUPPER NO. 3 WINS BEST FILM IN CINEMALAYA 2009

Veronica Velasco and Jinky Laurel’s Last Supper No. 3 won Best Film in the Full Length feature category of the all digital 2009 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition while Special Jury Prize in the same category was shared by two films---Colorum by Jon Steffan Ballesteros and Ang Panggahasa Kay Fe by Alvin Yapan.  This was announced in the Cinemalaya awarding rites on July 26, 2009 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo.

Last Supper No. 3 was cited as Best Film “for the sheer panache of its storytelling, its treatment of comedy as an accessible and artistic form, its satirical depictions of individual naivete and the social fabric, and its ability to give us something to laugh and think about at the same time…”. 

Based on a true story, Last Supper No. 3 is a humorous look at the circuitous path the Philippine legal system takes to justice.  The story’s lead character Wilson Nañawa (played by Joey Paras),  an assistant production designer, is tasked to look for a Last Supper to use as a prop for a TV commercial.  He finds three, but loses one.  What happens next changes Wilson forever.

As Best Film in the Full Length feature category, Last Supper No. 3 won P200,000 cash award, the Balanghai Trophy and a Post Production Package worth One Million Pesos from Roadrunner Network and a Certificate for Full Audio Post, Remix and Remastering Services from SQ Film Laboratories.

Special Jury Prize winners Colorum was cited “for portraying the moral differences between being idealistic and having principles in a captivating road movie about a young rookie and an aging ex-convict…” while Ang Panggagahasa ni Fe was cited “for its mediations on the plight of Filipino women in a provocative tale that blurs the boundaries between the mundane and the mysterious, the real and the fantastic…” The Special Jury Prize was given to these two films for “being exemplars of the possibilities of filmmaking.”

Colorum was also winner of the Best Actor award, which went to veteran actor Lou Veloso who played the aging ex-convict Pedro.