For his effective depiction of a dark character belonging to the criminal underworld; for his bold take on a gender-bending role; and for endowing his portrayal with a right mixture of repulsion and sympathy.

For her bold decision to deglamorize herself and take on the lowly role of the tv and movie bit player; for her moving portrayal of the unsung hero of show business; for the polished and aplomb with which she essayed the role; and for her powerful cinematic presence.

For her moving performance of a mother struggling to keep her family together amid threats of cultural dislocation and for endowing her character with a right reserves of strength and resolve that should reflect the courage and resilience of Filipinos.

For its adept camera work that frames effectively the characters in their dilemmas as they confront their past and the wages of their personal decisions.

For his effective orchestration of the technical and artistic elements of filmmaking in crafting a narrative that fulfills the requirements of the romance genre while engaging the interest of audiences and emotionally involving them.

For poignatly pointing the dilemmas and struggles of Filipino family as they undergo not only economic hardships but social and cultural dislocation as well as for effectively employing all the resources of film to tell a compelling and very relevant story and for emerging as a new voice in Philippine independent cinema.

For his skillful orchestration of the elements of filmmaking in telling the schocking tale of a girl's abuse by her father and her attempts to pick up the broken pieces of herself initially through music and later through direct confrontation with her fate.

For its skillful splicing of scenes and images to build up a narrative of romance, lost, and longings slowly revealing itself.

For its effective use of music to enhance the mood of intimate scenes and heightened the drama particularly emotional scenes and for providing musical complement or counterpoint to characters undergoing particularly acute emotional turbulence.

For its solid art direction that establishes the setting with all its colorful excitement and sense of vibrant anticipation masking the undercurrent of tension being experience by all the characters.

For its powerful and poignant take on unherald hero of the film and TV industry, the lowly bit player, whose location on the fringes of a studio set or a camera angle reflect her marginalization and for its honest bittersweet anthem to the magic of show business.

For its competent sound design that renders well the hump and clutter evoking the sense of excitement while providing pregnant pauses and silences that echoed characters' emotional dilemmas.

For his honest portrayal of a character suddenly realizes that love may have blinded him and for his totally sympathetic depiction of someone struggling to put up a brave front in the face of humiliation.

For his effective portrayal of the accomplice of a con artist and for effectively endowing this character with the correct balance of repugnance and empathy.

For her totally convincing performance of a talent coordinator who mobilizes lowly bit players for marginal role on movies and television shows, cracking the whip on them to observe promptness and punctuality, turning down those who could not make the grade, adeptly dealing with the bloated egos of studio bosses and directors, and gently shielding bit players from the harshness of the studio system.

For her sensitive portrayal of a daughter who is struggling with identity, confusion, and the pains of growing up.

Award is not given.

For its comedic but insightful and touching treatment of a day in the life of a movie bit player seamlessly woven in the production of a tv soap opera.