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Puregold CinePanalo 2026
7 features.29 shorts.
The third Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival ran September 23 to October 4, 2026. Here are the winners, our Sine Scores, and every film in the lineup.
- Sept 23 – Oct 4Festival run
- Sept 30Awards night
- 7 cinemasMetro Manila
The films
Every film, with our Sine Score
All 36 films in the lineup. Each card shows our Sine Score once we’ve rated it.
SINE SCORE · SOONApol of My AI
4 awards
SINE SCORE · SOONBeast
SINE SCORE · SOONMono no Aware
9 awards
SINE SCORE · SOONMultwoh (Patay na Patay Sa’Yo)
4 awards
SINE SCORE · SOONPatay Gutom
4 awards
SINE SCORE · SOONStuck on You
2 awards
SINE SCORE · SOONWantawsan
Student Shorts Set A
SINE SCORE · SOONStarfish
2 awards
SINE SCORE · SOONKun Hain, Bisan Diin.
4 awards
SINE SCORE · SOONKanibal
SINE SCORE · SOONSa mga Nagdaan at Lumipas
SINE SCORE · SOONLimlim
4 awardsStudent Shorts Set B
SINE SCORE · SOONAlumahan
3 awards
SINE SCORE · SOONWhen Heaven Inched Towards Earth
1 award
SINE SCORE · SOONNo Mad Is an Island
SINE SCORE · SOONTingi
SINE SCORE · SOONAng Huling Banlaw ni Susan
2 awardsStudent Shorts Set C
SINE SCORE · SOONPulis Dunggab
1 award
SINE SCORE · SOONThe Sound of K
1 award
SINE SCORE · SOONNakabinbin
SINE SCORE · SOONNang Matakasan ang Tagay
1 awardStudent Shorts Set D
SINE SCORE · SOONTeks Battle: Shoot Pati Pato!
1 award
SINE SCORE · SOONKapag Tapos na ang Umpukan
SINE SCORE · SOON12 Shots
2 awards
SINE SCORE · SOONBumtak Sara ti Nuangen
1 award
SINE SCORE · SOONMiss Intrams
2 awardsPanorama Shorts Set A
SINE SCORE · SOONAlien Girl!
GatecrashersSINE SCORE · SOON
Gatecrashers
SINE SCORE · SOONPlop
SINE SCORE · SOONLip Skimming
SINE SCORE · SOONThe Other Side of Reality
1 awardPanorama Shorts Set B
Unti-untiSINE SCORE · SOON
Unti-unti
SINE SCORE · SOONAninaw
SINE SCORE · SOONpansamantagalan
SINE SCORE · SOONPinagkaisahan
SINE SCORE · SOONNarito Ako: A Digital Afterlife
Sine Score board
Our verdicts, ranked
The feature-length entries, from our favorite down. The trophy count shows how each one did at the awards.
First verdicts coming soon.
Quick reviews
What we thought
Short takes on every film we’ve seen so far, newest first.
First reviews coming soon.
Awards night · September 30
The winners
Pinaka Panalong Pelikula · Best Film
Mono no Aware
9 awards, including Best Director for BC Amparado and Best Actor for Juan Karlos Labajo.
Best Student Short
Limlim
4 awards, including Cinematography and Child Performer.
Audience Award
Multwoh (Patay na Patay Sa’Yo)
The crowd favorite, plus Production Design.
Best Panorama Short
The Other Side of Reality
Directed by Zig Dulay.
- Pinaka Panalong PelikulaBest Film
- Mono no Aware
- Panalong Karangalan Mula sa HuradoJury Honorable Mention
- Apol of My AI
- Panalo sa International JuryInternational Jury Prize
- Mono no Aware
- Panalo sa Mga ManonoodAudience Award
- Multwoh (Patay na Patay Sa’Yo)
- Puregold Always PanaloSponsor award
- Multwoh (Patay na Patay Sa’Yo) and Patay Gutom
- Panalong DirektorBest Director
- BC Amparado — Mono no Aware
- Panalong KwentoBest Story
- Carl Joseph E. Papa and Yvonne Garcia — Patay Gutom
- Panalong AktresBest Actress
- Xyriel Manabat — Stuck on You
- Panalong AktorBest Actor
- Juan Karlos Labajo — Mono no Aware
- Panalong Pangalawang AktresBest Supporting Actress
- Momoko Kobayashi — Mono no Aware
- Panalong Pangalawang AktorBest Supporting Actor
- Zanjoe Marudo — Apol of My AI
- Panalong Child PerformerBest Child Performer
- Zion Cruz — Apol of My AI
- Panalo sa CinematographyCinematography
- TM Malones — Mono no Aware
- Panalo sa EditingEditing
- Edmund Telmo — Mono no Aware
- Panalo sa Sound DesignSound Design
- Willie Apa Jr. — Mono no Aware
- Panalo sa Musical ScoringMusical Score
- Emerzon Texon — Apol of My AI
- Panalo sa Production DesignProduction Design
- Rodrigo Ricio — Multwoh (Patay na Patay Sa’Yo)
- Panalo sa Visual EffectsVisual Effects
- Patay Gutom animation team
- Panalong AwitinBest Song
- “Reyna ng Quezon City” by Juana — Stuck on You
- Panalong PosterBest Poster
- Denver Balbaboco — Patay Gutom
- Panalo sa Brand IntrusionBrand Intrusion
- Multwoh (Patay na Patay Sa’Yo)
- Best EnsembleSpecial award
- Mono no Aware
- Pinaka Panalong Maikling PelikulaBest Student Short
- Limlim
- Panalong Karangalan Mula sa HuradoJury Honorable Mention
- Kun Hain, Bisan Diin.
- Panalo sa International JuryInternational Jury Prize
- Alumahan — dir. Christian Melvin Arejola
- Panalo sa Mga ManonoodAudience Award
- Ang Huling Banlaw ni Susan — dir. Hezekiah Estorque
- Puregold Always PanaloSponsor award
- Miss Intrams (dir. Henri Marie Belimac) and Pulis Dunggab (dir. Maxine Dela Bajan)
- Panalong DirektorBest Director
- Jomarie Corro-Reyes — Kun Hain, Bisan Diin.; Samantha Palaje — Limlim
- Panalong KwentoBest Story
- Jomarie Corro-Reyes and William Roberts — Kun Hain, Bisan Diin.
- Panalong AktresBest Actress
- Jonalyn Mateo — Ang Huling Banlaw ni Susan
- Panalong AktorBest Actor
- Jay Gabriel Cañada — The Sound of K
- Panalong Pangalawang AktresBest Supporting Actress
- Nour Hooshmand — Starfish
- Panalong Pangalawang AktorBest Supporting Actor
- Nor Domingo — 12 Shots
- Panalong Child PerformerBest Child Performer
- Zoey Madison Lim — Limlim
- Panalo sa CinematographyCinematography
- Geia De Vera — Limlim
- Panalo sa EditingEditing
- Brian Spencer Reyes — Kun Hain, Bisan Diin.
- Panalo sa Sound DesignSound Design
- Hannah Gagalac — Bumtak Sara ti Nuangen
- Panalo sa Musical ScoringMusical Score
- Lenard Kent Villanueva — Miss Intrams
- Panalo sa Production DesignProduction Design
- Jim Flores, Minnesota Flores and Sol Samodio — 12 Shots
- Panalo sa Visual EffectsVisual Effects
- Junelle Bacho Tecson and Luis Martin Mañalac — Starfish
- Panalong AwitinBest Song
- “Game Na!” by Kier Mosquito, Edlyn Icao and John Dave Brion — Teks Battle: Shoot Pati Pato!
- Panalong PosterBest Poster
- Keith Ian Serfino — Alumahan; Eidan Maninang — Nang Matakasan ang Tagay
- Pinaka Panalong PromosyonBest Promotion
- When Heaven Inched Towards Earth — dir. Vinh Marco
- Panalo sa Brand IntrusionBrand Intrusion
- Alumahan
- Pinaka Panalong Maikling Pelikula (Panorama)Best Panorama Short
- The Other Side of Reality — dir. Zig Dulay
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