Live Blog: TOFARM Film Festival 2018 Awards Night

We're doing updates as we go cover the TOFARM Film Festival Awards Night so refresh this post every hour. 

They just started giving away the awards this evening.

Best Supporting Actress was a tie and went to Bayang Barrios and Gileth Sandico.

Richard Quan won Best Supporting Actor for the film 1957. He sends his thanks to his director, Ms How, for bringing the plight of farmers to the forefront. He was happy to have finally won a major acting award this year. 

For Best Production Design, they gave the award to Martin Masadao for the film Tanabata's Wife.

Best Sound went to Manuel Verona for Mga Anak ng Kamote.

Best Musical Score went to Kurt Alalag, May Padilla, Marc Tan for Tanabata's Wife.

Best Editing went to May Padilla for again, Tanabata's Wife.

Best Cinematography went to Napjamir of Tanabata's Wife.

Best Story goes Hubert Pibi for 1957.

Best Screenplay was between 4 films, it was given to Tanabata's Wife.

Special Awards for Short Film : The category is called The Direk Maryo J Memorial Awardees

Aning Ginto Award for the film SIKAP. This was a team of teens from Tugegarao.

3rd Best Short Film Tahanan ng Isang Magsasaka.

2nd Best Short Film Kaluguran Da Ka, Ma! which was made by a team from Pampanga.

Best Short Film was declared to the film Panginoong May Lupa. 

Major Awards:

Best Actress was won by first timer Mail Fanglayan for Tanabata's Wife. She gave a heartfelt speech about the plight of farmers in Cordillera.

Best Actor was won by Miyuki Kimimura for Tanabata's Wife. He's a Japanese guy, and asked us to pray for Baguio.

Best Director went to Charlson Ong, Lito Casaje, Choy Pangilinan for Tanabata's Wife. They thanked Ms. Milagros How for the patience in making their entry, they said the accolades and inspiration was a bonus.

Then TOFARM Film Festival gave a special award to veteran actor Robert Arevalo for his work in the film industry. He dedicated the award to his father. He was given a tribute by Bibeth Orteza, Dr. How and a song number by DULCE.

They also gave Joey Romero and Bibeth Orteza special awards, a way of appreciating their work for this festival.

And finally, the People's Choice Award went to the film SOL SEARCHING.

3rd Best Picture is Alimuom. The director dedicated the win to the farmers and the scientists who work hard to make the agriculture sector better. 2nd Best Picture is 1957. They dedicated the win to the farmers of Bicol, Iriga  City. Best picture of TOFARM Film Festival is Tanabata's Wife. 

Congrats to all the winners and I hope more people would get to see your films, please make this available commercially and have it distributed by major outfits, it just needs to be seen!

KUMAGCOW

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Forgetting Things? Try SPIKE

Forgetting people, information, money matters is not a good thing.

I'm having breakfast today and I've been thinking about the things I'm doing this month and the previous one, like some sort of comparison because I think I'm doing things right lately.

Spike has Neuravena which helps in cognitive function and concentration.

You see I go to a lot of events, meet lots of people too. I couldn't tell you the number of folks I get to talk to including stars, executives, politicians, foreigners and just about every Jane or John Doe in the blogging industry. Now imagine that number and think about the throng of people I needed to remember like their names, faces, phone numbers and situations when I met them. I cringe a lot, more so every instance someone approaches me and I couldn't remember their names or the times I met them. Believe me when I say I've been humiliated so many times in conversations when I get caught winging and pretending I remember them - and acting like it was just a normal day when deep inside I'm screaming haha!

SPIKE Dietary Supplements are from Oat extracts, it can help in cognitive improvements according some studies.

My blogger friend Mae suggested I take SPIKE which is a capsule cased supplement that contains Neuravena which is a green oat extract that enhances attention and concentration without getting harmful side effects such as insomnia, anxiety or things you would normally get in a cup of coffee. Tried it for a few days to see how it would do good for me. Honestly I'm skeptical about pills and stuff but I figured there's no harm in trying. In the first day alone, I felt a little jittery and active that got me writing 4 articles in one sitting. Now I know I am capable of doing that but it was all done in a shorter amount of time. I also got to remember some of the dates, time of events that I attended without looking at my phone's calendar which I actually do a lot. Aside from that, I remember to spend an amount of time talking to people and get to understand their work, where they come from, not just their names. That alone is a lot of improvement in two weeks, now imagine how my multitasking talent evolved too wherein I could now listen to interviews, write the article, take photos and videos without losing track of my train of thought for the write-up. It is possible, and I am so amazed I could do that now. I thought a month ago I was already rusty, but it looks like I could do this with the help of supplements like SPIKE.

SPIKE is available at Mercury Drug stores nationwide and is priced quite competitively at 33 a piece. If it could help me, how in the world could it not help you. Go get the box and make your busy life on point, and way better.

KUMAGCOW
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Jollibee Happy Calendar Boys

I saw one of them a few months back, the main branch might win!

We've been working so hard and haven't had a break, it's always petsa de peligro so your hard earned money couldn't buy things these days, you get worried if you coukd stretch your budget I'll next payday.

To explain things, our good friends from Jollibee are doing a search for the next Happy Calendar Boys and I think you can now check out WHO WON in this video https://www.facebook.com/JollibeePhilippines/videos/1129867290504122/.

Today is petsa de peligro

The sweet Jolly Spaghetti

The most filling Jollibee Burger Steak

The Yummy Yummy Burger

Now for even better news, these days would be so easy to get through if you go to your nearest Jollibee branch and get your JOLLISAVERS meals. The Yumburgers, Jolly Spaghetti, the Burger Steak are all part of the solution. Now go and check out UGE's video, and see if your boy wins the search.

In the meantime, I'll munch on my Yumburgers :)

KUMAGCOW

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#YATO (You Are The One) by Lance Raymundo

Lance Raymundo releases new music video for YATO

Yesterday we had the privilege of getting to talk to the one and only Lance Raymundo. I was able to talk to him a couple months back about his passion projects but I was so giddy to hear that he’s singing again, though he never did stop. The cause for celebration yesterday was the release of his new music video for #YATO (You Are The One). Know that this single has been released years ago but it now had suddenly got a breath of fresh air with the help of a couple individuals and his management company Viva Artists Agency who gave him the nod of doing this in a different time.

Lance says "We hardly changed anything because it just was made with an acoustic vibe. It is always exciting to see your stats up in spotify. According to Viva they expect me to release a song, it's something to look forward to."

He adds “Perhaps soon, I want to do a collaboration with my brother because he's my idol. I hope that becomes a reality.“

Sure enough, this single is now getting a lot of plays in digital music apps like Spotify, more so in this particular weather when you just would want to cuddle up, grab a cup of coffee and reminisce about life and love. When I saw the video yesterday, I was a little taken aback with the way they told the story. For those who do not know, Lance met an accident in a gym a few years ago. It immobilized him for a couple of months and had to undergo several operations to restore his face plus a few sessions for rehab. He’s completely okay now but that for any person would have been traumatic and he personally wanted to include that story in the video so it could reach more people and learn from it. Aside from that, he mentions this is slightly autobiographical. It made me a little sad remembering that incident, but I do get his point. The video also tackled things about love and how it could be in ways, very unconditional. If that happens to you, then that is when you can finally say that you have found “The One”, things that we have all wished for.

Here’s two videos from the talk we had inside Black Maria Theatre in San Juan City.

Lance talks about his past, his ex, and his music

I adore Lance as a person because he has been so nice to me. Every time we meet it’s like meeting an old friend and that is quite unusual for artists these days when they meet little ol bloggers like me. He’s very humble, down to earth and very approachable. Hope you get to see this music video very soon and listen to his music available for download on Spotify and other digital stores. It’s time to fall in love with who he really is, and his music!

Congratulations Lance! I am so happy for you!

KUMAGCOW 

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