"Boses" dominates Golden Screen with six wins, including Best Picture for Drama

Boses, a movie about the redemption of the human spirit and the healing power of music, garnered the award for Best Motion Picture-Drama at the 6th Golden Screen Awards held Thursday night at the Metro Bar in West Avenue, Quezon City.

“Boses” also won the Best Director award for Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil, as well as the Best Original Screenplay award for the tandem of Froilan Medina and Rody Vera.

Mylene Dizon, who gave birth recently to her second son, was honored with the Best Performance by an Actress-Drama award for “100,” a poignant story of a woman who, after finding out that she’s sick of cancer, sets out to accomplish 100 things she’ve always wanted to do before she dies. Mylene also won the same accolade at the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival last July.

Baron Geisler, also a winner at Cinemalaya last year, won the Best Performance by an Actor award for “Jay,” where he played a gay TV broadcast reporter doing a story on a murdered teacher.

However, both Mylene and Baron were unable to accept their awards. Mylene is still in the United States, while Baron was in Bohol for an event that was scheduled four months ago. He had wanted to attend but was unable to book a flight back to Manila.

Movie queen Ms. Gloria Romero won the Best Performance by an Actress (Musical or Comedy) for her role of a woman with two husbands in “Fuschia,” produced by APT Entertainment while her onscreen partner, Eddie Garcia, won the Best Performance by an Actor (Musical or Comedy) for playing Gloria’s long-lost husband in “Fuschia.”

“Fuschia,” produced by APT Entertainment, was voted Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy). The film is part of an ongoing project titled “Sine Direk,” a tie-up between the Director’s Guild of the Philippines and APT Entertainment.

The award for Best Performance by a Actress in a Supporting Role went to stage actress Flor Salanga for her role as the grieving mother in “Jay” while Coco Martin (“Jay”) and John Estrada (“Caregiver”) tied for the award for Best Performance by Actor in a Supporting Role.

KC Concepcion won the trophy for Breakthrough Performance by an Actress for her debut film “For the First Time,” while young newcomer Julian Duque won for Breakthrough Performance by an Actor for “Boses.”

KC was ecstatic with her victory as she gave a long speech with tears flowing from her eyes. It was her first acting award. KC arrived at Metro Bar a few minutes before her award was presented. She immediately went to the dressing room where her dad, Gabby Concepcion, was staying. They embraced each other and seated together while being interviewed backstage.

“I didn’t know I would have fun doing movies. I give my best in any work that I do. The fact na nagawa namin ang movie at napanood ito ng mga tao was already award enough for me. This is something to remind me to make it even better. Kasi they always tell me that the moment you think you’re so good, that’s when you stop being good. Siguro itatago ko at iti-treasure ang award na ito,” said KC.