Studio Cut

Main Competition Best Actor – Alfredo Castro in Tony Manero (Chile/Brazil)
Best Actress – Tsilla Chelton in Pandora’s Box (Peru/Spain)
Grand Jury Prize – Tulpan by Sergey Dvortsevoy (Germany/Kazakhstan/Switzerland/Russia/Poland)
Lino Brocka Grand Prize – Hunger by Steve McQueen (UK/Ireland)

SEA Competition
Best SEA Short – Focal Point by Alizera Khatami and Ali Seiffouri (Malaysia)
Best SEA Film – Talentime by Yasmin Ahmad (Malaysia)
Special Mention – Woman on Fire Looks for Water by Woo Ming Jin (Malaysia)

Young Cinema
Best Short Film – To Siomai Love by Remton Siega Zuasola
Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema – Remton Siega Zuasola for To Siomai Love

Digital Lokal
Lino Grand Prize – Anacbanua by Christopher Gozum
Lino Grand Jury Prize – Biyaheng Lupa by Armando Lao
Best Director – Christopher Gozum for Anacbanua

Megan Fox plays it wickedly sexy in the upcoming teen horror comedy “Jennifer’s Body” as the titular character who became a man-eater after a horrifying incident with her favorite local rock band.

Written by Oscar® winner Diablo Cody, “Jennifer’s Body” is about a small town high school student Jennifer (Fox), who is possessed by a hungry demon. She transitions from being “high school evil” – gorgeous, stuck up and ultra-attitudinal – to the real deal evil. The glittering beauty becomes a pale and sickly creature jonesing for a meaty snack, and guys who never stood a chance with the heartless babe, take on new luster in the light of Jennifer’s insatiable appetite. Meanwhile, Jennifer’s lifelong best friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried), long relegated to living in Jennifer’s shadow, must step-up to protect the town’s young men, including her nerdy boyfriend Chip (Johnny Simmons).
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Fans of all ages turned out this weekend for “Where the Wild Things Are,” the big-screen adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic tale about childhood, directed by Spike Jonze.  The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, opened at No. 1, earning a weekend total of $32,695,407, the biggest October opening for a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
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As dozens of buoyant Michael Jackson fans queued up in the Nokia Plaza to be among the first to see their idol’s last performance in the upcoming movie “Michael Jackson’s This Is It,” others watching the scene expressed mixed emotions.

Tim Leiweke, president of AEG, which bankrolled Jackson ‘s “This is It” tour and is a key player in the film, recalled the moment he got the news of Jackson ‘s death. “Well, at first it lets all the air out of you, and you sit here and you’re stunned at how quickly it happened and occurred. You’re in denial. You can’t believe it. You’re looking around, saying, ‘What happened?”
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For years now, the yearning to relive romanticism through music has been the battle cry of Pinoys both here and abroad, and it’s been a long wait for our sentimental side to be once again genuinely stirred. It has been an extensive journey, but it is well-worth the anticipation; for the Philippines’ ONE and ONLY legendary, multi-awarded and platinum selling band is back with a new offering! Much preparation and hard work went into the creation of a masterpiece comprised of ALL-ORIGINAL material breathing new life into music and giving a new meaning to OPM. After a hiatus from the recording studio, the country’s legendary music icons are now back with a new lineup, new original songs and a new album – SIDE A is here with their latest offering, ONLY 1 under MCA Music.
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Advance sales for “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” look set to make the concert movie starring the late King of Pop into one of the hottest tickets of the year.

Barely ten days ahead of its opening, the singer’s concert film has generated more than 1,600 sold-out US showtimes and is the top seller this week at two major online ticket outlets.

That puts “This Is It” in the same territory as next month’s highly anticipated “Twilight” sequel “New Moon” and other films that have generated high pre-release sales.
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“Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis (“Forrest Gump,” “The Polar Express”), captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking, performance-capture 3D motion picture event.
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With more action and more thrills, TRANSFORMERS: Revenge of the Fallen captivated audiences to earn over $820 million at the box office and become the #1 movie of the year in North America and throughout the world.  The latest spectacular adventure in the wildly popular TRANSFORMERS franchise will make its highly-anticipated DVD and Blu-ray debut on the last week of October in immersive, two-disc Special Editions, as well as on a single disc DVD, from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures in association with Hasbro; distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment and Magnavision Home Videos, and presented by E-Zinc.
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