Ant!pode is happy to announce that Wailings in the Forest /Baboy Halas by Bagane Fiola has been nominated as Best Picture for the Gawad Urian Film Festival 2017.
Besides “Wailings in the Forest” the nominees for Best Film include Best Picture
Pamilya Ordinaryo by Eduardo W. Roy, Jr.
Paglipay by Zig Madamba Dulay
Ang Babaeng Humayo by Lav Diaz
Women of the Weeping River by Sheron Dayoc
Ma’Rosa by Brilliante Mendoza
Wailings in the Forest is also nominated for the following awards:
- Best Director, Bagane Fiola
- Cinematography, Raphael Meting & Mark Limbaga
- Production Design, Joel Geolamen
- Sound, Willie Apa, Jr. & Charlie Daclan
Gawad Urian is considered as the Philippines’ Oscars and British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards. The awards night is scheduled to be held on July 20 at ABS-CBN.