34th Luna Awards explained

Number:	34
Award:	Luna Awards
Site:	Quezon City Sports Club, Kristong Hari, Quezon City
Host:	Rez Cortez
Best Picture:	Heneral Luna
Most Wins:	Heneral Luna (10)
Most Nominations:	Heneral Luna (11)
Last:	31st
Next:	35th

The 34th Luna Awards ceremony, presented by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP), honored the best Filipino films of 2015. It took place on September 18, 2016, at the Quezon City Sports Club in Quezon City, Philippines. Actor and director Rez Cortez hosted the show.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.^[2]

Best Picture	Best Direction
Heneral Luna – Artikulo Uno Apocalypse Child The Breakup Playlist Crazy Beautiful You Felix Manalo Honor Thy Father Kid Kulafu The Love Affair That Thing Called Tadhana	Jerrold Tarog – Heneral Luna Mario Cornejo - Apocalypse Child Antoinette Jadaone - That Thing Called Tadhana Joel Lamangan - Felix Manalo Erik Matti - Honor Thy Father Nuel Naval - The Love Affair Paul Soriano - Kid Kulafu Dan Villegas - The Breakup Playlist
Best Actor	Best Actress
John Arcilla – Heneral Luna as Antonio Luna John Lloyd Cruz - Honor Thy Father as Edgar JM de Guzman - That Thing Called Tadhana as Anthony Sid Lucero - Apocalypse Child as Ford Dennis Trillo - Felix Manalo as Felix Manalo Robert ‘Buboy’ Villar - Kid Kulafu as Emmanuel	Bea Alonzo – The Love Affair as Adrianne Angelica Panganiban – That Thing Called Tadhana as Mace Meryll Soriano – Honor Thy Father as Kaye Gwen Zamora – Apocalypse Child as Serena Dawn Zulueta – The Love Affair as Tricia
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Nonie Buencamino – Heneral Luna RK Bagatsing – Apocalypse Child Bernardo Bernardo – Imbisibol Tirso Cruz III – Honor They Father Allen Dizon – Imbisibol JM de Guzman – Imbisibol Dennis Padilla – The Breakup Playlist	Ana Abad-Santos – Apocalypse Child Mylene Dizon – Heneral Luna Annicka Dolonius – Apocalypse Child Rio Locsin – The Breakup Playlist Ces Quesada – Imbisibol Alessandra de Rossi – Kid Kulafu Lorna Tolentino – Crazy Beautiful You
Best Screenplay	Best Cinematography
Heneral Luna – Henry Francia, E.A. Rocha and Jerrold Tarog That Thing Called Tadhana – Antoinette Jadaone The Breakup Playlist – Antoinette Jadaone Crazy Beautiful You – Jancy Nicolas, Carmi Raymundo, Bianca Bernardino and Maan Dimaculangan-Fampulme Felix Manalo – Bienvenido C. Santiago The Love Affair – Vanessa R. Valdez Honor Thy Father – Michiko Yamamoto	Heneral Luna – Pong Ignacio Apocalypse Child – Ike Avellana Ex With Benefits – Tey Clamor Kid Kulafu – Odyssey Flores Felix Manalo – Rody Lacap Tragic Theater – Boy Yniguez
Best Production Design	Best Editing
Heneral Luna – Benjamin Padero and Carlo Tabije Apocalypse Child – Cristina Dy Felix Manalo – Edgar Martin Littaua Kid Kulafu – Joey Luna Honor Thy Father – Ericsson Navarro	Heneral Luna – Jerrold Tarog The Love Affair – Beng Bandong Honor Thy Father – Jay Halili Crazy Beautiful You – Marya Ignacio Ex With Benefits – Benjamin Tolentino That Thing Called Tadhana – Benjamin Tolentino Kid Kulafu – Mark Victor
Best Musical Score	Best Sound
Heneral Luna – Jerrold Tarog Kid Kulafu – Robbie Factoran, Ricardo Jugo and Mark Villar Felix Manalo – Von de Guzman Crazy Beautiful You – Jesse Lucas Honor Thy Father – Erwin Romulo That Thing Called Tadhana – Emerzon Texon Tragic Theater – Emerzon Texon	Heneral Luna – Mikko Quizon The Love Affair – Aurel Claro Bilbao Para sa Hopeless Romantic – Bebet Casas and Roy Santos Felix Manalo – Alberto Michael Idioma and Lamberto Casas Jr. Crazy Beautiful You – Arnel Labayo Ex with Benefits – Arnel Labayo Kid Kulafu – Mikko Quizon The Breakup Playlist – Addis Tabong That Thing Called Tadhana – Addiss Tabong Tragic Theater – Alex Tomboc and Alberto Michael Idioma

Special Awards

The following honorary awards were also awarded.

• Golden Reel Award – Vilma Santos-Recto
• Fernando Poe Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award – Emmanuel Borlaza
• Manuel de Leon Award for Exemplary Achievements – Herminio “Butch” Bautista
• Lamberto Avellana Memorial Award – Azucena “Nene” Vera Perez
• Plaque of Recognition – Jaclyn Jose

Notes and References

1. Web site: September 19, 2016 . 'Heneral Luna' wins big at 2016 Luna Awards .
2. Web site: 2016-09-18 . FULL LIST: Winners, Luna Awards 2016 . 2022-03-27 . RAPPLER . en-US.