The 23rd Luna Awards were held on May 14, 2005, at The Westin Philippine Plaza and they honored the best Filipino films of the year 2004. This is the first time that "Luna" was used as the name of the awards. The new voting process was also fully implemented.
The nominees were announced on April 14, 2005. Santa Santita received the most nominations with nine. It was followed by Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita, Milan and Panaghoy sa Suba with eight.
Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita gained most of the awards with six awards, including the Best Picture. Dennis Trillo was originally placed in the Best Supporting Actor category but it was moved to the Best Actor, just like what Star Awards for Movies did. The Director General's Ball was held in the Grand Plaza Ballroom right after the awards ceremony.
The awards ceremony was criticized for number of reasons. It was criticized for starting late from its original schedule and the loot bags were only given to the winners of the major categories, ignoring the winners of the technical categories. Before the last three segments of the ceremony, the audience were instructed to go outside to see the fireworks display. This led to an almost-empty venue when Regine Velasquez sang and Joel Lamangan and Lily Monteverde gave their acceptance speeches, after winning Best Director and Best Picture, respectively. Despite being an industry affair, some movie workers were denied entry to the ceremony. This also occurred to some of the press people.
Winners and nominees Best PictureBest Direction Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita Milan Naglalayag Panaghoy sa Suba Santa Santita Joel Lamangan – Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita Laurice Guillen – Santa Santita Olivia Lamasan – Milan Erik Matti – Pa-siyam Cesar Montano – Panaghoy sa SubaBest ActorBest Actress Dennis Trillo – Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita Christopher de Leon – Mano Po III: My Love Piolo Pascual – Milan Jericho Rosales – Santa Santita Yul Servo – Naglalayag Claudine Barretto – Milan Nora Aunor – Naglalayag Judy Ann Santos – Sabel Vilma Santos – Mano Po III: My Love Maricel Soriano – I Will SurviveBest Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress Jay Manalo – Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita Johnny Delgado – Santa Santita Ryan Eigenmann – Milan Eddie Garcia – Mano Po III: My Love Ronnie Lazaro – Panaghoy sa Suba Jaclyn Jose – Naglalayag Amy Austria – Beautiful Life Hilda Koronel – Santa Santita Daria Ramirez – Panaghoy sa Suba Gloria Romero – Beautiful LifeBest ScreenplayBest Cinematography Cris Vertido – Panaghoy sa Suba Irma Dimaranan – Naglalayag Johnny Gracio, Michiko Yamamoto & Johnny Delgado – Santa Santita Roy Iglesias – Mano Po III: My Love Ricky Lee – Sabel Ely Cruz – Panaghoy sa Suba Shayne Clemente – Milan Yam Laranas – Sigaw Lee Meily – Santa SantitaBest Production DesignBest Editing Joey Luna – Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita Raymond Bajarias – Feng Shui Edgar Martin Littaua – Santa Santita Nuel Naval – Milan Marya Ignacio – Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita Vito Cajili – Feng Shui Vito Cajili – Spirit of the Glass Manet Dayrit – Sigaw Marya Ignacio – MilanBest Musical ScoreBest Sound Nonong Buencamino – Panaghoy sa Suba Carmina Cuya – Feng Shui Von de Guzman – Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita Vincent de Jesus – Santa Santita Lutgardo Labad – Naglalayag Albert Michael Idioma – Feng Shui Nestor Mutia & Angie Reyes – Naglalayag Angie Reyes & Nestor Mutia – Panaghoy sa Suba Ramon Reyes – Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita Ramon Reyes & Angie Reyes – Kulimlim
Special award Fernando Poe, Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award Marichu Vera-Perez Maceda
Cyber Choice Awards The Cyber Choice Awards were also given with the winners getting certificates. It also used the new voting process. The winners of these awards are not considered as part of the official results.
Best PictureBest Direction Naglalayag Cesar Montano – Panaghoy sa SubaBest ActorBest Actress Yul Servo – Naglalayag Nora Aunor – NaglalayagBest Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress Jay Manalo – Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita Jaclyn Jose – Naglalayag
Multiple nominations and awards
Nominations Film9 Santa Santita8 Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita Milan Panaghoy sa Suba7Naglalayag4Feng ShuiMano Po III: My Love2Beautiful LifeSabelSigaw
Awards Film 6 Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita 3 Panaghoy sa Suba
References
External links Official Website of the Film Academy of the Philippines