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'Heneral Luna,' Star Cinema lead 2016 Luna Awards nominations

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MANILA - John Lloyd Cruz, John Arcilla, and JM de Guzman were among the nominees for the 34th Film Academy of the Philippines&#x27; Luna Awards, which were announced Monday.The historical biopic &quot;Heneral Luna&quot; topped all film nominations with 11, including Best Picture and a nod for director Jerrold Tarog.Mario Cornejo&#x27;s &quot;Apocalypse Child,&quot; which dominated last year&#x27;s QC International Film Festival, earned nine nominations -- including Best Director for Cornejo -- while ABS-CBN&#x27;s production outfit Star Cinema took five of the nine spots for Best Picture.&quot;The Breakup Playlist,&quot; &quot;Crazy Beautiful You,&quot; and &quot;The Love Affair&quot; were all nominated for the top award alongside &quot;Kid Kulafu&quot; and &quot;That Thing Called Tadhana&quot; -- films Star Cinema distributed last year.In the acting category, aside from the aforementioned &quot;Honor Thy Father&quot; lead Cruz, many Kapamilya stars were nominated, including Bea Alonzo and Dawn Zulueta for &quot;The Love Affair,&quot; and Angelica Panganiban for &quot;That Thing Called Tadhana.&quot;Below is the full list of nominees:<div>Best Picture</div>Apocalypse Child (Arkeo Films) The Breakup Playlist (Star Cinema) Crazy Beautiful You (Star Cinema) Felix Manalo (Viva Entertainment) Heneral Luna (Artikulo Uno) Honor Thy Father (Reality Entertainment) Kid Kulafu (Ten 17P/Star Cinema) The Love Affair (Star Cinema) That Thing Called Tadhana (Star Cinema)<div>Best Director</div>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) Jerrold Tarog (Heneral Luna) Dan Villegas (The Breakup Playlist)<div>Best Screenplay</div>Henry Francia, E.A. Rocha and Jerrold Tarog (Heneral Luna) Antoinette Jadaone (That Thing Called Tadhana) Antoinette Jadaone (The Breakup Playlist) Jancy Nicolas, Carmi Raymundo, Bianca Bernardino and Maan Dimaculangan-Fampulme (Crazy Beautiful You) Bienvenido C. Santiago (Felix Manalo) Vanessa R. Valdez (The Love Affair) Michiko Yamamoto (Honor Thy Father)<div>Best Actor</div>John Arcilla (Heneral Luna) John Lloyd Cruz (Honor Thy Father) JM de Guzman (That Thing Called Tadhana) Sid Lucero (Apocalypse Child) Dennis Trillo (Felix Manalo) Robert ‘Buboy’ Villar (Kid Kulafu)<div>Best Actress</div>Bea Alonzo (The Love Affair) Angelica Panganiban (That Thing Called Tadhana) Merryl Soriano (Honor Thy Father) Gwen Zamora (Apocalypse Child) Dawn Zulueta (The Love Affair)<div>Best Supporting Actor</div>RK Bagatsing (Apocalypse Child) Bernardo Bernardo (Imbisibol) Nonie Buencamino (Heneral Luna) Tirso Cruz III (Honor They Father) Allen Dizon (Imbisibol) JM de Guzman (Imbisibol) Dennis Padilla (The Breakup Playlist)<div>Best Supporting Actress</div>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)<div>Best Cinematography</div>Ike Avellana (Apocalypse Child) Tey Clamor (Ex With Benefits) Odyssey Flores (Kid Kulafu) Pong Ignacio (Heneral Luna) Rody Lacap (Felix Manalo) Boy Yniguez (Tragic Theater)<div>Best Production Design</div>Cristina Dy (Apocalpyse Child) Edgar Martin Littaua (Felix Manalo) Joey Luna (Kid Kulafu) Ericsson Navarro (Honor Thy Father) Benjamin Padero and Carlo Tabije (Heneral Luna)<div>Best Editing</div>Beng Bandong (The Love Affair) Jay Halili (Honor Thy Father) Marya Ignacio (Crazy Beautiful You) Jerrold Tarog (Heneral Luna) Benjamin Tolentino (Ex with Benefits) Benjamin Tolentino (That Thing Called Tadhana) Mark Victor (Kid Kulafu)<div>Best Musical Scoring</div>Robbie Factoran, Ricardo Jugo and Mark Villar (Kid Kulafu) Von de Guzman (Felix Manalo) Jesse Lucas (Crazy Beautiful You) Erwin Romulo (Honor Thy Father) Jerrold Tarog (Heneral Luna) Emerzon Texon (That Thing Called Tadhana) Emerzon Texon (Tragic Theater)<div>Best Sound</div>Aurel Claro Bilbao (The Love Affair) Bebet Casas and Roy Santos (Para sa Hopeless Romantic) Alberto Michael Idioma and Lamberto Casas Jr. (Felix Manalo) Arnel Labayo (Crazy Beautiful You) Arnel Labayo (Ex with Benefits) Mikko Quizon (Heneral Luna) Mikko Quizon (Kid Kulafu) Addis Tabong (The Breakup Playlist) Addiss Tabong (That Thing Called Tadhana) Alex Tomboc and Alberto Michael Idioma (Tragic Theater)The 34th Luna Awards will be held on September 18 at the Quezon City Sports Plaza.

John Lloyd Cruz, John Arcilla, and JM de Guzman were among the nominees for the 34th Film Academy of the Philippines' Luna Awards, which were announced Monday.

John Lloyd Cruz, John Arcilla, and JM de Guzman were among the nominees for the 34th Film Academy of the Philippines' Luna Awards, which were announced Monday.