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Jadaone's 'Fan Girl' wins big in 2020 MMFF

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/12/27/fangirl.jpg"/><figcaption>&quot;Fan Girl&quot;, a film about an obsessed teenager who spent a night with her celebrity idol, bagged most of the major awards at the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival. Photo from Fan Girl&#x27;s official Facebook page.</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - &quot;Fan Girl&quot; bagged the most awards at the the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival awards night Sunday.Directed by Antoinette Jadaone, &quot;Fan Girl&quot; --a film about an obsessed teenager who spent a night with her celebrity idol-- bagged the awards for Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Screenplay, Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Director.Charlie Dizon was named best actress for her performance in &quot;Fan Girl&quot;, while Paulo Avelino bagged the best actor award for his role in the same film.In her acceptance speech, Jadaone, who also wrote the screenplay for &quot;Fan Girl&quot;, talked about how adults should show the youth who they should idolize.&quot;Sana lagi nating isipin na palakihin natin ang mga kabataan sa mapagpalayang Pilipinas, na ang kabataan ng pag-asa ng bayan at tayong mga matatanda ang dapat nagbibigay sa kabataan nito sa Pilipinas ng dapat nilang hangaan,&quot; she said.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Best Director - Antoinette Jadaone of &#x27;FanGirl&#x27; &#x27;Sana lagi nating isipin na palakihin natin ang mga kabataan sa mapagpalayang Pilipinas, na ang kabataan ng pag-asa ng bayan at tayong mga matatanda ang dapat nagbibigay sa kabataan nito sa Pilipinas ng dapat nilang hangaan.&#x27; <a href="https://t.co/pF2RkIJhGz">pic.twitter.com/pF2RkIJhGz</a>— MJ Felipe (@mjfelipe) <a href="https://twitter.com/mjfelipe/status/1343173796400750592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Here is the full list of winners: <div>BEST VIRTUAL FLOAT</div>First place: &quot;Magikland&quot; Second place: &quot;Isa Pang Bahaghari&quot; Third place: &quot;Fan Girl&quot;BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM &quot;Paano Maging Babae,&quot; De La Salle College of Saint BenildeBEST VISUAL EFFECTS Richard Francia, Ryan Grimarez (Central Digital Lab) for &quot;Magikland&quot; BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Ericson Navarro (Magikland)BEST MUSICAL SCORE Emerzon Texon (Magikland)BEST EDITING Benjamin Tolentino (Fan Girl)BEST ORIGINAL THEME SONG &quot;Ulan&quot; by Jhay Cura/ Pau Protacio (The Boy Foretold by the Stars)BEST SOUND Vincent Villa (Fan Girl)BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Neil Daza (Fan Girl)FPJ MEMORIAL AWARD &quot;Magikland&quot;GATPUNO ANTONIO J. VILLEGAS CULTURAL AWARDS &quot;Suarez: The Healing Priest&quot;GENDER SENSITIVITY AWARD &quot;The Boy Foretold by the Stars&quot;BEST SCREENPLAY Antoinette Jadaone (Fan Girl)BEST CHILD PEFORMER Seiyo Masunaga (The Missing)BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Shaina Magdayao (Tagpuan)BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Michael de Mesa (Isa Pang Bahaghari)BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Paulo Avelino (Fan Girl)BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Charlie Dizon (Fan Girl)BEST DIRECTOR Antoinette Jadaone (Fan Girl)BEST PICTURE &quot;Fan Girl&quot;Second place: &quot;The Boy Foretold by the Stars Third Place: &quot;Tagpuan&quot;<div>- with reports from MJ Felipe, ABS-CBN News</div><div>RELATED VIDEO</div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QbFyFaQK9Do?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

"Fan Girl", a film about an obsessed teenager who spent a night with her celebrity idol, bagged most of the major awards at the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival.

"Fan Girl", a film about an obsessed teenager who spent a night with her celebrity idol, bagged most of the major awards at the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival.