# 1986 Metro Manila Film Festival

The 12th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1986.
NCV productions' Halimaw sa Banga romped away 10 of the 12 awards given including the Best Director and Best Actor for Mario O'Hara - Banga Episode and Best Actress for Liza Lorena - Banga Episode among others. The film also garnered the Third Best Picture Award. Romy Vitug won the Best Cinematography Award for Celso Ad. Castillo's Payaso while the director's son, Chris Ad Castillo, received the Best Supporting Actor Award for Augusto Buenaventura's Bagets Gang.

## Entries

| Title | Starring | Studio | Director | Genre |
| Bagets Gang | Jinggoy Estrada, Rio Locsin, ER Ejercito, Robin Padilla, Christopher Ad. Castillo | Amazaldy Film Production | Augusto Buenaventura | Action, Drama |
| Bangkay Mo Akong Hahakbangan | Dante Varona, Melissa Mendez, Paquito Diaz, Millicent Bautista, Aurora Sevilla, Fred Moro, Usman Hassim, Rocco Montalban and Joko Diaz | Bathala Films | Dante Varona | Action, War |
| Captain Barbell | Edu Manzano, Herbert Bautista, Lea Salonga, Dennis Da Silva, Bing Loyzaga, Nova Villa, Ruel Vernal, Rez Cortez, Beth Bautista | Viva Films | Leroy Salvador | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Superhero |
| Halimaw | Liza Lorena, Gina Pareno, Michael de Mesa, Mario O'Hara, Ruel Vernal, Maritess Gutierrez, Ronel Victor, Jaime Fabregas, Ian Kristoffer de Leon & Lotlot de Leon | NCV Films | Christopher de Leon & Mario O' Hara | Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror |
| Payaso | German Moreno and the All-Star Cast | Sialina Film Enterprises | Celso Ad. Castillo | Comedy, Drama |
| Salamangkero: The Magician | Michael de Mesa, Gina Alajar, Liza Lorena, Armida Siguion-Reyna, Tanya Gomez, Dick Israel, Odette Khan, Ruben Rustia, Tom-Tom, Sunshine | Aces Films | Tata Esteban | Fantasy, Horror |
| Tuklaw | Charito Solis, Nadia Montenegro, Anjo Yllana, Richard Gomez, Janice Jurado, Zandro Zamora, Lucita Soriano, Jaime Fabregas, Robert Talabis | Golden Lion Films | Carlo J. Caparas | Comedy, Drama |

## Winners and nominees
### Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Film | Best Director |
| None Halimaw sa Banga - NCV productions (3rd) Bagets Gang Payaso | Mario O'Hara – Halimaw sa Banga |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Mario O'Hara – Halimaw sa Banga | Liza Lorena – Halimaw sa Banga |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Christopher Ad. Castillo – Bagets Gang | Maritess Gutierrez – Halimaw sa Banga |
| Best Art Direction | Best Cinematography |
| Frank G. Rivera – Halimaw sa Banga | Romeo Vitug – Payaso |
| Best Sound Engineering | Best Music |
| Rodel Capule – Halimaw sa Banga | Jaime Fabregas – Halimaw sa Banga |
| Best Child Performer | Best Editing |
| Ian de Leon – Halimaw sa Banga | Efren Jarlego – Halimaw sa Banga |

## Multiple awards

| Awards | Film |
| 10 | Halimaw sa Banga |

## Ceremony Information
### Gabi ng Parangal

The following are the key people during the "Gabi ng Parangal".
* Guest Speaker: Kris Aquino - representative of President Cory Aquino
* Metro Manila Commission officer in charge and executive chairman of the 1986 MMFF - Joey Lina

### Lack of Award categories

The 1986 Metro Manila Film Festival was considered the worst in the 12-year history of the annual 10-day festival of local movies. For the first time, it did not give out the traditional first and second Best Picture awards as well as the other two categories: Best Story and Best Screenplay. According to one of the jurors, Tingting Cojuangco stated: "No one of the seven entries deserved these awards..." He added that they: "...would like to express [their] concern over the current state of the Philippine movie industry as reflected in the entries to the year's MMFF...[The entries] failed to reinforce and inculcate positive Filipino values by portraying negative stereotypes, imitating foreign films and perpetuating commercially-oriented movies...".