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It's "comedy night" at the 36th Metro

Manila Film Festival Awards Night.

Star Cinema's comedy filmÊ




  
  bagged the most
number of awards in tonight's awards
ceremonies held at the Meralco Theater.

The third and said-to-be last installment of

this comedy franchise from Star Cinema
took home a total of nine awards,
including Best Picture and Best Director
for Wenn Deramas.

Deramas won against Mike Tuviera (

    and Luis
Suarez ( ).

The comedians also dominated the acting

awards.

Ê


 's lead star, Ai-Ai delas Alas, got her wish when she was named
Best Actress for her portrayal of a single mother to more than a dozen children. Ai-
Ai was very vocal in saying during interviews that she wants to win the best-actress
trophy²wish granted.

Interestingly, the other two nominees for Best Actress are Marian Rivera for 
    and Carla Abellana for  !"#$.

Jennylyn Mercado of 
and Kris Aquino of %&were not nominated.

This year, the MMFF Committee decided to mention only the top three nominees for
each category.

Meanwhile, it was a double victory for Comedy King Dolphy as he won both the
Best Actor trophy for his comedy film '()* and Best Supporting Actor for
his drama role in 
.

In the Best Actor category, Dolphy won against Vic Sotto of Ê
*+ 

,
and Yul Servo of 
.
In the Best Supporting Actor category, the other nominees were Alwyn Uytingco
(Ê


  ), Roy Alvarez ('()* ), and Sid Lucero (
).

The Comedy King was not able to attend the ceremony.

Eugene Domingo was adjudged Best Supporting Actress for her best-friend role
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The comedienne wasn't also able to accept her award personally since she is now in
the United States. Direk Wenn Deramas accepted the award on her behalf.

Eugene bested Alessandra de Rossi and Gina Pareño of %&.


, a period film about the life of Manny V. Pangilinan's grandmother, won
seven awards, including 2nd Best Picture and the Gatpuno Antonio Villegas
Memorial Award.

However, the film's director, Albert Martinez, was not in the list of Best Director
nominees.

The animated film   was named 3rd Best Picture.

The MMFF Committee showed no love for the two horror entries²%&and  !
".²as both went home empty-handed.

The 36th MMFF Awards Night was hosted by the Gutierrez siblings Ruffa, Raymond,
and Richard.