With the festival wrapping up this edition on Sunday.
Last September 30 (Wednesday), the 2026 CinePanalo Film Festival awarded of this year’s winners across both full-length and student shorts categories.
In the full-length section, the film Mono No Aware bagged the coveted “Pinakapanalong Pelikula” award, while Limlim was its counterpart in the students shorts category.
Meanwhile, former child actors reigned supreme in the acting categories as Xyriel Manabat earned the “Panalong Aktres” award for the full-length film Stuck On You, while Juan Karlos Labajo won for his role in Mono No Aware.
FULL-LENGTH CATEGORY
- Pinakapanalong Pelikula – Mono No Aware
- Panalong Karangalan Mula sa Hurado – Apol of My Ai
- Always Panalo – Multwoh (Patay na Patay Sa’yo) and Patay Gutom
- Panalo sa International Jury – Mono No Aware
- Panalong Director – BC Amparado – Mono No Aware
- Panalong Aktres – Xyriel Manabat (Stuck on You)
- Panalong Aktor – Juan Karlos Labajo (Mono No Aware)
- Panalong Child Performer – Zion Cruz (Apol of My Ai)
- Panalong Pangalawang Aktres – Momoko Kobayashi (Mono No Aware)
- Panalong Pangalawang Aktor – Zanjoe Marudo (Apol of My Ai)
- Best Ensemble – Mono No Aware
- Panalo sa mga Manonood – Multwoh (Patay na Patay Sa’yo)
- Panalong Kwento – Patay Gutom by Carl Joseph Papa, Yvonne Garcia
- Panalo sa Cinematography – Mono No Aware by TM Malones
- Panalo sa Production Design – Multwoh (Patay na Patay Sa’yo)
- Panalo sa Musical Scoring – Apol of My Ai by Emerson Tecson
- Panalo sa Visual Effects – Patay Gutom
- Panalo sa Editing – Mono No Aware by Edmund Telmo
- Panalo sa Souns Design – Mono No Aware by Willie Apa, Jr.
- Panalong Awitin – Reyna ng Quezon City by Juana (Stuck on You)
- Panalong Poster – Patay Gutom by Denver Balbaboco
- Panalong Brand Intrusion – Multwoh (Patay na Patay Sa’yo)
STUDENT SHORTS
- Pinakapanalong Pelikula – Limlim
- Panalong Karangalan Mula sa Hurado – Kun Hain, Bisan Diin
- Always Panalo – Miss Intrams and Pulis Dunggab
- Panalo sa International Jury – Alumahan
- Panalong Director – Jomarie Corro-Reyes – Kun Hain, Bisan Diin & Samantha Palaje – Limlim
- Panalong Aktres – Jonalyn Mateo Ang Huling Banlaw ni Susan
- Panalong Aktor – Jay Gabriel Cañada (The Sound of K)
- Panalong Child Performer – Zoey Madison Lim (Limlim)
- Panalong Pangalawang Aktres – Nour Hooshmand (Starfish)
- Panalong Pangalawang Aktor – Nor Domingo (12 Shots)
- Panalo sa mga Manonood – Ang Huling Banlaw ni Susan
- Panalong Kwento – Kun Hain, Bisan Diin by Jomarie Corro-Reyes
- Panalo sa Cinematography – Lilim by Geia De Vera
- Panalo sa Production Desugn – 12 Shots by Jim Flores, Minnesota Flores and Sol Samodio
- Panalo sa Musical Scoring – Miss Intrams by Lenard Kent Villanueva
- Panalo sa Visual Effects – Starfish by Junelle Bacho Tecson and Luis Martin Mañalac
- Panalo sa Editing – Kun Hain, Bisan Diin by Brian Spencer Reyes
- Panalo sa Sound Design – Bumtak Sara ti Nuangen by Hannah Gagalac
- Panalong Awitin – Game Na! by Kier Mosquito, Edlyn Icao and John Dave Brion (Teks Battle: Shoot Pati Pato!)
- Panalong Poster – Keith Ian Serfino (Alumahan) and Eidam Maninang (Nang Matakasan ang Tagay)
- Panalong Brand Intrusion – Alumahan
Also named Pinakapanalong Maikling Pelikula was The Other Side of Reality by Zig Dulay. Meanwhile, When Heaven Inched Yowarsa Earth won the Pinakapanalong Promosyon ng Pelikula.
Films are screening at Gateway Cineplex 18, TriNoma, Fairview Terraces, Ayala Malls Feliz, Ayala Malls Circuit, Ayala Malls Manila Bay, and Market! Market!
