Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay

Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay
Awarded forBest Script/Writing
CountryPhilippines
Presented byMMDA
First awarded1975
Currently held byAngeli Atienza, Firefly (2023)
Websitewww.mmda.gov.ph/mmff/

The Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay is an award presented annually by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). It was first awarded at the 1st Metro Manila Film Festival ceremony, held in 1975; Luciano Carlos received the award for his script in Batu-Bato sa Langit and it is given in honor of a scriptwriter with best script while working within the film industry.[1] Currently, nominees and winners are determined by Executive Committees, headed by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman and key members of the film industry.[2]

  1. ^ "Metro Manila Film Festival:1975". IMDB. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
  2. ^ "Official website" Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine. MMDA. Retrieved 2014-04-09.