Nora Aunor - Notable Citations As An Actor

Notable Citations As An Actor

• The only Filipino actor with the most number of best actress International awards (Cairo 1995, East Asia 1997, Brussels 2004, Italy 2012, Australia, 2012), and nominations (Berlin 1983, Singapore 1997, Cairo 1999, Singapore 1999, Italy 2012, India 2012, Dubai 2012, Macau 2012).

• The first Filipino actor to win an International acting award in a Major Film Festival (Cairo 1995 for the movie "The Flor Contemplacion Story").

• The first and only Filipino actor to receive an acting nomination from a Top-Tier International Film Festival (Berlin 1983 for the movie "Himala").

• The first Filipino actress to sit as juror in an International Film Festival (Hawaii 1996).

• The only Filipino and Asian actress apart from China's Gong Li to be featured by HBO, an American cable network, in a documentary film about the lives and achievements of the world's greatest actresses (1997).

• Himala was the first and only Filipino film ever to qualify in the Competition Section of the Berlin International Film Festival (1983). For its international accolades, it bagged 1983's Bronze Hugo Prize at the Chicago International Film Festival

• Himala was the lone Filipino film chosen by CNN as one of the ten best Asian films of all time from the provisional list of 18 great films (September 2008). CNN cited "Himala" for its "austere camera work, haunting score, and accomplished performances that sensitively portray the harsh social and cultural conditions that people in the Third World endure."

• Himala was awarded the CNN APSA Viewers Choice Award for Best Asia-Pacific Film of all Time (November 14, 2008)

• The Flor Contemplacion Story became the first Filipino movie to win the grand prize in a Major International Film Festival (Cairo '95).

• The Flor Contemplacion Story grossed US$ 3.3 million in its domestic and international exhibitions, making it one of the highest-grossing films in Philippine history.

• Bona was cited as one of "The Best 100 Films in the World" by the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, USA (1997).

• The Filipino actor with the most "Best Performer" awards (5).

• The first Filipino actor ever to win the "Best Performer" award (1978).

• The only actress included in the prestigious "Centennial Honor for the Arts" given by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (1999).

• The first actress to be honored with the "Ten Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service" (TOWNS) award (1983).

• The youngest recipient of the "Lifetime Achievement Award" given by the Film Academy of the Philippines (1993).

• The only Filipino actress to win three successive best actress awards in the Film Academy of the Philippines (1989,1990,1991).

• Chosen by the Gawad Urian as "Actress of the Decade" (1980s and 1990s).

• The only Filipino actor to bag seven Metro Manila Film Festival best actress awards.

• The first actress to be crowned as "Box Office Queen of Philippine Cinema" (1971).

• The only actress of her generation to have been directed by four Philippine National Artist Awardees, Gerardo de Leon, Lamberto Avellana, Lino Brocka, and Ishmael Bernal.

• The only Filipino actor honored by the City of Kileen, Texas U.S.A. with a "Nora Aunor Day" (September 23, 2006)

• The only Filipino actor honored by the City of San Francisco, California, U.S.A. with a "Nora Aunor Day"(May 21, 2004)

• The actress was honored by the Office of the Governor of Las Vegas with a "Certificate of Recognition for Phenomenal Talent and Extraordinary Performance" (March 31, 2006)

• Named by YES! Magazine as one of the "Philippines' 15 Best Actresses of All Time" in 2005

• Named by S Magazine as the "Philippines' Best Actress of All Time" in 2006

• The first and only Filipino actor included in the "10 Best International Actress of the Decade (Asia)" in the 2010 Green Planet Film Awards, Hollywood, California

• Named by Cultural Center of the Philippines as the "Actress of the Century" in 1999

• "Thy Womb" competed &/or exhibited at the following int'l film festivals: 69th Venice International Film Festival (COMPETITION), Venice, Italy; 37th Toronto Int'l Film Festival (World Cinema), Totonto, Canada; 17th Busan Int'l Film Festival (Window on Asian Cinema, Busan, Korea; 6th Ferra de Tutti Film Festival (Exhibition), Bologna, Italy; 50th Vienna Int'l Film Festival (Exhibition), Vienna, Austria; 2012 Brisbane Int'l Film Festival (Exhibition), Brisbane, Australia; 43rd International Film Festival of India (COMPETITION), Goa, India; 2012 Golden Horse Film Festival (Exhibition), Taipei, Taiwan; 9th Dubai Internationl Film Festival (COMPETITION); 8TH Movies Festival World Edition, Poland; 14th Bratislava International Film Festival (Panorama Section),Slovakia; 20th Plus Camerimage Int'l Film Festival of D Art of Cinematography (Exhibition), Bydgoszcs, Poland; 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA)Winner: Best Actress,Best Director Award, Brisbane, Australia; 16th Tertio Millenio Film Festival (Exhibition), Rome, Italy; 12th Marrakech Film Festival, Morocco (Exhibition); 24th Forum Des Images Festival, Paris, France; 55th Asia Pacific Film Festival (Competition)Macau, China