The Young Critics Circle Film Desk held its 32nd Annual Circle Citations for Distinguished Achievement in Film for 2021 on 15 December (Thursday), 3:00 PM at the Jorge B. Vargas Museum, University of the Philippines-Diliman. This is the first on-site ceremony of the YCC since 2019, with the last two being held online. The event was supported by the University of the Philippines-Diliman Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts and the Jorge B. Vargas Museum & Filipiniana Research Center.
Dr. Amihan Bonifacio-Ramolete, professor at the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts of the University of the Philippines Diliman, is the keynote speaker. Dr. Bonifacio-Ramolete is also a senior puppeteer and the recently appointed Artistic Director of Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas, a children’s theater and puppet theater company founded by her mother, the late National Artist Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio.
Download the 32nd Annual Circle Citations catalog here. Read the citations for the nominated and winning films, as well as the incoming YCC Chair Andrea Anne Trinidad’s afterword below.