Pinoy Big Brother Gen 11 ex-housemates JM Ibarra and Fyang Smith recently won as the Movie Love Team of the Year at the 42nd Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) Star Awards for Movies (SAM), which held its awards night on October 25, 2026, at the Winford Resort and Casino Manila, a day before PBB Gen 11 celebrated its 2nd anniversary since the Big Night took place on October 26, 2024, and proclaimed Fyang as the big winner of the season.
JM and Fyang previously appeared in the 51st Metro Manila Film Festival entry film titled Shake, Rattle & Roll: Evil Origins, being part of the 2025 episode alongside its co-ex-housemate Dylan Yturralde, which received several nominations and awards given by various award-giving bodies, including the most recent 42nd PMPC Star Awards for Movies, as organized by the PMPC Star Awards, Inc.
The appearance of JM and Fyang in the Pinoy Horror Film produced by Regal Entertainment that features a mix of horror party in 2025 alongside the past culture of 1775 and the future of the Philippines in 2050, have emerged its viewers and fans all over the country and even in the online world, when the film has been released on Netflix a few months ago.
And as for Shake, Rattle & Roll: Evil Origins and JMFyang themselves, they generated loud and remarkable cheers and enthusiasm from the audience, moviegoers, and JMFyang Besties locally and globally when their names, especially JMFyang, were called the Movie Love Team of the Year for the 51st MMFF entry film.
As for JM Ibarra, his debut Cinemalaya entry film appearance in Child no. 82: Anak ni Boy Kana also won as the New Movie Actor of the Year in the 42nd PMPC Star Awards for Movies.
Several Pinoy Big Brother Gen 11 ex-housemates appearing in any Filipino film released in 2025 were also nominated in the 42nd PMPC Star Awards for Movies. For Fyang Smith and Kai Montinola, they were both nominated as the New Movie Actress of the Year for their respective films, SRR: Evil Origins – 2025 and Child No. 82: Anak ni Boy Kana. For the award itself, it was given to ImPerfect lead star Krystel Go.
JM and Kai-appeared Cinemalaya 2025 entry film Child No. 82: Anak Ni Boy Kana, produced by Outplay Media Production, was also nominated for Indie Movie Ensemble Acting of the Year, which was given to Lasting Moments during the 42nd PMPC Star Awards night. Its film editor, Vanessa de Leon, was also nominated for Indie Movie Editor of the Year, which was given to Benjamin Tolentino of Sunshine. Rochelle Pangilinan, who also appeared in the Cinemalaya 2025 entry film, was also nominated for Movie Supporting Actress of the Year.
Other nominations were given to Child no. 82: Anak ni Boy Kana in the 42nd PMPC Star Awards for Movies, including Indie Movie Production Designer of the Year (for Leojmhella An-Zyofhea Abalus and Nestor Albrogena Jr.), Indie Movie Musical Scorer of the Year (for Pepe Manikan), Indie Movie Sound Engineer of the Year (for Alex Tomboc), and Indie Movie Theme Song of the Year (for the song Habang Buhay Din, Sana Sinabi Mo; sung by Juan Karlos Labajo).
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