"Yanggaw", one of Cinema One Originals' pride, has grabbed nine Star Awards nominations, including best digital movie of the year.

The film has been nominated in the following categories:  best digital movie of the year; digital movie director of the year for Richard Somes; movie actor of the year for Ronnie Lazaro; supporting actress of the year for Tetchie Agbayani;

Digital original movie screenplay of the year for Richard Somes; digital movie cinematographer of the year for Hermann Claravall and Lyle Sacris; digital movie editor of the year for Borgy Torre;

Digital movie production designer of the year for Michael Espanol, Donald Camon and Rashel Gumacal; and digital movie musical scorer of the year for Von de Guzman. 

The awarding ceremony of the 25th PMPC Star Awards for Movies will be held on May 28 at 7 p.m. at the Henry Lee Irwin Theater of the Ateneo de Manila University.

"Yanggaw" is a story of an ordinary family in the rural area with an extraordinary problem - their youngest daughter has been inflicted with “yanggaw,” or the deliberate transformation of a human being into an aswang.

Prior to its Star Awards nominations, "Yanggaw" was the top winner at the 2008 Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival.  It won best director, best actor, best supporting actress, and best supporting actor awards.

It was also shown at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.