The 3rd Gawad Urian Awards was held in 1979. They honored the best Filipino films for the year 1978 Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag itimng Tagak a Celso Ad Castillo film was most awarded film of 3rd Gawad Urian including the Best Picture and Best Director of the year. On the other hand, "Ikaw ay Akin" by Ishmael Bernal was the most nominated film of the year. Nominated in all the categories except the Best Supporting Actress Award, winning three (3) Hindi sa iyo ang mundo, Baby Porcuna by Danny L. Zialcita has 10 nominations winning 2 awards including the well deserved win of Beth Bautista as Best Actress beating formidable co-nominees, Nora Aunor and Vilma Santos for Ikaw ay Akin. Both Beth Bautista and Chanda Romero were nominated as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress of the year. Beth Baust