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Ay Ayeng is an indie movie shown in Hawaii and Berlin, but didn’t get much exposure in Manila. It is in the running for several awards in the 57th Annual FAMAS Awards, namely Best Director (Ed Palmos), Best Actress (Heart Evangelista), and others.
Heart Evangelista grabbed the Best Actress trophy at the 57th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Gabi ng Parangal on Oct. 18. She played the role of a teacher in Mountain Province.
Ed Palmos got the Best Director award.
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Brillante Mendoza’s second movie in Cannes got him the best director award.
Kinatay is a movie about 24 hours of a policeman’s life. He gets married in the morning then gets to help the older policemen in raping and hacking a prostitute to pieces then spreading the body parts around Manila.
His last year’s movie was Serbis, a movie about a porn theater in where else but Manila.
Previous Cannes entries from the Philippines
1978 Insiang (Lino Brocka)
1980 Jaguar (Lino Brocka)
1981 Bona (Lino Brocka)
1984 Bayan Ko: Kapit Sa Patalim (Lino Brocka)
Mendoza also directed
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62nd Cannes International Film Festival
May 13 to 24, 2009
Short Film Corner
Janice Y. Perez’s “Sabongero”
Aissa Peñafiel and Miguel Ocampo’s “Manong Maong” –animated short
Un Certen Regard (URC)
special section in the Main Competition
Raya Martin’s “Indepedencia”
Special screening
Bing Lao’s “Biyaheng Lupa” — soliloquy
Raymond Red’s “Himpapawid”
Adolfo Alix, Jr. and Raya Martin’s “Manila”
Palme d’Or (in Competition)
Brillante (Dante) Mendoza’s “Kinatay” (”Chop Chop”)
Complete List of Finalists:
“Los Abrazos Rotos” (Broken Embraces) by Pedro Almodovar (Spain)
“Fish Tank” by Andrea Arnold (Britain)
“Un Prophete” (A Prophet) by Jacques Audiard (France)
“Vincere” (To Conquer) by Marco Bellocchio (Italy)
“Bright Star” by Jane Campion (New Zealand)
“Map …
The second season audition dates for and locations Survivor Philippines have been released:
February 26 and 27, 2009 — CSI, the City Mall, Lucao, Dagupan
March 3 and 4, 2009 — SM City Baguio
March 9 and 10, 2009 — LCC Mall Naga
March 12 to 13, 2009 — SM Iloilo
March 15 and 16, 2009 — SM City Cebu
March 18 to 19, 2009 — SM Davao
March 23 to 24, 2009 — SM Lipa, Batangas
March 27 to 28, 2009 — SM North EDSA, Quezon City
March 29 to 30, 2009 — SM Mall of Asia
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