This year’s Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) will feature five unique Filipino dramas. The Philippine Entertainment Portal reports that Die Beautiful, I America, Birdshot, Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis and Shiniuma will be part of the festival’s 29th year.
Die Beautiful stars Paolo Ballesteros as a transwoman and beauty pageant veteran whose dying wish is to be dressed as Lady Gaga for her funeral. The film is directed by Jun Lana. It is the only Filipino film included in the main competition. This marks Lana’s second run at Tiff. His 2013 freshman entry Barber’s Tales won the Tiff Best Actress award for its star Eugene Domingo.
Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis or “A Lullaby To The Sorrowful Mystery” is Lav Diaz’s eight-hour epic for Tiff’s World Focus Section. Anchored by Philippine superstars John Lloyd Cruz and Piolo Pascual, Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis is a fantastical meditation on Philippine literature,...
Die Beautiful stars Paolo Ballesteros as a transwoman and beauty pageant veteran whose dying wish is to be dressed as Lady Gaga for her funeral. The film is directed by Jun Lana. It is the only Filipino film included in the main competition. This marks Lana’s second run at Tiff. His 2013 freshman entry Barber’s Tales won the Tiff Best Actress award for its star Eugene Domingo.
Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis or “A Lullaby To The Sorrowful Mystery” is Lav Diaz’s eight-hour epic for Tiff’s World Focus Section. Anchored by Philippine superstars John Lloyd Cruz and Piolo Pascual, Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis is a fantastical meditation on Philippine literature,...
- 10/10/2016
- by Ella Palileo
- AsianMoviePulse
New York, Feb 28: The Philippines edition of British lad magazine, FHM, has apologised and dumped its March cover showing a fair-skinned model surrounded by a group of black models after 'racism' outcry.
The image show Philippine beauty Bela Padilla in a bright pink bikini posing between three black models in black bikinis, with a caption "Bela Padilla stepping out of the shadows."
The cover was posted to the magazine's Facebook page on Saturday, sparking complaints on Twitter and Facebook.
The Telegraph quoted one Twitter user as commenting, "Disgusting representation of #colorism and #racism in the Philippines!"
"Shame.
The image show Philippine beauty Bela Padilla in a bright pink bikini posing between three black models in black bikinis, with a caption "Bela Padilla stepping out of the shadows."
The cover was posted to the magazine's Facebook page on Saturday, sparking complaints on Twitter and Facebook.
The Telegraph quoted one Twitter user as commenting, "Disgusting representation of #colorism and #racism in the Philippines!"
"Shame.
- 2/28/2012
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
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