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‘Magkakabaung’ wins in Hanoi

/ 12:06 AM November 30, 2014

JASON Paul Laxamana (left) and Allen Dizon show off their awards. photo by Dennis Evangelista

JASON Paul Laxamana (left) and Allen Dizon show off their awards. DENNIS EVANGELISTA

Jason Paul Laxamana’s “Magkakabaung (The Coffin Maker)” on Thursday won the Netpac Prize/Best Asian Film, and the Kapampangan-language movie’s star Allen Dizon, Best Actor, at the Third Hanoi (Vietnam) International Film Festival. Filipino filmmaker Peque Gallaga, a jury member, told the Inquirer that both wins were “unanimous decisions” and noted that Dizon bested Hollywood’s Ralph Fiennes (“Two Women”). Bayani San Diego Jr.

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