Manila welcomes best of French cinema anew

GERALD Anderson gets mobbed by the press at the splashy event. Photo by Roland Samson

FRENCH Ambassador Gilles Garachon and wife Isabelle

The red carpet was rolled out for the opening of the French Film Festival on June 6 at the Greenbelt 5 in Makati, echoing the glamour of Cannes. In its 18th year, the French film fest

showcased the best of French cinema and honored Filipinos who attended this year’s Cannes: Actors Angeli Bayani, Joel Torre and Gerald Anderson and director Adolfo Alix Jr.

DIRECTOR Tikoy Aguiluz with actors Diether Ocampo and Alice Dixson