A 16-year-old Filipino filmmaker bested teens from around the world and won this year’s top prize for an international short film competition of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, the former British Prime Minister’s organization that advocates interfaith understanding around the world.
Government censors will be implementing a “TV violence rating code” to get television networks to tone down graphic scenes of sex and violence in the news and other programs, while setting aside 15 percent of their airtime for “child-friendly” programming.
In August, when the world watches on screens American spy Aaron Cross dodge cops in the streets of Manila, what people will see perhaps is also one of the best trailers on what the Philippines has to offer as a tourist destination.
