Solito’s ‘Busong’ tops Nat Geo film fest
Filipino filmmaker Auraeus Solito’s “Busong” won the grand prize at the 8th All Roads Film Festival in Washington DC this week.
Filipino filmmaker Auraeus Solito’s “Busong” won the grand prize at the 8th All Roads Film Festival in Washington DC this week.
It’s never too late. After being shown all over the world last year, “Busong,” by indie filmmaker Auraeus Solito, will finally be seen by Philippine audiences this month.
Filipino filmmaker Auraeus Solito’s “Busong ” won the Tomorrow’s Cinema/Emile Cantillon award at the 38th edition of the Brussels International Festival of Independent Film held in Belgium from Nov. 1 to 6.
“Jury members in festivals are never the same. Your victory in one competition does not guarantee that you’ll win in another,” said multi-awarded director Auraeus Solito, whose latest film, “Busong,” was featured in the Director’s Fortnight section of the recently concluded Cannes International Film Festival in France. Solito is reacting to comments that the inclusion [...]
LOS ANGELES — A five-minute applause highlighted the premiere of the Filipino film “Busong (Fate),” held Monday night at the Theatre Croisette in Cannes, France, its director Auraeus Solito told the Inquirer. The film, which was inspired by stories that the director’s mother, Leonarda Calo Solito, told him about her native Palawan when he was [...]
