Eddie Garcia wins best actor at Asia Pacific fest
By Bayani San Diego Jr.
Filipino actor Eddie Garcia won best actor for Jun Robles Lana’s “Bwakaw” at the 55th Asia Pacific Film Festival held at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Macau on Saturday.

Filipino actor Eddie Garcia won best actor for Jun Robles Lana’s “Bwakaw” at the 55th Asia Pacific Film Festival held at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Macau on Saturday.

US actors Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman shared the prize for best actor at the Venice film festival on Saturday for their performances in the Scientology-inspired “The Master”.

Jean Dujardin won the Oscar for best actor on Sunday for his role in silent movie “The Artist,” becoming the first Frenchman to win an acting Oscar.