Adolfo Alix Jr.’s “Mater Dolorosa” will compete for the Big Screen award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. Alix’s “Kalayaan,” which will be screened in the Spectrum section along with “Mater Dolorosa,” is vying for the Dioraphte award, given to films supported by the Hubert Bals Fund. The Rotterdam fest will be held in The [...]
As far as Adolfo Alix Jr. can recall, this is the first time for the Philippines to bring home a prize from the Warsaw International Film Festival, one of the world’s top 14 A-list festivals, along with Cannes, Venice and Berlin. The list is determined by the Paris-based Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de [...]
“Kalayaan (Wildlife)” won the Netpac Award for Best Asian Film in the Warsaw International Film Festival on Saturday night, its director Adolfo Alix Jr. told the INQUIRER via SMS on Sunday morning.
After the Busan fest, Filipino filmmaker Adolfo Alix Jr.’s “Kalayaan (Wildlife)” will compete in the Warsaw (Poland) International Film Festival, set Oct. 12 to 21. It is vying for top honors in the international section with 17 others, including Jacco Groen’s “Lilet Never Happened” from The Netherlands, which topbills Filipino actors Sandy Talag, Marife Necesito, John Arcilla, Angeli Bayani and Antonette Garcia.
Independent filmmaker Adolfo Alix Jr. says his new film, “Kalayaan,” offers viewers “a different perspective” on the ongoing disputed between the Philippines and China over the Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal.
Two Filipinos films have won grants abroad. Raya Martin’s “Nueva España” won the best film project at the Riviera Maya Co-Production Lab held in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, last March 25. The award comes with a cash prize of US$15,000, according to producer Arleen Cuevas. “Nueva España, which intertwines the themes of revolution and teleportation, [...]
