Venice was a whirl of photo shoots, interviews and red-carpet excitement for the three Filipino actresses—Nora Aunor, Lovi Poe and Mercedes Cabral—who accompanied director Brillante Mendoza for the recent premiere of their film, “Thy Womb,” at the world’s oldest film festival.
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”.
Filipino director Brillante Mendoza won the La Navicella – Venezia Cinema Award for “Thy Womb.”
Nora Aunor won a critics award from an independent award-giving body in Venice for her lead performance in “Sinapupunan” (“Thy Womb”).
Haifaa Al Mansour has the distinction of being the first person to ever film a movie in Saudi Arabia, never mind that she’s a woman.
Cinema enthusiasts are descending on Italy’s floating city for the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival, which kicks off on Wednesday with George Clooney’s hotly anticipated “Ides of March.”
Taiwan has protested to the Venice film festival for wrongly listing a film vying for the Golden Lion award as co-produced by China, local media said Saturday.
