‘Sapi’ premieres in Toronto

Brillante Ma. Mendoza. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Filipino filmmaker Brillante Ma. Mendoza’s thriller “Sapi” premieres in the Vanguard section of the Toronto International Film Festival, to be held September 5-15.

“Sapi” top-bills Dennis Trillo, Baron Geisler and Meryll Soriano. The Toronto website describes the film as “a caustic cultural satire…(that critiques) the moral failings of contemporary news media” and Mendoza as a “Philippine master and festival veteran.” Bayani San Diego Jr.