Three PH films in Cleveland

Three Filipino films are in the Pacific Pearls section of the 38th Cleveland International Film Festival: Jeffrey Jeturian’s “Ekstra,” Jason Paul Laxamana’s “Babagwa” and Erik Matti’s “On the Job.”

The fest’s website called “Babagwa” “thrilling and engrossing”; “On the Job,” a “high-paced crime thriller”; and “Ekstra,” “raw but endearing.”

Singaporean Anthony Chen’s “Iloilo,” which topbills Filipino actress Angeli Bayani, is included in the same section in the fest, which will be held from March 19 to 30 in Ohio.  Bayani San Diego Jr.