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MANILA, Philippines — Cinemalaya goes international this year.
Opening film of this year’s festival is Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas’ documentary “Documented.”
The docu follows the Philippine-born Washington Post reporter who outed himself as an “undocumented” alien living in the United States.
Closing film is US director Nathan Adolfson’s thriller “A Thief, A Kid and a Killer.”
The Korean-American’s indie film was shot in Metro Manila and stars Epy Quizon, Lance Raymundo, Felix Roco, Arvy Cesar Viduya and Jade Lopez.
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