‘The Janitor’ goes to Portugal

WITH Richard Gomez (left) in Michael Tuviera’s “The Janitor,” where he plays a pragmatic police general. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

After winning five awards in this year’s Cinemalaya, Michael Tuviera’s “The Janitor” will compete in the Director’s Week Program of the 2015 Fantasporto or Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from Feb. 27 to March 7. “The Janitor” won Best Director, Screenplay, Editing, Supporting Actor and Sound at the Cinemalaya X. Bayani San Diego Jr.