PH filmmaker wins in Tropfest SEA

Jake Soriano’s “The Steel Child” won second place at the Tropfest Southeast Asia short film fest held in Penang, Malaysia, from Jan. 28 to Feb. 1. Five other Filipino films competed in the event billed as the world’s biggest short film festival.

The Tropfest also screened Jennifer Romano’s “To Someplace,” Vanessa Amante’s “Kat’s Diary,” Sher Bautista’s “Commune,” Inshallah Montero’s “The Little Reader” and Hannah Espia’s full-length film “Transit.” Espia and another Filipino director, Jade Castro, were preselection judges. Bayani San Diego Jr.