PH film, Sid Lucero win in LA fest

SCENE from “Toto”

SCENE from “Toto”

John Paul Su’s “Toto” won two awards at the recent 19th Los Angeles Comedy Festival in California, the film festival website announced on Wednesday (Manila time).

Lead star Sid Lucero won best actor, while the movie itself won best foreign film.

“Toto,” which focuses on a desperate Filipino everyman who dreams of migrating to the United States, was an entry in the New Wave section of the Metro Manila Film Festival, held in December last year.

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Dubbed “the largest comedy fest in the US,” the annual event turns the spotlight on “thousands of live comedic acts and hundreds of films from LA and around the world.” TVJ

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