Jake Cuenca and his film “Mulat” won prizes at the World Cinema Festival, in Brazil. Cuenca won best actor, while the film, directed by Diane Ventura, won best narrative feature. Awarding will be held on May 28 in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. “Mulat” premiered as an entry in the New Wave section of the Metro Manila Film Festival in 2014. Cuenca and “Mulat” likewise won at the International Film Festival Manhattan two years ago. In his next film, “Belen,” which will be directed by Quark Henares, Cuenca will play a babaylan (priestess) who wants to undergo gender confirmation surgery. Bayani San Diego Jr.
