Apart from Mihk Vergara’s “Patintero: Ang Alamat ni Meng Patalo,” four other Filipino films will be shown at the 3rd Silk Road International Film Festival in the Quijiang New District, Xi’an, China, from Sept. 19 to 23.
Also in the lineup are Lem Lorca’s “Water Lemon,” Ara Chawdhury’s “Miss Bulalacao,” Sam and Tom McKeith’s “Beast” and Pepe Diokno’s “Above the Clouds.”
Three of the films (“Bulalacao,” “Beast” and “Above the Clouds”) are produced by Epic Media and Bianca Balbuena. Meanwhile, the same team behind the hit historical saga, “Heneral Luna” (Tuko and Buchi Boy), produced two of the films (“Patintero” and “Water Lemon”).
The lead actors of “Bulalacao,” Russ Ligtas and Chai Fonacier, will attend the fest, along with the McKeiths, the Australian directors of “Beast,” Balbuena told the Inquirer.
Meanwhile, Lorca will represent “Water Lemon” in China.
The fest aims to “provide an international platform of interaction and transaction for the film industry, promoting “cultural exchange and cooperation between China and the countries along the maritime silk road.”Bayani San Diego Jr.