Foster Child wins Special Jury Award at Eurasia filmfest
Brillante Mendoza and I are currently attending the 26th Vancouver International Film Festival. Both his films Foster Child and Tirador along with Viva’s Imahinasyon are screening here. They were programmed by British film critic Tony Rayns.
We just got an e-mail from fourth Eurasia International Film Festival (held in
Here is the e-mail from
Dear Brillante!
Thank you for your participation at the festival. It was great to see you here! My congratulations, the Foster Child took a Special Jury Award! Film is brilliant, so it deserves such award!
Hope to meet you in sunny Almaty again in future!
My the best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Alla Yeremeyeva
This is the second international award for Foster Child after winning the Best Actress award in
I have closed a new deal for Foster Child for
This is the second major European acquisition of Foster Child. I also had a meeting with the executives of Ad Vitam in
Pecadillo acquired the rights for Foster Child which will include theatrical release in the
Pecadillo will arrange press interviews for direk Dante in preparation for the theatrical showing of Foster Child next year and to promote the DVD release of Masahista in the
This is the sixth international DVD release of Masahista. It has been released in
In spite of being released in 2005, Masahista is still acquired by other territories. Two deals for
Tirador (Slingshot) has also been sold to Swift Distribution for
Both Foster Child and Tirador will screen at the Pusan International Film Festival which starts Oct. 4. Also screening are Auraeus Solito’s Pisay and Jim Libiran’s Tribu which will compete in the New Currents section.
Mel Chionglo’s Twilight Dancers has also been sold to
Roni Bertubin’s first feature film Sikil (Unspoken Passion) will have its world premiere at the Valencia International Film Festival in
Adolfo Alix Jr.’s Kadin will compete in the Amiens International Film Festival in November. His first film Donsol is the country’s official submission for Best Foreign Film in the Academy Awards next year.
We are very grateful to the Film Development Council of the
Foster Child, Tirador, Pisay, Donsol, Kadin, Twilight Dancers, Sikil,
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