Lovi stars in two Cinemalaya entries

MANILA, Philippines - Lovi Poe (photo) is busy as a bee. She has two films in the Cinemalaya Festival. First is Joel Lamangan’s Sigwa where she plays a student activist who is raped. This is Lovi’s second film for Lamangan, after the highly-acclaimed Sagrada Familia, where she played an incest victim.

This early, Lovi is reaping praises for her performance.

Mario Bautista says, “Lovi is superb!”

Lovi’s second entry is the drama about innocent love titled Mayohan. The film is about the events occurring between a young boy and a teenaged girl during the Mayohan festivities in Quezon. It is directed by Dan Villegas.

Meanwhile, Lovi is busy with Party Pilipinas and Show Me The Manny. She stars in a horror film with Gabby Concepcion, Mo Twister and Joem Bascon under the direction of Topel Lee, for Regal Films. She is preparing for GMA’s Love Bug which will pair her for the first time with Rocco Nacino.