Directed by Loy Arcenas, the Philippine entry Nino tied with Iran's Mourning, won the New Currents award in the 16th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF).
I watched the movie on its first screening during the festival at the newly constructed Busan Cinema Center. Aside from being screened in a huge movie theater it was also jam packed with viewers so it was really overwhelming. Plus I got to sit beside an internationally acclaimed Filipina film director, Laurice Guillen. hehe
Other films in the New Currents section were: August Drizzle (Sri Lanka), Choked (Korea), Damn Life (Japan), Here...or There? (Vietnam/Switzerland), I Carried You Home (Thailand/Singapore), Lost in the Mountain (China), The Passion of a Man Called Choe Che-u (Korea), Return to Burma (Taiwan/Myanmar), Starry Starry Night (Taiwan/China/ Hong Kong, China), Watch Indian Circus (India), and The Mirror Never Lies (Indonesia).
The director is now based in New York. An Obie-winning production designer and theater director and a Gawad Buhay-nominated director.
References:
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/337841/filipino-film-about-greed-grabs-biff-top-prize
http://news20.busan.com/news/newsController.jsp?newsId=20111014000092
I watched the movie on its first screening during the festival at the newly constructed Busan Cinema Center. Aside from being screened in a huge movie theater it was also jam packed with viewers so it was really overwhelming. Plus I got to sit beside an internationally acclaimed Filipina film director, Laurice Guillen. hehe
Other films in the New Currents section were: August Drizzle (Sri Lanka), Choked (Korea), Damn Life (Japan), Here...or There? (Vietnam/Switzerland), I Carried You Home (Thailand/Singapore), Lost in the Mountain (China), The Passion of a Man Called Choe Che-u (Korea), Return to Burma (Taiwan/Myanmar), Starry Starry Night (Taiwan/China/ Hong Kong, China), Watch Indian Circus (India), and The Mirror Never Lies (Indonesia). The director is now based in New York. An Obie-winning production designer and theater director and a Gawad Buhay-nominated director.
References:
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/337841/filipino-film-about-greed-grabs-biff-top-prize
http://news20.busan.com/news/newsController.jsp?newsId=20111014000092
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