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'Serbis' Vying for the Palme d'Or in Cannes
Submitted by Dino Manrique on Sun, 2008-05-25 01:55. bing lao | brillante mendoza | cannes | serbisI would like to congratulate one of our scriptwriting and filmmaking mentors, Armando 'Bing' Lao, and company, for their movie 'Serbis' which got into the Competition Category of the ongoing 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Bing is the screenwriter of this feature helmed by Director Dante 'Brillante' Mendoza.
Standing ovation for 'Foster Child' in Cannes
Submitted by Dino Manrique on Mon, 2007-05-28 20:38. brillante mendoza | cannes | foster childStanding ovation for Pinoy film in Cannes
By Ruben V. Nepales
Inquirer
Last updated 08:14am (Mla time) 05/26/2007
LOS ANGELES, California--"We had a ten-minute standing ovation during the official screening," Robbie Tan excitedly told us via text message about the reaction to "Foster Child," which he produced, after its official screening Friday evening at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes.
'Kaleldo' wows critics in Korea
Submitted by Dino Manrique on Thu, 2007-05-10 12:29. angel aquino | brillante mendoza | cherry pie picache | juliana palermo | kaleldoBrillante Mendoza's "Kaleldo (Summer Heat)" won the critics' prize from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (Netpac) at the recently concluded Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) in Korea.
The award is given to the best Asian film screened in JIFF by the Netpac Organization committee, according to www.eng.jiff.or.kr, the festival website.
An Evening With 'Kaleldo' and its Filmmakers
Submitted by Dino Manrique on Mon, 2007-02-12 19:32. brillante mendoza | kaleldoLast January 10, I was able to attend the last screening and ensuing panel discussion of the extended run of the movie 'Kaleldo' at the UP Cine Adarna. Present were Director Brillante Mendoza and Screenwriter Boots Agbayani Pastor.
