By Jodi Bustos Eagle News Service A Filipino motion picture is among the 19 films to compete for the top prize in this year’s 68th Berlinale- Berlin International Film Festival which opens today, February 15, and will run up to February 25. Lav Diaz’s “Ang Panahon ng Halimaw (Season of the Devil)” will make a world premiere as it vies for the Golden Bear award, the highest prize awarded for the best film at the […]
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Philippine film ‘The Woman Who Left’ wins Venice Golden Lion
by Ella Ide VENICE, Italy (AFP) — Philippine film “The Woman Who Left”, a revenge tale shot in black and white by director Lav Diaz, won the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. “I want to dedicate this film to the Filipino people and their struggle, and humanity’s struggle,” Diaz said as he received the award. Holding his Lion aloft, the man behind Melancholia (2008) and Century of Birthing […]





