Another Filipino filmmaker has garnered international recognition, this time winning the grand jury prize at the New York Screenplay Contest. The short film “Supot,” a film by Phil Giordano, won the tilt’s highest award. It is based on a Filipino rite of passage among boys, circumcision, and a young boy who refuses to go through it, much to the disappointment …

‘Ang Babaeng Humayo,’ the indie film directed and written by Director Lav Diaz,  wins the Golden Lion for Best Picture at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Italy. The film also won Best Foreign Language Film at the Sorriso Diverso Venezia 2016 Awards and has currently been added to the list of nominees in the 60th British Film Institute London …