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March 20-Happy Persian New Year!
March 20th, 2009. Published under conundrums. No Comments.
No Ruz eggs given to me by my aunt.
They sit in a glass jar all year long
in my living room, guarded by an equally colorful
porcelain hen and a wooden rooster .
4 Cinemalaya Awards
July 23rd, 2008. Published under movies. 1 Comment.
Brutus, the full length film directed by Tara Illenberger (my sister) and executive produced by Ronel Baylon (my husband) reaped 4 awards at the 2008 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. I feel myself puffing up with pride. My gosh! My mother will be strutting like a peacock again. Yeheeeyy! Yeheeey!
Here’s the list of awards: Jury Prize , Brutus by Tara Illenberger; Best Musical Score , Joey Ayala for Brutus; Best Supporting Actor , Yul Servo for Brutus; Best Cinematography , Jay Abello for Brutus.
For a film that almost never made it to its gala screening, getting four awards is not that bad. Not that bad at all. Just weeks before the film fest, a certain Non-Government Organization, upon the urging of a former American Peace Corps(who has no business meddling in Philippine affairs), threatened CCP with a Temporary Restraining Order. (more…)
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