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Cinemalaya as an institution has always been a beacon of hope for independent filmmakers, but it must mean even more for filmmakers who started their careers in the provinces some of which are still based there.
Amid the jubilations of being recognized in a leading role for a Cinemalaya film, actress Max Eigenmann did not forget two women that were pivotal to her acting career her mother Bing Pimentel and her late aunt Cherie Gil.
Carlo Obispo’s The Baseball Player won the Best Film Award at the just-concluded 18th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival held Sunday night at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo.
THE BASEBALL PLAYER by Carlo Obispo was named Best Film in the 18th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival Awards program held August 14 at the CCP Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo. Obispo’s film was cited for “its sheer poignance and quiet power, for its subtle but trenchant storytelling, and for its penetrating…