Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Tirador grabbed three awards at the 21st Singapore International Film Festival

Brillante “Dante” Mendoza’s Tirador (Slingshot) bagged three awards at the recently concluded 21st Singapore International Film Festival (April 4 to 14). They take home the Best Asian Feature Film, Best Director and NETPAC ((Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema)Award.

Tirador stars Jiro Manio, Coco Martin, Kristoffer King and Nathan Lopez, with the special participation of Jaclyn Jose and Julio Diaz.

December last year at the Marrakesh Filmfest, the movie won the Special Jury Award and the Caligari Award at the Berlinale last February.

Tirador will be also shown at filmfests in Indianapolis (USA), Milan (Italy) and Buenos Aires (Argentina), and in Granada (Spain), Seattle (USA), Karlovy Vary, Sydney and Melbourne (Australia), Edinburgh (UK), Durban (South Africa), Bangkok (Thailand) and Warsaw (Poland).

No comments:

Post a Comment