{"id":266993,"date":"2020-08-29T07:53:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T11:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=266993"},"modified":"2020-08-29T07:53:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T11:53:31","slug":"erik-matti-wins-best-director-of-a-scripted-tv-program-for-an-episode-of-food-lore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/29\/erik-matti-wins-best-director-of-a-scripted-tv-program-for-an-episode-of-food-lore\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik Matti wins Best Director of a Scripted TV Program for an episode of ‘Food Lore’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thank you #ContentAsia for the honor of winning the best director for our episode #IslandofDreams. (Photo<\/a>: Erik Matti\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another feather has been added to Erik Matti’s cap after he won the Best Director of a Scripted TV Program at the ContentAsia Awards 2020 for the Philippine episode of HBO Asia’s “Food Lore.”<\/p>\n

Matti directed the eight-part series’ “Island of Dreams” episode, which tells the story of Nieves, played by Angeli Bayani, who leaves her family to work as a domestic helper in Manila. When she returns to her hometown, Nieves realizes how things changed between her and her loved ones.<\/p>\n

“Thank you #ContentAsia for the honor of winning the best director for our episode #IslandofDreams,” Matti wrote in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m sharing this award with the whole cast and crew who worked hard on this personal story of mine,” he added.<\/p>\n

In another post, Matti said his win is “good news for me and my partner Dondon Monteverde. [T]hese past few months were hard on us thinking of how we could move forward in this dire situation our film industry is in.”<\/p>\n

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