{"id":269900,"date":"2020-09-26T03:50:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T07:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=269900"},"modified":"2020-09-26T03:50:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T07:50:24","slug":"ruby-ruiz-named-best-actress-at-harlem-international-film-festival-2020-for-role-in-iska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/26\/ruby-ruiz-named-best-actress-at-harlem-international-film-festival-2020-for-role-in-iska\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruby Ruiz named best actress at Harlem International Film Festival 2020 for role in &#8216;Iska&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_269907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-269907\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ruby-Ruiz-named-best-actress-at-Harlem-International-Film-Festival-2020-for-role-in-Iska.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-269907\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ruby-Ruiz-named-best-actress-at-Harlem-International-Film-Festival-2020-for-role-in-Iska.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ruby-Ruiz-named-best-actress-at-Harlem-International-Film-Festival-2020-for-role-in-Iska.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ruby-Ruiz-named-best-actress-at-Harlem-International-Film-Festival-2020-for-role-in-Iska-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ruby-Ruiz-named-best-actress-at-Harlem-International-Film-Festival-2020-for-role-in-Iska-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ruby-Ruiz-named-best-actress-at-Harlem-International-Film-Festival-2020-for-role-in-Iska-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ruby-Ruiz-named-best-actress-at-Harlem-International-Film-Festival-2020-for-role-in-Iska-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-269907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: For ISKA&#x2764;&#xfe0f; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2gbzjtla4Y\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rubyruizzz\/\">@rubyruizzz\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Filipina actress Ruby Ruiz was named as Best Actress in the recently held 15th Harlem International Film Festival in New York, United States.<\/p>\n<p>Ruiz was recognized internationally for her titular role in the 2019 Cinemalaya Film Festival entry &#8220;Iska&#8221; helmed by Theodore Boborol.<\/p>\n<p>The actress&#8217;s victory was announced by Cinemalaya on its Facebook page, congratulating Ruiz, Boborol, and the rest of the &#8220;Iska&#8221; team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Nanalo si Ate<\/em> Iska as best actress (Ate Iska won as best actress)!&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v8.0\" nonce=\"S3Qg6GUz\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CinemalayaOfficial\/posts\/3630216596988908\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CinemalayaOfficial\/posts\/3630216596988908\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Nanalo si Ate Iska as best actress! The 15th Harlem International Film Fest recognized the excellent performance of Ruby&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CinemalayaOfficial\/\">Cinemalaya<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CinemalayaOfficial\/posts\/3630216596988908\">Monday, September 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Film Development Council of the Philippines also delivered the good news via its Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Ipinagmamalaki ka namin<\/em> (We are proud of you)!&#8221; it said, referring to the actress.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v8.0\" nonce=\"F0vvc463\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FDCP.ph\/posts\/3252021958196361\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FDCP.ph\/posts\/3252021958196361\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Congratulations To Ms. Ruby Ruiz of the film, \u201cIska\u201d for winning Best Actress at the Harlem International Film Festival 2020 this September 21, 2020 at Harlem, New York, USA!Ipinagmamalaki ka namin!<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FDCP.ph\/\">Film Development Council of the Philippines<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FDCP.ph\/posts\/3252021958196361\">Monday, September 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Learning about the award, the actress took to Instagram to express, &#8220;My heart is full of gratitude, thank you Lord for this wonderful blessing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFZC3GIjq_m\/<\/p>\n<p>Ruiz earlier bagged the Best Actress award in the 2019 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival for her role in &#8220;Iska&#8221; as a &#8220;loving but impoverished grandmother of an autistic child tragicomically loses everything and turns into someone society reckons her to be,&#8221; according to the film&#8217;s synopsis in Cinemalaya&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemalaya.org\/iska\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Ruiz, the film also casts Soliman Cruz, Pryle Gura, Angie Castrenece, Jonic Magno, RK Bagatsing, Ricky Rivero, Jomari Angeles, Ana Abad Santos, and Beauty Gonzales, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Ruiz announced that &#8220;Iska&#8221; will be shown in the streaming service Netflix starting October 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFhOeiZDd3p\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; 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