{"id":81009,"date":"2016-09-11T09:54:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T13:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=81009"},"modified":"2025-01-17T19:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T00:04:04","slug":"historic-first-ph-film-wins-golden-lion-venice-film-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/09\/11\/historic-first-ph-film-wins-golden-lion-venice-film-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic First: PH film wins Golden Lion in Venice Film Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 A first for the Philippines, renowned director Lav Diaz\u2019s latest film \u201c<em>Ang Babaeng Humayo<\/em>\u201d (The Woman Who Left) received the Golden Lion or top prize in the Main Competition of the recently concluded Venice International Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is for my country, for the Filipino people, for our struggle, and the struggle of humanity,\u201d Diaz said as he thanked the jury.<\/p>\n<p>Winning the highest accolade in the world\u2019s oldest festival did not come out as a surprise, though, as the Charo Santos Concio starrer received positive reviews from international critics as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really wanted to work with this director\u2026 I wanted to understand the aesthetics behind his cinema\u2026 He doesn\u2019t manipulate the audience.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy kamagra oral jelly online <a href=\"https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/kamagra-oral-jelly.html\">https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/kamagra-oral-jelly.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> He doesn\u2019t manipulate the characters. He allows the characters to go through the journey and to feel the journey,\u201d Santos Concio said in an interview with Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Co-produced by Diaz\u2019s Sine Olivia and ABS-CBN\u2019s Cinema One Originals, the nearly four hour-long film also cast award-winning actor John Lloyd Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz\u2019s winning streak in Venice started in 2007 after his movie \u201cDeath in the Land of Encantos\u201d won special mention in the Orizzonti section. And in 2008, his film \u201cMelancholia\u201d won the Orizzonti award.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy biltricide online <a href=\"https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/biltricide.html\">https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/biltricide.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>His Golden Lion film, \u201cHumayo,\u201d revolved in the struggle of a teacher who was wrongfully convicted of murder.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clomiphene online <a href=\"https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/clomiphene.html\">https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/clomiphene.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> \u00a0Locked up for 30 years, she sought for revenge.<\/p>\n<p>Winning in the world\u2019s most prestigious film festivals in Venice, Cannes and Berlin this year, Filipino independent films prove to be promising as ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 A first for the Philippines, renowned director Lav Diaz\u2019s latest film \u201cAng Babaeng Humayo\u201d (The Woman Who Left) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":81012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,2,46],"tags":[12191,7702],"class_list":["post-81009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","tag-ang-babaeng-humayo","tag-lav-diaz","mauthors-cyra-moraleda","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284995,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81009\/revisions\/284995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}