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Filipino Director Brillante Mendoza was awarded as the best director at the Cannes Film Festival, Sunday for his film “Kinatay,” AFP reports.

The report also said that, “Mendoza in “Kinatay” traces 24 hours in the day of a trainee policeman, happily beginning with his wedding in the morning to close with the young man’s first outing at night with a band of corrupt colleagues. To his surprise, fear and anguish, they pick up a prostitute accused of betrayal and wind up torturing, raping, killing and hacking her before disposing of the body parts across Manila.”

“This is not just entertainment, these kinds of stories are real,” Mendoza said.

Mendoza’s, “Serbis” was also one of the films competing for the top prize at Cannes last year.

With a report from AFP

ABS-CBN’s hit primetime television series “Tayong Dalawa” received a plaque of appreciation from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for “promoting AFP’s good image” Thursday, April 16, 2009. Lead stars Jake Cuenca and Gerald Anderson also received separate plaques for their excellent portrayal of soldiers.

Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Alexander B. Yano conferred the plaques in an award ceremony held at the Chief of Staff Headquarters, Camp Aguinaldo.

The actors expressed their gratitude to the Armed Forces on “SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon.”

“Sobrang overwhelming. ‘Di naman naming sukat akalain na talagang bibigyan kami ng award ng Army for what we do but at the end of the day, from the beginning talagang we wanted to make a good example. We took the responsibility of representing the Philippine Army.

“Sobrang overwhelming lang mabigyan ng award. Like, it’s a big thing,” Cuenca said.

“We’re just very happy, very overwhelmed with what’s happening to us. We’re just happy na ‘yong show namin “Tayong Dalawa” is a good influence to the people.

“Masaya kami sa outcome ng show not just because of our ratings but also because the military recruits went up dahil po sa show namin,” Anderson said.

There was a 300 percent increase in Philippine Military Academy requirements because of the show’s promotion.

In February 2009, the two actors donated their “Deal or No Deal” winnings to the cancer patients of the AFP Medical Center located in V. Luna Avenue, Quezon City.