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Movie Tuesday
Brink Notes Entertainment Daily Podcast #051
May 26, 2009

• Filipino director honored at Cannes Film Festival
• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
• PMPC’s 25th Star Awards for Movies (2009)

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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

Gina Pareño received a Best Supporting Actress award at the 3rd Asian Film Awards for the movie “Serbis” directed by Dante Mendoza. The awarding was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center last Monday, March 23, 2009.

The actress almost didn’t make it to the awarding ceremonies as she has only one free day. The multi-awarded actress is currently busy filming for the ABS-CBN television series “Tayong Dalawa.”

In her acceptance speech, Gina Pareño shared her trophy with co-star Jaclyn Jose who was nominated as well.

The actress has returned to Manila Wednesday.

“Nagpapasalamat ako, talagang sinusuwerte tayo gawa ng… Hindi ninyo alam kung gaano ako natuwa at nakakataba ng puso kasi for the first time po, may nanalong Filipino sa Asian Film Awards sa Hong Kong; at nagkataon ho na tayo ang nakakuha,” the actress said in an interview with Philippine Entertainment Portal.

Here’s the complete list of winners:

BEST FILM
Tokyo Sonata (Japan/The Netherlands/Hong Kong)

BEST DIRECTOR
KORE-EDA Hirokazu / Still Walking (Japan)

BEST ACTOR
MOTOKI Masahiro / Departures (Japan)

BEST ACTRESS
ZHOU Xun / The Equation of Love and Death (The Chinese Mainland)

BEST NEWCOMER
YU Shaoqun / Forever Enthralled (The Chinese Mainland)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
JUNG Woo-sung / The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gina Pareño / Service (The Philippines)

BEST SCREENWRITER
KUROSAWA Kiyoshi/ Max MANNIX/ TANAKA Sachiko / Tokyo Sonata
(Japan / The Netherlands / Hong Kong)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Jola DYLEWSKA / Tulpan
(Germany / Kazakhstan / Poland / Russia / Switzerland)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Daniel Yan-kong LEE / Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
(Hong Kong / South Korea / The Chinese Mainland)

BEST COMPOSER
HISAISHI Joe / Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Japan)

BEST EDITOR
KIM Sun-min / The Chaser (South Korea)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Craig HAYES / Red Cliff (The Chinese Mainland)

SPECIAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO ASIAN CINEMA
Film Workshop

THE EDWARD YANG NEW TALENT AWARD
WEI Te-sheng, Director of Cape No.7

THE NIELSEN BOX OFFICE AWARD PRESENTED BY THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Priyanka CHOPRA