Congratulations Dolly De Leon
Congratulations to Dolly De Leon who featured as Elsa in ‘Verdict’. De Leon recently became the first Filipina Actress to win a Best Supporting Actress Award at the Los Angeles Critics Awards and a Golden Globe nomination for her stand-out performance as Abigail in ‘Triangle Of Sadness’.
HFPA 2020 Residency Fellows Announced
HFPA | In January, six directors will participate in a three-week program geared at emerging and mid-career filmmakers created and sponsored by the HFPA as part of our commitment to supporting emerging film talent from around the world. The winners will travel to Los Angeles in January 2020 to participate in the Film Independent Residency fellows will follow an intensive schedule of sessions focusing on both the business and creative aspects of film.
Film Review: Verdict
Variety | A female domestic abuse victim seeks justice through the nightmarish labyrinth of Filipino bureaucracy in Raymund Ribay Gutierrez's sure-handed debut.
Oscars: Philippines Selects ‘Verdict’ for International Feature Film Category
Hollywood Reporter | The Philippines have submitted Raymund Ribay Gutierrez’s domestic abuse drama 'Verdict,' a winner at this year's Venice International Film Festival, for the 2020 Oscars in the international feature film category.
Verdict review - empathy and urgency in convincing domestic abuse drama
Guardian | Raymund Ribay Gutierrez’s taut drama shows a Filipino legal system more concerned with expediency than justice as a woman takes her violent husband to court. Director Raymund Ribay Gutierrez, a protege of local auteur Brillante Mendoza, directs with empathy and energy here; he’s a name to watch.
I AM Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
I AM FILM | Gutierrez was mentored by Cannes favourite, Brillante Mendoza, who won the prestigious Best Director Award at the festival for Kinatay (2009) and has received a long list of major industry awards and honours around the world, for his cinematic works centred on issues of social justice.