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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.