Kapampangan director named best in MMFF

QUEZON CITY—Award-winning Kapampangan director Brilliante Mendoza has been named Best Director in this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival for his film “Thy Womb” (Sa Iyong Sinapupunan) which stars veteran actress Nora Aunor.
Mendoza received the trophy during the MMFF awards night Thursday though the film, which showed the simple and peaceful life of native Badjaos in Mindanao fared rather sluggishly in the box office.
Aunor, on the other hand, was awarded the Best Actress plum.
Mendoza, Aunor and the movie itself also received accolades from various film award giving body from abroad.
Mendoza hails from the City of San Fernando, Pampanga’s capital city.
“This movie shows that Badjaos are not the way we know them – as beggars in big cities. The movie shows how simple and peaceful their way of living and how beautiful Tawi-tawi is,” Mendoza said.
Badjaos are an indigenous ethnic group known to be living a seaborne lifestyle as they use small wooden sailing vessels (such as the perahu and vinta) in their daily lives.
Some Badjaos have migrated to Luzon particularly in big cities like Metro Manila to find jobs but as they fail to do so, they end up living in the streets and begging for money.
Mendoza summarized the movie as the story of opposing natures of women (sterility versus fertility) to reflect the prevailing condition in Tawi-tawi.
In the movie, Mendoza worked with Aunor, independent film princess Mercedes Cabral and mainstream actress Lovi Poe.
“Not all movies are being invited to the MMFF. But, when we got an invitation, I thought it was a good venue to show people our own history in our own movie,” Mendoza said.
Actress Aunor said she was happy to work with Mendoza adding that the movie will change the public’s view of Mindanao.
“We have known Mindanao as a war zone. But it’s not. This movie shows how rich the culture of our fellow Filipinos there is,” Aunor said in Filipino.
Aunor said the movie was shot in only 14 days but given Mendoza’s talent, “it was filmed well.”
The movie has been shown since December 25 in SM Cinemas. ●Charlene A. Cayabyab
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Enjoyable place for traveler to hang out near Manila for family bonding is Clearwater Beach Resort

Highly recommended summer vacation destination outside Manila is Clearwater Beach Resort in Clark, a safe and convenient tourist spot that offers natural ambience for visitors to enjoy the outdoors with no stress.

Holy Week gives hard-working Manila residents a break from the stressful life at work. Many residents of Manila decide to go out of town to the North, to Subic, Angeles City, Pampanga and Clark Philippines in search for a peaceful and tranquil lake and beach resort hotel for the family to spend some quality time together.

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Philippines Travel Guide just unveiled recommendations and tips for Holy Week and Easter Holidays in Philippines. The report covers highly recommended resorts and hotels in North Luzon, nice getaway destinations for families with children, safe and convenient place for tourists to relax and unwind, good restaurants, resto bars, pubs and fine dining establishments in Pampanga, frequently visited places as well as historical sites in Angeles City, Pampanga, Clark Philippines.

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Getting to this lake and beach resort in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines

After entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway MA Roxas, passing the stand-along wine shop called Clark Wine Center on the right, continue to bear right making no turns at all, go past Mimosa Leisure Estate on the opposite side of the road, one will hit a major intersection. Go straight and the road becomes Creekside Road. YATS Clearwater Resort and Country Club is on the right just 200m down.

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