After creating several awards winning film that gives honor to our country the internationally acclaimed and multi-awarded director give back more to our country and to Mother Nature by directing the Save Ilog Pasign infomercial.
Brillante is now uses his brilliance to help bring back life to a dying national treasure – the Pasig River. The genius director who wowed the international film critics, will spearhead the creation of the infomercial “Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig” (KBPIP). KBPIP is a seven-year clean-up campaign of ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. and the Department of Environment and National Resources through the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission.
The objective of the infomercials, is to raise awareness and inspire action for the environment. The Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig infomercial feature celebrities like award-winning journalist Karen Davila, popular child star Zaijan “Santino” Jaranilla, “Trivia King” Kim Atienza, sought-after drama actor Coco Martin, and Brillante Mendoza himself.
“The project is to let the people become aware on what’s going on and how worst the situation is. Kasi naniniwala ako kahit ano pang gawin mo diyang paglilinis kung hindi mababago yung pagtingin ng mga tao sa kalikasan, hindi magiging successful yung project,” Mendoza said.
Mendoza said this project won’t also be his last for the environment, “I think for as long as the foundation needs my services, hanggat kaya ko, I will be a part of it.”
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Brillante Mendoza to Direct Save Ilog Pasig Campaign Infomercial
by admin, on Fri, Apr 2 2010 | No Comments
Brillante Mendoza’s ‘Lola’ Wins Grand Knight Award in 27th Miami International Film Festival
by admin, on Sat, Mar 20 2010 | No Comments
Brillante Mendoza’s brilliance shines once again through his masterpiece “Lola”. The internationally acclaimed director brought honor to our country, once again, as he won the Grand Knight Award, equivalent to the Grand Jury Prize in the world competition category of the 27th Miami International Film Festival in the US.
Lola is bested 13 other entries from Russia, Brazil, China, Bolivia and The Netherlands in the category that celebrates the works of up-and-coming filmmakers from around the world.
Brillante Mendoza took home a cash prize of $25,000 cash from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Lola is written by Lynda Casimiro. The movie is about two elderly women [who] bear the consequences of a crime involving their respective grandsons–one is the victim, the other is the suspect.
Starring the veteran actresses Anita Linda and Rustica Carpio, Lola also won Second Best Picture at the Venice Filmfest last year and Best Film (with a cash prize of $50,000) in Dubai.
The international film festival also commended the star of Lola, Anita Linda, as a cinema icon and its story for offering “an earnest, compassionate study of forgiveness and redemption.”
Brillante’s Brilliance
by admin, on Mon, Jun 22 2009 | 1 Comment
Kinatay Cast on Cannes
Brillante Mendoza hits Cannes Films Festival Palme d’Or (Golden Palm) two years in a row. Brillante Mendoza is the same guy who directed the internationally acclaimed indie film Serbis. Last year, his movie Serbis competes for the highest honor in Palme d’Or, it is the first time for a Filipino film to be nominated in Cannes Film Festival since 1984.
Cannes Films Festival Palme d’Or (commonly called Golden Palm Awards), is one of the most prestigious award giving body which is known for its selection of art-house, critically artistic films. Movies selected in Golden Palm are often gritty movies that do not set out to entertain in the traditional sense of the word.
This year Brillante Mendoza makes it to Cannes once again with his entry “Kinatay (Butchered)”, and this time he scooped the Best Director award. Kinatay is the portrayal of police corruption in Manila, it included a scene of a prostitute being hacked to death. The movie traces 24 hours in the life of a trainee policeman, from his happy morning wedding to his bizarre night out with corrupt colleagues. They pick up a druggie-prostitute whose body parts they end up disposing all over the city.
Film critics are having divided opinion on the movie. It elicits both boo and applause. Mendoza was described in a weekend report as a “controversial love-him-or-hate-him director.” In a news conference following Kinatay’s Cannes screening, Mendoza said, “This is not just entertainment, these stories are real.”
Aside from Brillante Mendoza’s Kinatay, four other Filipino films made it to Golden Palm. The Raya Martin’s “Independencia”, it is the Philippines’ first entry to Un Certain Regard, the festival’s “more experimental and adventurous section.” Independencia is a historical drama set during the American Occupation. Raya Martin and Adolfo Alix Jr. film “Manila” was selected for Special Screenings category. The short “Sabongero,” by Filipino-American Janice Y. Perez was selected for the Short Film Corner. Also entered in the Short Film Corner is Aissa Peñafiel and Miguel Ocampo’s “Manong Maong,” a five-minute, 20-second animation movie.
