It is an early Christmas for admirers of superstar Nora Aunor and multi awarded director Brillante Mendoza when they were treated to a Thy Womb Fans Day at the Sky Dome at SM City North EDSA. The fun-filled event attended by close to a thousand fans was held just in time for opening of the film last Christmas Day as part of the Metro Manila Film Festival.
Thy Womb has already received
prestigious awards from film festivals around the world. At the 69th Venice
International Film Festival, the film won La Navicella / Venezia Cinema Prize, P.
Nazareno Taddei Award (Special Mention) and Bisato d' Oro Award for Ms. Nora Aunor. More recently, Director Brillante
Ma Mendoza won Best Director and Ms. Nora Aunor won Best Actress at the Asia
Pacific Screen Awards at Brisbane, Australia. The film has also participated at
the Toronto International Film Festival 2012, the Busan International Film
Festival 2012,) and Dubai International Film Festival 2012.
And
film enthusiasts were very excited to meet the Thy Womb team who had brought so much honor to the country -
Director Brillante Mendoza, Superstar Nora Aunor, Ms. Mercedes Cabral, Ms. Glenda
Kennedy, and Executive Producer Mr. Melvin Mangada during the event that was
preceded by an hour of games sponsored by Nora’s Friends Forever (NFF) and
Noranians Worldwide (NOW).
Later
in the afternoon, lucky fans won prizes in the Name the Brillante Mendoza Movie and Name the Nora Aunor Movie games. A special Q&A session also
allowed the members of the press and Thy
Womb fans to know more about the film.
The
movie’s scenic location in Tawi Tawi also brought in MKFI Founder and Chair
Former Senator Santanina T. Rasul and Former Executive Director of National
Commission on Muslim Filipinos Ms. Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman who showed
their support for the film. Writer Ricky
Lee and actress Rustica Carpio were also present.
SM
Executives led by Vice President for Marketing Millie Dizon, AVP for Marketing
Ruby Reyes, and SM City North EDSA Mall Manager Hershe Angeles welcomed the
whole cast of Thy Womb and their fans.
Thy Womb is about a childless
couple living in the heart of Tawi-Tawi, Mindanao. It is produced by Center
Stage Productions and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP),
the film is written by Henry Burgos and directed by 2009 Cannes Film Festival
Best Director Brillante Ma Mendoza. The film is one of the 8 official entries
to the 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival.
In the
film, Aunor portrays a barren Badjao midwife searching for a suitable woman
(Lovi Poe) who can bear a child for her husband (Bembol Roco). It is a saga of
island life stuck between the devil of passion and the deep blue sea of
tradition. It stars Nora Aunor, Bembol Roco, Mercedes Cabral, and Lovi Poe.
Thy Womb is currently showing at SM Cinemas nationwide.
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