FUKUOKA – Brillante Mendoza’s film “Alpha, The Right To Kill” bagged the Kumamoto City Award at this year’s Focus on Asia International Film Festival Fukuoka, which was held at the United Cinemas Canal City 13, Canal City Hakata from Sept. 13 to 19.

FUKUOKA – Renowned sociologist Randy David has become the first Filipino to win the Fukuoka Grand Prize 2019 for being “a leading Asian public intellectual and intellectual activist.”

TOKYO – Seated between Southeast Asian directors Eric Khoo and Garin Nugroho, award-winning Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza discussed his multiple film collaborations with Japan at a symposium held in Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Wednesday night.

TOKYO – Filipino auteur Lav Diaz’s first-ever sci-fi film, “The Halt (Ang Hupa)” will be featured at the sixth edition of Crosscut Asia section of this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF).