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Dear Friends:
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| We are proud to announce that at last week's 7th
annual Asian Film Awards held in Hong Kong, two
of Fortissimo’s current titles took top honors. BWAKAW from
the Philippines by up and coming director Jun Robles Lana won both the BEST
ACTOR AWARD and THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD for legendary superstar Eddie Garcia
(pictured above on the right), while Japan’s CAPTURING DAD from debut director
Ryota Nakano took home the BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS AWARD for the glamorous Makiko
Watanabe (pictured above on the left). |
| A true legend and superstar of The Philippines, Eddie GARCIA has
been in show business for over 60 years. He is the most awarded and nominated
person in the long history of the Filipino Academy
of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards. |
| Japanese actress, Makiko Watanabe has appeared in many international
acclaimed films. In the past year alone, she has appeared in five festival
favorites, each demonstrating the versatility that has made her Japan’s finest
character actress. Late last year she also won the award for Best Supporting Actress
for her role in CAPTURING DAD at the Asian Pacific Film Festival (Macau). |
| We would be happy to discuss the availability of each of these
award-winning films for your territory. |
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| BWAKAW |
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Directed by Jun Robles Lana
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| PHILIPPINES / 2012 / Tagalog / 110 Minutes / Drama |
| FEATURE PREVIEW AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST |
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Synopsis:
BWAKAW stars veteran Filipino superstar Eddie Garcia
as RENE, a cantankerous grumpy aging gay man who has only come out recently
while in his 70s – living alone with only the companionship of an affectionate
stray dog (BWAKAW) to keep him company. As he goes about his life constantly
rewriting his will to reallocate his possessions to his “friends”, and dodging
the coffin that he bought on sale years earlier that sits in the middle of his
rural home, he is compelled to confront his humanity and seek the help of
others when his dog becomes ill. Garcia delivers the performance of a lifetime
in this life-affirming, heartwarming and tear-jerker dramatic/comedy that shows
that it’s never too late to rediscover yourself.
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| “Bwakaw is the film you hope for at any festival, a
work by an unknown director that comes out of nowhere to captivate and enthrall
with its emotional truth, high humor and sage assessment of the human
condition.” - Richard Peña, New York
Film Festival Director, Hopkins
Center for the Arts |
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| Time Entertainment lists it as “one of the 10 films
to watch” at NYFF |
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| “A captivating charmer …, the film gracefully
blends melodrama, broad and lower-key comedy, and honestly earned sentiment
while making poignant observations about old age, emotional solitude, romantic
longing and friendship. ” - Karen Chu, The Hollywood
Reporter |
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“With Bwakaw, it's pretty clear Lana wants to
make a film about big things, while also keeping everything brisk, bright, and
pleasantly quaint. Thanks in large part to the sincerity of the emotions
electrifying the film, and Garcia's remarkable turn as Rene"
- John SEMLEY, Slant Magazine
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“a true gem from director Jun Lana and an absolutely worthy Oscar submission”
- Nathaniel R., Film Experience.net
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CAPTURING DAD |
| Directed by RYOTA NAKANO |
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| JAPAN / 2012 / 74 minutes / Japanese / Family Drama |
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| FEATURE PREVIEW AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST |
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Synopsis:
Sawa, a long divorced mother of two complex,
angst-ridden teenaged sisters, sends her daughters on a cross country trip to
capture a photo of the face of their estranged father who they barely remember
and who is now dying of cancer. He has long since remarried and has a new
family that they also don’t know. What starts out as a sort of mini-adventure,
becomes a journey of self-discovery, reconciliation, growth and love.
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“a road movie/coming-of-ager
that's so wondrously quirky and simpatico with its subjects, it'll hold auds'
hearts captive long after its magical end. ”
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“A
deliciously subtle comedy of manners that only reveals itself gradually, and
never loses its warm inner core, CAPTURING DAD marks
a striking feature debut by writer-director NAKANO Ryota… ”
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“A charming little film... Nakano’s timing is always spot-on and his casting
couldn’t have been better.”
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