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Archive for May, 2010
The Folding Wife to show at the Powerhouse as part of national tour
May 12th
May 19, 2010 5:00 pmtoMay 22, 2010 5:00 pm
IT HAS taken nine years to get here, but an evocative play about immigration will finally hit the Brisbane stage as part of a national tour this month.
The Folding Wife was first envisaged by writer Paschal Daantos Berry after the death of his Filipina mother in 2001. Six years later it debuted in Sydney to critical acclaim. “The work is poetic and language-based so it’s nice to see that it hasn’t dated,” he says. Philippines-born Berry, who moved to Australia when he was 10 years old, says it took several years More >
Filipino film ‘Lola’ at the Sydney Film Festival 2010
May 12th
June 6, 2010June 7, 2010June 8, 2010
Western Union and Sinta are proud to share the news that Filipino film “Lola” by acclaimed director Brillante Mendoza has been selected from hundreds of entries to be in the running for the prestigious 2010 Sydney Film Festival Prize.
The award recognises cutting-edge filmmaking with the winner receiving a $60,000 cash prize – the largest cash award for film in Australia.
This is only the third year that the Sydney Film Festival (SFF) has sponsored such an award, placing Filipino film among the stars of the filmmaking industry. To put in context, this year’s SFF alone More >
