Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Auraeus Solito’s BOY

Filipino filmmaker Auraeus Solito, best known for his 2006 Teddy Award-winning The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, will be at the Torino GLBT Film Festival, which runs April 23-30, as a member of the international jury and to present the world premiere of his new feature, Boy, recently banned in Singapore.
In Boy, a young poet sells his comic books to afford a one-night stand with a macho rent-boy on New Year’s Eve. However, their relationship will not end that night as the boy in question will learn to accept his sexuality.
Tuli (2005) and Philippine Science (2007); the latter follows eight students at the elite [...]

by Andre Soares | April 7, 2009   
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Sundance 2006: World Cinema Dramatic Lineup

Sundance 2006: World Cinema Dramatic Lineup
 

Fernanda Torres in House of Sand
 

13 TZAMETI / France (Director and Screenwriter: Géla Babluani) – Sebastien has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else. When he reaches his destination, he falls into a degenerate, clandestine world of mental chaos. North American Premiere.
ALLEGRO / Denmark (Director: Christoffer Boe; Screenwriters: Christoffer Boe, Mikael Wulff) – After a long absence, a famous amnesiac pianist returns to his native Copenhagen where he is contacted by a mysterious messenger who leads him back into his forgotten past. North American Premiere.
EL AURA / THE AURA / Argentina (Director and Screenwriter: Fabián Bielinsky) – Espinoza is an introverted taxidermist who secretly dreams of executing the perfect robbery. On his first-ever hunting [...]

by Andre Soares | January 6, 2006   
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Asian Festival of 1st Films Awards 2005

2005 Asian Festival of 1st Films Awards
2005 Asian Festival of 1st Films: November 23–30, 2005
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

In Auraeus Solito’s The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, an effeminate 12-year-old boy from the wrong side of the tracks and with a penchant for crossdressing falls for a handsome policeman who ends up becoming quite attached to him.
 

BEST FILM
* ANG PAGDADALAGA NI MAXIMO OLIVEROS / THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS (Philippines) Auraeus Solito
BEST DIRECTOR
* ELECTRIC SHADOWS (China) Xiao Jiang
OTHER BEST FILM & BEST DIRECTOR NOMINEES
FINGER AND BODY (Japan) Kei Horie
KAAZHCHA (India) Blessy Ipe Thomas
DREAMING LHASA (India / U.K.) Ritu Sarin / Tenzing Sonam
YAHAAN (India) Shoojit Sircar
PUTERI GUNUNG LEDANG / A LEGENDARY LOVE (Malaysia) Saw [...]

by Andre Soares | December 1, 2005   
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