Dante Mendoza wins Best Director at Cannes!!!

[rodsky]

RP’s Dante Mendoza: Best director at Cannes - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

The film is "Kinatay" the tale of a gruesome rape, murder and chop-chop of a prostitute, as told from the point of view of a novice police trainee. You can see it among the list of contenders on this list.

Cannes: The contenders - CNN.com

Mendoza beat the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee, and Jane Campion. Truly a superb feat for Mendoza.

Fragment of film here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YwtQZLNHBU

"Kinatay" info:
http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/ar.../10901054.html

-RODION

[Sol_Itaire]

OMG. Really!

[samsungster]

congratulations!!
“I feel humbled and privileged to be in competition for two consecutive years and to be alongside the giants and the biggest names in the film industry,” Mendoza said in an earlier interview.

[rynzco]

congrats to dante,....

akong lng nabantayan ba nganu mas maayo pmn nuon mo direct ang ang mga indi films kysa
mga dagkong movie production dri sa ato? murag nabali nmn nuon,..hehehhe

[v_tacang]

congrats to him...he deserve it...

[luwid]

something to be proud of.... congrats

[keyser_soze]

Congrats direk! I've seen a few of his films, foster child, tirador and serbis, and you can really see the progression in his work, keeps getting better and better. Can't wait to see this film.

[rodsky]

Steps and world premiere entrance video...

Festival de Cannes - Du 13 au 24 mai 2009

-RODION

[melvenb]

congrats.... great achievement..

[rodsky]

Yes, indeed. First, Raymund Red's "Anino". Hopefully more to come We just have to keep encouraging the indie industry...we have a lot of brilliant (hehe) minds out there.

-RODION