by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Jan 27, 2022 | Good Show
Filipino-American actress Ivory Aquino has been cast in the upcoming HBO Max movie “Batgirl” as Alysia Yeoh, the first transgender character to appear in a live-action DC film. The Manila-born Aquino makes history as Yeoh, the best friend, and roommate of...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Mar 5, 2021 | Good Show
America’s Oscars listed three films by Filipinas as eligible for the Best Picture award. The musical drama “Yellow Rose” by Diane Paragas, “Lingua Franca” by auteur Isabel Sandoval, and the documentary “A Thousand Cuts” by...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Oct 19, 2020 | Good Show
Isabel Sandoval has won the Best Actress award for her lead role in “Lingua Franca” at the 18th Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asian Pacific Countries in Vladivostok, Russia. The groundbreaking filmmaker who wrote and directed Lingua...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Aug 20, 2020 | Good Show
Lingua Franca, a film about an undocumented Filipina trans woman living in New York, nabbed the “Best Narrative Feature” award at this year’s Bentonville Film Festival. The groundbreaking film was recognized and awarded on August 16, 2020, by the United...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Sep 12, 2019 | Good Show
Multi-awarded Filipino Broadway producer Jhett Tolentino has picked up the 8th win for his biographical documentary “Life Is What You Make It” at the 2019 New Harvest Film Festival in Moscow, Russia. The 3-time Tony Awardee and Grammy winner’s self-written,...
