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Eddie Garcia, aminadong nae-excite pa rin sa awards

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I remembered having a long conversation with an actor friend in Berlin about how there is no gay film around about elderly gay men. Well, I recently came across Bwakaw, a film from Philippines, about an elderly gay man, Rene, and his beloved pet dog - his one and only long-time companion - named Bwakaw. This film was recently screened at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and received rave reviews. Trailer for the film doesn’t look too bad either.

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Bakla

Bakla http://wp.me/s1gjxB-bakla

Picture this: throngs of queer Filipino men lined against the wall outside Victoria Theater on 16th St., majority of which were in their 30′s and 40′s, all speaking Tagalog in every intonation possible as we all waited for the previous screening to wrap…

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Rene and Bwakaw, Bwakaw

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TIFF: Bwakaw Review

Filipino films are not part of the mainstream. Japanese films were probably most Westerners’ introduction to Asian cinema in the 1950s. During the 1990s, Chinese filmmakers like Wong Kar-Wai and John Woo brought massive attention to Hong Kong. Even South Korea has received some much-deserved acclaim in the last decade or so, due in part to that countries’ knack for creepy horror and violent vengeance epics. The Philippines, however, is not a country well known to the West for its cinema. In fact, aside from Manila In The Claws Of Brightness and Himala, from 1975 and 1982, respectively, and Quentin Tarantino’s proclamation of love for Filipino filmmakers working in the 70s, Filipino cinema remains strangely underrated, and undervalued.

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On details #bwakaw #indiefilm #illustration #pinoyindiefilm #vector #digitalart

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A touching story. The trailer alone made me weep.

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Bwakaw - Jun Lana, 2012

Philippine entry to the Academy Awards Foreign Language Film Category

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Remember when I brought home a tiny, wormy, germy, full-of-fleas ball of fur and named him Wilson?

Well, he’s grown up! 3 months old now, complete vaccinations, no more fleas, worms or germs and a clean bill of health from his vet. He also now knows Sit, Stay, Lay, Play Dead, High...

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Nanood kami ng Bwakaw. Pangalawang gay-related film na ata ‘to na napanood ko. Una yung Muli. Maganda sila pareho. Nuot sa puso. Pero mas nakaka-relate lang ako personally sa Bwakaw kasi hindi siya ganun ka-centered sa gay couple kind of loverstory. Tungkol din ito sa buhay, pakikipag-ugnayan sa...

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Bwakaw, Jun Robles Lana’s entry to this year’s Cinemalaya, received praise at the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. It has also been selected as the Philippine’s official entry to the Oscars. I haven’t seen the film. But from the reviews I’ve read, it seems that we have a fighting chance. (I’m rooting for you, Lana!)

I am so glad that Filipino filmmakers are now getting their mojo back. At the same time, I feel so embarrassed for not seeing this in the theatres. I want a copy. 

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New York Film Festival: BWAKAW 

A sweet, gentle and moving portrait of a man who thinks he’s on his last days of life. Little does he know it’s all about to begin.

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“Bwakaw” a film by Jun Lana

Isa ito sa mga gusto kong mapanood na movie. Trailer pa lang naiiyak na ko. Ito rin ang Philippine entry para sa Best Foreign Language Film category ng Oscars at sana makapasok ang movie na to. Ngayon pa lang gusto ko na i-congratulate ang lahat ng bumubuo sa movie na to. (^_^)

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i wish i saw this movie when it was shown here a few months ago. i love eddie garcia. truly a great actor.

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Cinemalaya 2012 entries I got the chance to watch. All worth watching. :)

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Gay Filipino Film Goes To the Oscars

The Film Academy of the Philippines has selected Bwakaw as the national contender in the foreign-language film category at next year’s Oscars.

The Tagalog-language comedy-melodrama was directed by Jun Robles Lana and stars veteran actor Eddie Garcia as a curmudgeonly old gay man trying to come to terms with age, solitude and the elusive meaning of friendship. Bwakaw is the name of the stray dog who befriends the isolated old man and eventually acts as the bridge between him and those who surround him.

Bwakaw played last week at the Toronto International Film Festival and is scheduled for the New York Film Festival this weekend.

Hopefully it will be more along these lines, rather than these.

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