‘Alagwa’ wins big at GIFF

Jericho Rosales in ‘Alagwa’ (Photo from the film’s Facebook page)

The Jericho Rosales-starrer “Alagwa” (international title “Breakaway”) bagged two major awards at the 2013 Guam International Film Festival (GIFF) held at the Agana Center Stadium Theaters in Agana, Guam from Sept. 24 to 29.

Chosen as the festival’s closing film, “Alagwa” got the Grand Jury Award winner for Best Narrative Feature, as posted on GIFF’s official website. The film about human trafficking bested the other nominees from the United Kingdom (“Girl Shaped Love Drug,” Simon Powell) and South Korea (“Jiseul,” O Muel).

The third run of the annual festival, with over nearly three hundred submissions from over 30 countries worldwide, also saw Rosales getting an Achievement in Acting plum. In the movie, Rosales plays the impoverished single parent, Robert Lim, who unearths the dark facets of human trafficking when his son Brian (Bugoy Cariño) goes missing.

This isn’t the first international award for Rosales. The Kapamilya actor won Best Actor awards at the Newport Beach Film Festival 2013 and at the First ASEAN International Film Festival. The film also earned Rosales his Gawad Urian Best Actor.

As posted on his Facebook page, Rosales said of his and the film’s latest feat: “Thank you so much @ianlorenos for giving me the most meaningful movie role to date in my career. Congratulations to us and our entire #Alagwa team for bagging best narrative and outstanding acting achievement in #GIFF2013! To God be the glory! We have great actors in our movie and artists&crew with big hearts!!i can’t wait for October 9! @alagwamovie @manila_genesis #breakaway.”

“Alagwa” is set for a theatrical run in the Philippines starting Oct. 9.

‘Alagwa’ wins big at GIFF

Source: Mb.com.ph (October 01, 2013 at 03:08PM)

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