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From LGBT rights to human rights: ALT-R HEROES 2025 opens with bold call
With a rousing call to action—“From LGBT Rights to Human Rights”—the ALT-R HEROES 2025 Film and Advocacy Festival officially launched on June 29 at Sine Pop, Cubao. Presented by GagaOOLala and organized by 2076 Kolektib, the festival celebrates socially committed cinema that challenges, reclaims, and resists. “These are not just films. These are lived experiences,”…
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Jay Altarejos returns to Sinag Maynila filmfest via erotic drama ‘Jino to Marī’ (Gino and Marie)
Acclaimed director Joselito “Jay” Altarejos—whose “Tale of the Lost Boys” won the Sinag Maynila 2018 Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Box-Office and Best Editing awards—returns to the celebrated festival with a new film, Jino To Mari (Gino and Marie). Altarejos’ new work takes an inside look into the pornographic film industry. It tells the story of a…
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Mara Lopez plays battered wife in Jay Altarejos’ ‘T.P.O.’
T.P.O. tells the story of Miguel (Oliver Aquino), an abusive husband to TERESA, a former town-beauty queen (Mara Lopez). They have an eight-year old son, JR (Micko Laurente). Their small family lives with Miguel’s parents (Menggie Cobarrubias and Dexter Doria). The family is shattered by the vicious cycle of domestic abuse. After a night of beating, Teresa,…
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