Eddie Garcia Wins Best Actor at the 55th Asia Pacific Film Festival 2012

Eddie Garcia won the Best Actor trophy at the 55th Asia Pacific Film Festival 2012 for his role as a gay pensioner who is taking care of his cancer-stricken dog in Bwakaw. 

The veteran actor personally accepted the award and received a standing ovation during the awards night held on December 15 at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Macau, China.

Hong Kong’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 85th Academy Award, Life Without Principle won Best Film. Bwakaw, directed by Jun Lana, is the Philippines' counterpart, which is said to have high chances of being one of the five official nominees to the 2013 Oscars.

The announcement of the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards (Oscars 2013) is scheduled on January 10.

Nora Aunor was nominated for Best Actress at the said awards for Thy Womb but lost to Taiwan's Gwai Lun-mei, the star of romance-drama film Gf*Bf. 

Lo Hoi-pang (Life Without Principle) bagged the Best Supporting Actor trophy while Makiko Watanabe won the Best Supporting Actress title with her role as a young divorcee in Capturing Dad. Kore-eda was named Best Director for I Wish, a drama about two siblings seeking to meet each other after being forced to live apart by their estranged parents

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Posas Wins Best Film at 2012 Hanoi International Film Festival; Nora Aunor and Eddie Garcia Nominated at 55th Asia Pacific Film Festival

Lawrence Fajardo‘s Posas (Shackled) was named Best Feature Film at the 2nd Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) 2012. The indie film, which stars Nico Antonio, Wendy Valdez, Bangs Garcia  Susan Africa, and Art Acuña won $5,000.

Posas debuted at the 2012 Cinemalaya Film Festival where it was also hailed as Best Film (Directors showcase category). It was also screened at the 2012 Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). 

Meanwhile, Posas director, Lawrence Fajardo will have a mainstream movie on this year's Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF 2012). Titled The Strangers, the horror movie stars Enrique Gil, Julia Montes, Enchong Dee and JM de Guzman. Check out all the official entries to the 2012 MMFF here.

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Nora Aunor and Eddie Garcia scored nominations at the 55th Asia Pacific Film Festival 2012 to be held in Macau. Nora is nominated for Best Actress for her portrayal in Thy Womb while Eddie Garcia was nominated in the Best Actor category for his performance in Bwakaw, the country's official entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category of the Oscars next year.

The 55th Asia Pacific Film Festival will run from December 13 to 16 at The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel. The said film festival is a Chinese initiative and should not be mistaken for the Australia-based Asia Pacific Screen Awards where Nora Aunor won Best Actress, also for Thy Womb.

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