Auraeus Solito's first narrative feature "The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros" is an unusually low-key Filipino drama whose neo-realist air generally triumphs over the script's violent, tearful ...

Filipino filmmaker Auraeus Solito directed “The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros,” screening in the World Cinema Competition: Dramatic section. In the film, 12-year-old Maximo dutifully performs tasks ...

In addition to spotlighting films, ND/NF will host a documentary retrospective of titles that premiered at the festival in the past twenty years. Among the films screening will be Stephanie Black‘s “H ...

HONG KONG — Gay love story “The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros” (Ang Pagdadalaga Ni Maximo Oliveros) has been selected as the Philippines’ official entry for the Academy Awards‘ foreign-language film ...

Bit by Bit Company is bringing back Maxie The Musical, the critically-acclaimed stage adaptation of multi-awarded film Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, written by Michiko Yamamoto. The musical ...

This gritty, lyrical 2005 drama from the Philippines features a memorable performance from newcomer Nathan Lopez as the title character, a sashaying 12-year-old queen with a heart of gold and a killer ...

This year’s Cavite undertakes a hectic tour of the dire squatter camps and garbage mountains on the outskirts of Manila; now comes a somewhat more buoyant portrait of Filipino slum life, further ...