MANILA, Philippines - For all those who missed the theater screenings of Cine Totoo, GMA News TV airs the four winning documentaries of the first Cine Totoo: Philippine International Documentary Festival starting tonight at 9:30.
The opening salvo is the Best Documentary and Audience Choice Award winner Gusto Nang Umuwi ni Joy, a film by Jan Tristan Pandy. The film tells the story of Joy, who is not just one of about 200,000 Filipinos living and working in the United Kingdom — she is also one of an estimated 1.1 million undocumented migrants from various countries there. Her status carries with it many risks, the greatest being the possibility of apprehension and deportation by the UK Home Office. Working as a nanny and cleaner to support her family in Batangas, Joy seeks the aid of solicitors to render her stay lawful. There is no guarantee that the Home Office will decide in her favor, however — all she can do is submit to the process and hope that her petition for legalization will be granted.
The docu took home not just the Best Documentary Prize from Cine Totoo, it also won the Audience Choice Award based on votes from Cine Totoo’s theater patrons in Trinoma, SM Megamall and SM Manila.
Cine Totoo’s Special Jury Prize winner Mananayaw by Rafael Froilan, in turn, will air on Nov. 2. Walang Rape sa Bontokby Carla Samantha Ocampo and Kung Giunsa Pagbuhay ang Binisayang Chopsuey (How to make Visayan Chopsuey) by Charliebebs Gohetia, which both earned Special Mention Certificates, will be shown on Nov. 9 and Nov. 16, respectively.