Balitang America reports that entries from 63 countries-including the Philippines’ Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank-have made it to the short list of films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 84th Academy Awards. (Click this link to view the full list of shortlisted films.)
Ang Babae sa Septic Tank is the story of three filmmakers who are doing pre-production. They pay a courtesy call on their film’s lead actress (Eugene Domingo) and visit the Payatas dumpsite, their film’s major location. The film won got the Best Film, Best Actress (Domingo), Best Director (Marlon Rivera), Best Screenplay (Chris Martinez), and Audience Choice Award in the New Breed Category at the 7th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.
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