Arvin Belarmino’s “Tarang” (Life’s Pedal) copped the best film award (international category) at the 36th Interfilm Berlin-Brandenburg Film Festival in Germany, while Mark Justine Aguillon’s “L.O.L.” won the Audience Choice award at the 11th Macau International Short Film Festival in China.
“Tarang,” according to its producer, Carlo Valenzona, was given the highest honor among 69 competing entries selected from almost 6,000 submissions from all over the world. It is the first Filipino short film to receive the award.
According to the festival jury members, “The most striking quality of the film is its candid, blunt and sincere storytelling in which all film departments are …
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