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Janine Gutierrez wins Rising Star Award at New York Asian Film Festival

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Leah Bueno 

<p>Kapamilya actress Janine Gutierrez has won the Rising Star Award for her role in <em>Dito at Doon</em> at this year&#x27;s New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF).</p><p>On Twitter on Sunday, August 8, Janine, whose film <em>Babae at Baril</em> served as the opening movie at the festival last year, expressed her gratitude to NYAFF for granting her the recognition. </p><p>&quot;so honored!!!! thank you @NYAFF!! second year to have a film part of your festival and I was so sad that for the second time, we&#x27;re still unable to attend - but now I&#x27;m just filled with gratitude,&quot; she said in her tweet, before thanking the award-giving body for &quot;supporting Filipino films and creatives.&quot;</p><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">so honored!!!! thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/NYAFF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYAFF</a>!! second year to have a film part of your festival and I was so sad that for the second time, we&#x27;re still unable to attend - but now I&#x27;m just filled with gratitude 🙏🏼 thank you for supporting Filipino films and creatives! 🤍🤍 <a href="https://t.co/0ESxEWo2yY">https://t.co/0ESxEWo2yY</a></p>— JANINE (@janinegutierrez) <a href="https://twitter.com/janinegutierrez/status/1424194218839343105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>Aside from Janine, other honorees of the Rising Star Award include South Korea&#x27;s Bang Min-A for the movie <em>Snowball</em>, and Japan&#x27;s Sosuke Ikematsu for <em>The Asian Angel</em>.</p><p>In <em>Dito at Doon</em>, Janine plays the role of headstrong political science major and no-boyfriend-since-birth Len, who engages in an online argument with JC Santos&#x27;s Caloy, a student working part time as a delivery rider, at the start of the COVID-19 lockdown last year. While their first interaction was anything but romantic, the two eventually find themselves getting closer through the power of virtual communication.</p><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="488" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EQSv5DL-CsA" title="YouTube video player" width="1350"></iframe></div><p><em>Dito at Doon</em> is helmed by JP Habac, whose works include the 2017 romcom film <em>I&#x27;m Drunk, I Love You</em> and the hit 2020 boys&#x27; love series <em>Gaya Sa Pelikula</em>.</p><p>Also starring Yesh Burce and Victor Anastacio, with the special participation of Janine&#x27;s mom Lotlot de Leon, the movie with the international title <em>Here and There</em> made its world premiere at the 2021 Osaka Asian Film Festival last March, before it premiered locally on March 17. </p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2021/5/16/fresh-scoops/director-jp-habac-reveals-possibility-of-dito-at-193474"><strong><u>READ: Director JP Habac reveals possibility of ’Dito at Doon’ sequel</u></strong></a></div><p><em>Dito at Doon</em> will have its North American premiere at the NYAFF via its Next/Now program section, which highlights &quot;emerging voices and promising works by up-and-coming directors.&quot;</p><p>The festival, billed as North America’s leading festival of Asian cinema, will run until August 22.</p>

Kapamilya actress Janine Gutierrez has won the Rising Star Award for her role in ‘Dito at Doon’ at this year’s edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF).