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Coleen wins Best Actress at Venezuela Film Festival

Coleen Garcia wins Best Actress award at Venezuela Film Festival

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p>Coleen Garcia added another feather to her cap after winning an international award for her performance in the movie <em>Kaluskos</em>.</p><p>On her Instagram page, the actress said that she is honored for her work to be recognized at a film festival in Venezuela.</p><p>&quot;Yesterday (December 2) I woke up to the exciting news that I won Best Actress at the El Grito International Fantastic Film Festival in Venezuela!&quot; she wrote.</p><p>Coleen extended her gratitude to the jurors of the film festival for giving her the award.</p><p>&quot;Thank you so much to the jury for selecting me. I am so honored!🤍&quot; she posted.</p><p>She also thanked the director and the producer of the film saying, &quot;Thank yooouuu, Direk @manru and @viva_films, for the trust, and for giving me the opportunity to play Rebekah.&quot;</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Clr5oN4PiOu/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=810&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A2144728.300000012%2C%22ls%22%3A76669.59999996424%2C%22le%22%3A85702.30000001192%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="880" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>She also expressed her gratitude to the Lord for the newest milestone in her career. </p><p>&quot;Thank you, Lord, for carrying me through all of it. 🙏🏻🤍 I learned a lot from this project, and working on it really reminded me why I love what I do!&quot; she posted.</p><p>Celebrity friends and fans of Coleen were quick to congratulate her for her recent acting award.</p><p>&quot;Wooooow congrats @coleen 👏🏼&quot; Karen Davila commented.</p><p>&quot;SOOO PROUD OF YOU!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️&quot; Kim Atienza wrote.</p><p>&quot;I worked on El Grito, you really deserved that award. What a compelling performance,&quot; one fan said.</p><p><em>Kaluskos</em> is Coleen&#x27;s first suspense film and the actress admitted that taking on the role became a big challenge for her.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-3" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClBLLIPrqMa/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=810&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A2144744.0999999642%2C%22ls%22%3A76669.59999996424%2C%22le%22%3A85702.30000001192%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="879" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-3" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>&quot;Ang alam natin sa horror, mga aswang, white lady, mga bad spirits. I don’t know if you will outrightly count ‘Kaluskos’ as a horror flick. But this is the closest to a horror film that I’ve done,&quot; she said in an interview with ABS-CBN News.</p><p>Coleen shared that she had been yearning to play a role the like the one she played in <em>Kaluskos</em><em></em> for a long time now.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2021/9/12/fresh-scoops/look-coleen-garcia-billy-crawford-throw-jungle-t-195707" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>LOOK: Coleen Garcia, Billy Crawford throw jungle-themed party for son Amari</u></strong></a></div><p>&quot;This supernatural thriller was the genre I was really waiting for. Masaya talaga. It was a role I could really play with,&quot; she said.</p><p>She added: &quot;In <em>Kaluskos</em>, I felt I had more room to really explore my character and worked on really developing my character.&quot;</p>

<p>Coleen Garcia won Best Actress at the El Grito International Fantastic Film Festival in Venezuela. </p>

Coleen Garcia won Best Actress at the El Grito International Fantastic Film Festival in Venezuela.

Coleen Garcia wins Best Actress award at Venezuela Film Festival for 'Kaluskos'

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Coleen Garcia wins Best Actress award at Venezuela Film Festival for 'Kaluskos'

Toff C.

Published December 05, 2022 09:47 PM PHT

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