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Brillante Mendoza named best director in Malaysia

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LOOK: Brillante Mendoza wins Best Director for &quot;Ma&#x27; Rosa&quot; in the 2017 Malaysia Golden Global Awards | via the film&#x27;s producer Larry Castillo <a href="https://t.co/z1kIjZ7dn9">pic.twitter.com/z1kIjZ7dn9</a></p>— ABS-CBN Lifestyle (@ABSCBNNewsLife) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNewsLife/status/838385674508185600">March 5, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Acclaimed Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza took home another best director trophy for his movie &quot;Ma’ Rosa,&quot; this time from the 2017 Malaysia Global Awards.</p><p>Mendoza has previously won best director at the 54th Gijon International Film Festival for the same film.</p><p>Philippine-Malaysian collaboration &quot;Singing in Graveyards&quot; was named best film.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LOOK: Bradley Liew, filmmaker of Singing in Graveyards, receives the 1st Malaysia Golden Global Award for Best Film. | via Larry Castillo <a href="https://t.co/76XOiLtf3d">pic.twitter.com/76XOiLtf3d</a></p>— ABS-CBN Lifestyle (@ABSCBNNewsLife) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNewsLife/status/838391006533980160">March 5, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>The film features Filipino rock icon Pepe Smith as a man impersonating a rock star. Directer by Malaysian-born and Manila-based Bradley Liew, &quot;Singing in Graveyards&quot; also features Lav Diaz and Mercedes Cabral.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qnbuw4CCQP4" width="560"></iframe></figure><p>Meanwhile, &quot;Ma’ Rosa,&quot; which stars Jaclyn Jose, the first Filipino to win the best actress award at the Cannes International Film Festival, tells the story of a mother who runs a convenience store and sells drugs on the side with her husband to make ends meet.</p><p>The movie also stars Julio Diaz, Baron Geisler, Neil Ryan Sese, Mercedes Cabral, Mark Anthony Fernandez, Jomari Angeles, Felix Roco, Mon Confiado, Maria Isabel Lopez and Andi Eigenmann, Jose&#x27;s daughter.</p><p>Established in 2016, the Malaysia Golden Global Awards aims to promote Malaysia&#x27;s film, art and culture while recognizing excellent Asian films and film makers.</p>

<p>Acclaimed Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza took home another best director trophy for his film "Ma’ Rosa," this time from the 2017 Malaysia Global Awards.</p>

Acclaimed Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza took home another best director trophy for his film "Ma’ Rosa," this time from the 2017 Malaysia Global Awards.