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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special2/nation/11/03/paolo-trisha.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Paolo Ballesteros as Trisha in &#x27;Die Beautiful.&#x27;<em> Photo from the film&#x27;s Facebook page</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Paolo Ballesteros&#x27; portrayal of a transgender woman whose dying wish is to be dressed as Katy Perry for her funeral in &quot;Die Beautiful&quot; won him the Best Actor award at the 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Competition, Award for Best Actor goes to Paolo Ballesteros in &quot;Die Beautiful&quot; directed by Jun Robles Lana. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TIFFJP?src=hash">#TIFFJP</a> <a href="https://t.co/yGa4SM76wA">pic.twitter.com/yGa4SM76wA</a></p>— 東京国際映画祭 TIFFJP (@tiff_site) <a href="https://twitter.com/tiff_site/status/794061706741813248">November 3, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Ballesteros appeared to be one of the favorites to win after Jun Robles Lana&#x27;s transgender drama picked up the Audience Choice award. The awarding ceremony was held at the Toho Cinemas in Roppongi Hills in Japan Thursday morning.</p><p>The jury was headed by French director Jean-Jacques Beineix, and included Hong Kong director Mabel Cheung, U.S. producer Nicole Rocklin, Italian actor Valerio Mastandrea and Japanese director Hideyuki Hirayama.</p><p>A total of 16 films, with &quot;Die Beautiful&quot; being the only one from the Philippines, were in competition.</p><p>Moments after the announcement, Ballesteros, who earlier turned heads after <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/26/16/paolo-ballesteros-dresses-as-angelina-jolie-in-tokyo-film-fest">dressing up as Hollywood star Angelina Jolie</a> for the festival red carpet, took to Instagram to share his excitement. &quot;THANK YOU,&quot; he wrote.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><div style="margin:8px 0 0 0;padding:0 4px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BMVsOjDjpsN/" style="color:#000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL BEST ACTOR! Thank you!!! #DIEbeautiful #TIFFJP #orActress #JuliaRoberts</a></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap">A photo posted by Paolo Ballesteros (@pochoy_29) on <time dateTime="2016-11-03T07:03:29+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Nov 3, 2016 at 12:03am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><div style="margin:8px 0 0 0;padding:0 4px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BMVoiZbFG25/" style="color:#000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">Paolo Ballesteros is Tokyo&#x27;s Best Actor!!!!! #tiffjp #diebeautiful Thanks for Pamela Reyes for this photo!</a></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap">A photo posted by Jun Robles Lana (@junrobleslana) on <time dateTime="2016-11-03T06:31:15+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Nov 2, 2016 at 11:31pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<p>Paolo Ballesteros' portrayal of a transgender woman whose dying wish is to be dressed as Katy Perry for her funeral in ''Die Beautiful'' won him the Best Actor award at the 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival.</p>

Paolo Ballesteros' portrayal of a transgender woman whose dying wish is to be dressed as Katy Perry for her funeral in ''Die Beautiful'' won him the Best Actor award at the 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival.

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Paolo Ballesteros wins Best Actor at Tokyo film fest

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Published November 03, 2016 05:03 PM PHT

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Updated November 03, 2016 05:19 PM PHT

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