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Maris Racal honored to showcase Filipino talent on global stage at Berlinale

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>&quot;It&#x27;s been such an eye-opening experience.&quot;</p><p>These were the words of Maris Racal as she described her experience attending the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in Germany.</p><p>&quot;I saw so many people there especially Tilda Swinton who had a very moving message when she received her award kaya ang saya ko that I got to experience this, I met so many people, I had fun, and I&#x27;m just happy to be here and absorb everything,&quot; she said in a recent interview with <em>Pinoy Portal Europe.</em></p><p>The Kapamilya star remarked that she is honored to represent Filipino talents at the global stage. </p><p>&quot;I know na ang daming nangangarap na Filipino filmmakers na maging part ng Berlinale that&#x27;s why it is such an honor to be part of this and to showcase Filipino culture on the global stage.</p><p>Maris also expressed how proud she is of the entire team of <em>Sunshine.  </em>&quot;I&#x27;m very proud sa production and all of us are very happy to be part of Berlinale,&quot; she stated.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-12" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGFtfCQzBl3/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A12%2C%22os%22%3A14303856.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-12" 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;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe></div><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGFtfCQzBl3/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-12" 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:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGFtfCQzBl3/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;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 href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGFtfCQzBl3/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Maris Racal (@mariesteller)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>During the opening ceremony of the film festival, Maris donned a gown designed by Jot Losa, which paid homage to the Philippine national flower, Sampaguita.</p><p> &quot;I chose this dress among all the dresses [the designer] showed to me kasi it&#x27;s fresh and it speaks about sunshine and meron din siyang Filipino heritage or Filipino representation such as sampaguita,&quot; she relayed.</p><p>In the same interview, Maris discussed working with director Antoinette Jadaone for the movie, highlighting that the director made a big impact on her as an actress.</p><p>&quot;She&#x27;s such a fun director to work with kasi she directs but she doesn&#x27;t control you. It&#x27;s been such a fun journey to work with her and I can say that I learned a lot from her and me as an actress now, malaki talaga &#x27;yung influence ni direk Antoinette talaga sa akin,&quot; she stated.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-10" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGWUOXoIha-/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A10%2C%22os%22%3A14283129%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-10" 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>On Saturday, February 22, Berlinale announced that<em> Sunshine</em> won the Crystal Bear trophy which is awarded to the Best Feature Film of both the Generation Kplus and the Generation 14plus competition.</p><p>As per previous press release, Generation 14plus is a program in Berlinale that features the stories of children and teenagers. &quot;Also known as &#x27;coming-of-age,&#x27; the stories feature perspectives from young protagonists from around the world, highlighting the equally complex worlds of the youth.&quot;</p><p><em>Sunshine</em> had a sold-out Berlinale premiere.</p><p>&quot;Director Antoinette Jadaone, along with Actor Elijah Canlas and the team of SUNSHINE attend the film&#x27;s packed screening at a 1000-pax theater! 🙏 They also held an engaging Q&amp;A after more than a minute of applause at the end of the film. SUNSHINE is competing at this year&#x27;s Berlinale under the Generation 14 category! 🤸‍♀️&quot; film outfit Project 8 Projects shared on social media on February 19.</p><p><em>Sunshine </em>follows the story of &quot;a young gymnast who discovers she is pregnant on the week of the national team tryouts. On her way to a seller of illegal abortion drugs, she meets a mysterious girl who eerily talks and thinks like her,&quot; as per its IMDb.</p>

<p>Maris Racal stars in 'Sunshine' which won the Crystal Bear trophy awarded to the Best Feature Film of both the Generation Kplus and the Generation 14plus competition.</p>

Maris Racal stars in 'Sunshine' which won the Crystal Bear trophy awarded to the Best Feature Film of both the Generation Kplus and the Generation 14plus competition.