Pinoy talent makes it in Cannes

A Filipino is named Best Director at the Cannes. Yes, it is the Cannes and not something else.

I do agree with Richard that this event, indeed, is a happy day in Philippine cinema, besides the three other Filipino films in the same competition. I'm not much of a film geek since I haven't gone beyond plot and aesthetics to appreciate a film - though I believe I have some more sense regarding my choices for filmviewing than most (yes, that's the ego talking) - so I know I won't be able to appreciate some of the indie films produced today, notwithstanding Mendoza's. But this victory speaks much of what Philippine cinema has achieved. And to think this film was up against the works of Lars von Trier, Almodovar, Campion and Tarantino (they're the only directors I've heard of before now) I do hope to be able to watch and appreciate this and many other films produced today, since this period can indeed be the Golden Age of Philippine Cinema.