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‘Yellow Rose’ bags the Grand Jury Award at three festivals in a row
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13, 2019 --- The mother-daughter story written and directed by Filipino American award-winning documentary and commercial director Diane Paragas and produced by ABS-CBN’s Cinematografo, Yellow Rose, won a grand slam over the weekend as it nabbed the Grand Jury Prize at three major film festivals: at the film’s world premiere at the 35th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) on May 10; at the Bentonville Film Festival on May 11; and at CAAMFest 37 on May 12.
After the first win at the LAAPFF, Paragas was overjoyed with the recognition.“It’s amazing. Just being in the festival on opening night was enough, but then to win the Grand Jury Prize is just everything.”
She recounts how everyone came out on opening night, “It was like Filipino Hollywood. Filipino royalty came out to support it and there was so much love in the room. We sold out a thousand-seat theater and we had an amazing yellow carpet. ABS-CBN management like Olivia De Jesus and Star Cinema’s Malou Santos came from the Philippines to support (Yellow Rose).
Yellow Rose tells the story of a headstrong Filipina teen from a small Texas town, fighting to pursue her country music dreams while facing the threat of deportation.
The musical drama stars Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada, Tony Award winning actress and Grammy nominee Lea Salonga, country music star Dale Watson, Liam Booth, Gustavo Gomez (“The Walking Dead”), Libby Villari(“Boyhood”), and Princess Punzalan, and features original songs written by Watson, Paragas, Noblezada and cast.
Noblezada, who portrays the young woman who dreams of becoming a country music star despite the ridicule of those around her, received the Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance at the 35th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
Meanwhile at the Bentonville Film Festival that focuses on inclusion and diversity, founded by actress and philanthropist Geena Davis, it was Yellow Rose star Libby Villari who received the Grand Jury Prize for Narrative Feature for the movie. The Bentonville Film Festival’s website reports that“The 2019 Award Winning Films and honorees at the Saturday night Awards Ceremony showcased our commitment to diverse, inclusive filmmakers. With 86% of this year’s programming represented by female filmmakers and 62% represented by filmmakers of color, LGBTQ+ or different abilities, the sold-out showings of these films prove again that inclusion is not only the right thing to do – it’s good for business.”
At the CAMMFest 37 Awards, Center for Asian American Media Executive Director Stephen Gong announced that “The film we selected for the Jury Prize demonstrated an originality of vision that consistently defied our expectations. It is a masterful directorial debut that features a simply beautiful performance from its signature lead. It is an intensely compelling story of a young artist finding her voice against a world that fear and criminalizes those like her. It is deeply emotional and socially resonant, and it’s got some kick-ass music to boot.”
Overwhelmed, Paragas shared that “Being a filmmaker is like being a parent. You gestate it. You raise money for it. You love it and you think ‘God, I just wish the world would love my baby.’ And sometimes they do and sometimes they don’t. So those filmmakers out there who think ‘everyone’s going to think my baby’s ugly. Nobody’s going to like it’ – it doesn’t matter. You made a baby and it’s beautiful, and it has a place in this world.”
Paragas adds, “It didn’t feel like just my moment. It felt like a Filipino moment. Getting not one, not two, but three standing ovations was crazy! I’m so happy and I do hope it helps get this movie out in a big way in America and across the world. We made a baby. Happy Mother’s Day!”
Yellow Rose is this year’s Centerpiece Narrative at the 37th CAAMFEST and screens on May 16 at 9:00 PM at the Piedmont Theatre in Oakland, California.
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May 9, 2019
WEST COAST PREMIERE OF "LUCKY GRANDMA" AT THE
2019 LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC
Press Check-in: 8:15PM
Arrivals: 8:30 PM
Director/Writer: Sasie Sealy
Writer: Angela Cheng
Cast: Tsai Chin, Michael Tow, Woody Fu, Lyman Chen
Cinematographer: Eduardo Mayen
Producers: Cara Marcous, Krista Parris, Milton Liu
Where: Regal L.A. Live / 1000 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015
About LUCKY GRANDMA:
In the heart of Chinatown, New York, an ornery, chain-smoking, newly widowed 80-year-old Grandma (Tsai Chin) is eager to live life as an independent woman, despite the worry of her family. When a local fortune teller (Wai Ching Ho) predicts a most auspicious day in her future, Grandma decides to head to the casino and goes all in, only to land herself on the wrong side of luck...suddenly attracting the attention of some local gangsters. Desperate to protect herself, Grandma employs the services of a bodyguard from a rival gang (Corey Ha) and soon finds herself right in the middle of a Chinatown gang war.
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