It was accepted Jojo... It's competeing for Drama - World. Indiewire.com actually interviewed Solito too...
you're right oggss... my mistake.
THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS
Philippines, 2005, 100 Minutes, color
Director:
Auraeus Solito
Screenwriter:
Michiko Yamamoto
Just like the flower in the opening scenes, 12-year-old Maxi is a beautiful accent in the gritty underworld on the outskirts of Manila, where he lives. Living with his outlaw father and two older brothers, Maxi dutifully infuses everything he does for them with love. From cooking and sewing to braiding his brother's hair, Maxi fulfills the role of dalaga for his family, living as a young lady in the absence of femininity and their deceased mother. We follow Maxi through his glowing and textured world of shopping, reenacting beauty pageants, and hanging out at a local DVD stand that screens movies for abundant audiences of transient children. But Maxi's emotions blossom late one night when he is rescued from neighborhood thugs by Victor, a kind rookie cop. Smitten with the handsome policeman, Maxi begins to feel pulled between the petty-thief family that he loves and the law and romance Victor embodies. As part of an impressive ensemble cast, newcomers Nathan Lopez and JR Valentin exuberantly inhabit their roles as Maxi and Victor. With its vibrant cinematography, simple scoring, and vast emotional scope, Auraeus Solito's directorial debut as a dramatic filmmaker seems itself like a flower amid the grit of most contemporary cinema.— N. Bird Runningwater
Screenwriter : Michiko Yamamoto
Producer : Raymond Lee
Cinematographer : Nap Jamir
Editors : Kanakan-Balintagos, Clang Sison
Production Designers : Crsitina Dy, Clint Catalan, Lilly Esquillon
Music : Pepe Smith
Cast : JR Valentin, Soliman Cruz, Neil Ryan Sese, Ping Medina, Bodjie Pascua, Nathan Lopez
www.imdb.com/title/tt0479506/ Screening Times
Thursday , Jan 26 9:00 PM Egyptian Theatre, Park City BLOSS26EN
Friday , Jan 27 6:15 PM Holiday Village Cinema III BLOSS273E
Saturday , Jan 28 9:00 AM Egyptian Theatre, Park City BLOSS28EM
Saturday , Jan 28 9:45 PM Broadway Centre Cinemas V, SLC BLOSS28BN
Director(s) Bios
Auraeus Solito
Auraeus Solito won the Golden Zenith Award at the Montreal World Film Festival for his first feature, The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros. His second feature, Tuli (Circumcision), won best film and best director awards at the CineManila Digital Competition. Solito's documentary, Basal Banar (The Scared Ritual of Truth), is also a multiple award winner. As an Asian Public Intellectual Fellow of the Nippon Foundation, Japan, Solito is currently making a documentary on island rituals in Okinawa and Borneo. He traces his roots to the Indigenous Palaw'an tribe of South Palawan, Philippines.
Film Contact
Auraeus Solito
329-A Sta. Teresita St.
Sampaloc, Manila,
Philippines
+63 2 735 9135
+63 919 215 8184
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