Baler is a 2008 drama film and the official entry of VIVA Films

VIVA Films

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 in the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival

2008 Metro Manila Film Festival

The 34th Annual 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival is considered quite historical because it included for the first time an animated film as one of its official entries...

, starring Anne Curtis

Anne Curtis

Anne Ojales Curtis-Smith, also known as Anne Curtis is a Filipino-Australian actress, model, television host, singer and VJ currently active in the Philippines....

 and Jericho Rosales

Jericho Rosales

Jericho Vibar Rosales, is a Filipino cinema and television actor, singer, and songwriter....

. Its first screening was on December 25, 2008, simultaneously with the rest of the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival

2008 Metro Manila Film Festival

The 34th Annual 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival is considered quite historical because it included for the first time an animated film as one of its official entries...

 film entries.

Plot

In 1898, a band of Spanish

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 soldiers heroically defended Baler

Baler, Aurora

Baler is a 4th class municipality in the province of Aurora, Philippines. It is the provincial capital of Aurora. According to the latest census, it has a population of 34,492 people and 5.955 members per household....

 (which was not yet the capital municipality of Aurora until 1951) against Filipino forces for 337 long and grueling days. The battle, now referred to as the Siege of Baler

Siege of Baler

The Siege of Baler, from July 1, 1898 to June 2, 1899, was a battle of the Philippine Revolution and concurrently the Spanish-American War. Filipino revolutionaries laid siege to a fortified church manned by colonial Spanish troops in the town of Baler, Philippines for 11 months.The battle is...

, is the setting of a forbidden love between a Mestizo soldier (Jericho Rosales) and a Filipina lass (Anne Curtis) who lived at the end of the 19th century.

Release

Baler has been available on original CD and DVD

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 since March 17, 2009.

Baler had a special screening at the 2nd San Joaquin International Film Festival, on May 19, 2009 in Stockton, California

Stockton, California

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.

Cast

• Anne Curtis
  Anne Curtis
  Anne Ojales Curtis-Smith, also known as Anne Curtis is a Filipino-Australian actress, model, television host, singer and VJ currently active in the Philippines....
  
   - Feliza Reyes
• Jericho Rosales
  Jericho Rosales
  Jericho Vibar Rosales, is a Filipino cinema and television actor, singer, and songwriter....
  
   - Celso Resurreccion
• Phillip Salvador
  Phillip Salvador
  Phillip "Ipe" Salvador is a three-time FAMAS award-winning Filipino actor.-Acting career:...
  
   - Daniel Reyes
• Andrew Schimmer - Lt. Jose Mota
• Baron Geisler
  Baron Geisler
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   - Capt. Enrique Fossi de las Morenas
• Ryan Eigenmann
  Ryan Eigenmann
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   - 2nd Lt. Saturnino Martin Cerezo
• Carlo Aquino
  Carlo Aquino
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   - Gabriel Reyes
• Nikki Bacolod
  Nikki Bacolod
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   - Luming
• Mark Bautista
  Mark Bautista
  Mark Bautista is a Filipino singer, actor and commercial model. Born into a large, impoverished family in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. Bautista received his career break when he was a Grand finalist on Philippine reality TV talent search Star for a Night and eventually placed second behind...
  
  - Lope
• Joe Goodall - American Soldier
• Jeremiah Rosales- Jaime Caldenay
• Lindley Lumantas - Ilong
• Joel Torre-Commandante Teodorico Luna Novicio
• Alvin Anson- Catalan
• Mark Lagang - Alom
• Michael de Mesa - Fr. Candido Gomez Carreno
• Rio Locsin - Azon Reyes
• John Richards - American Captain
• Johnny Solomon- Emilio Aguinaldo
  Emilio Aguinaldo
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• DJ Durano
  DJ Durano
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   - Pablo/Ambo
• Leo Martinez - Col. Calixto Villacorte
• Bernard Palanca
  Bernard Palanca
  -Personal life:His maternal grandfather, Armando Goyena , was also an actor as is his younger brother, Mico Palanca.He is the son of the late Bernard Palanca, Sr, who died when he was just a child. He is also the grandson of the late Businessman Philanthropist Carlos Palanca, Jr of the prestigious...
  
   - Lt. Juan Alonzo Zayas
• Miguel Gonzales - Celso Reyes Resurrecion Jr.
• Jao Mapa - Mauro
• Mikel Campos - Flag Bearer
• Spyke Perez
• Vince Edwards
  Vince Edwards
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• Billy Ray Afable
• Alan Perez
• Allen Dizon - Lt. Col. Simon Tecson (uncredited)

Awards

2008 Metro Manila Film Festival-Philippines

Category	Awarded to:
Best Picture	Baler
Best Festival Actress	Anne Curtis
Best Supporting Actor	Phillip Salvador
Best Festival Director	Mark Meily
Best Festival Screenplay	Roy Iglesias
Best Festival Cinematography
Best Festival Production Design
Best Festival Editor	Danny Anonuevo
Gender Sensitive Award
Gatpuno Antonio Villegas Cultural Award

2009 Gawad Genio Awards

Gawad Genio Awards

The Gawad Genio Awards was instituted by the Critics' Academy Film Desk of Zamboanga City in the year 2006. This award gives recognition to the year's best in the movie industry....

Category	Awarded to:
Best Film	VIVA Films
Best Film Director	Mark Meily
Best Film Cinematograper	Lee Meily
Best Film Editor	Danny Annonuevo
Best Film Production Designer	Aped Santos
Best Film Screenwriter	Roy Iglesias
Best Film Sound Engineer	Ditoy Aguila
Best Film Soundtrack	Ngayon, Bukas at Kailanman
Best Film Story	Roy Iglesias
Outstanding Genio Awardee	VIVA Films

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