Pepe Diokno
Encyclopedia
Pepe Diokno is a Filipino
motion picture director
, producer
and screenwriter
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In 2009, he won the Venice Film Festival’s Lion of the Future Award for his debut film, Engkwentro. The film was also awarded Venice’s Orizzonti Prize, the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film, and the Gawad Urian for Best Editing.
In 2010, Diokno was given an Ani ng Dangal Award
by the President of the Philippines
, and was included in the book Take 100: The Future of Film, a list published by the UK's Phaidon Press
, of the world's "100 most exceptional emerging filmmakers".
Diokno is the grandson and namesake of the late Philippine Senator
Jose W. Diokno, and son of lawyer Jose Manuel Diokno
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Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
motion picture director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
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In 2009, he won the Venice Film Festival’s Lion of the Future Award for his debut film, Engkwentro. The film was also awarded Venice’s Orizzonti Prize, the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film, and the Gawad Urian for Best Editing.
In 2010, Diokno was given an Ani ng Dangal Award
Ani ng Dangal
Ani ng Dangal or "Harvest of Honors" is an annual affair in the Philippines celebrated to give due of seven art disciplines of cinema, music, dance, literary arts, dramatic arts, visual arts and architecture with the inclusion of allied arts and multi-disciplinary arts who won international top...
by the President of the Philippines
President of the Philippines
The President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
, and was included in the book Take 100: The Future of Film, a list published by the UK's Phaidon Press
Phaidon Press
Phaidon Press is a British publisher of books on the visual arts, including art, architecture, photography, and design worldwide.As of 2009, Phaidon's headquarters are in London, UK, though they were in Oxford for many years, with offices in New York City, Paris, Berlin, Milan, and Tokyo...
, of the world's "100 most exceptional emerging filmmakers".
Diokno is the grandson and namesake of the late Philippine Senator
Senate of the Philippines
The Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress of the Philippines...
Jose W. Diokno, and son of lawyer Jose Manuel Diokno
Jose Manuel Diokno
Jose Manuel "Chel" Diokno is the Founding Dean of De La Salle University College of Law, Chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group, former Special Counsel of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, and one of the Philippines' foremost human rights lawyers....
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Filmography
| Year | Title | Festivals | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Engkwentro |
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Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema is a worldwide organization of 29 member countries. It was created as the result of a conference on Asian cinema organized by Cinemaya, the Asian Film Quarterly, in New Delhi in 1990 at the instance and with the support of UNESCO, Paris.Headquartered... Prize, Jeonju International Film Festival Gawad Urian Awards The Gawad Urian Awards are annual film awards in the Philippines held since 1977. It is given by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino and is currently regarded as the counterpart of the United States' New York Film Critics Circle.... |