Pinoy Film “Die Beautiful” Chosen For Tokyo Film Festival!

It’s a great year for Philippine films!

The Paolo Ballesteros-starred film Die Beautiful has been selected in the Main Competition of the Toyko Film Festival, which will take place from October 25 to November 3, according to local reports!

With the tag line “A glamorous life deserves a fabulous death”, Paolo plays Trisha, a transgender woman who regularly competes in beauty contests, whose death wish was to remain beautiful.

Kinikilig kami sa tuwa! Our newly finished film “Die Beautiful” has been selected in the Main Competitoon of the Tokyo International Film Festival. Congratulations also to the other Filipino filmmakers who were selected, especially @ivanpayawal for his film “I America” screening at the Asian Future section. So proud of you, Ivan! #diebeautiful #tiffjp

A photo posted by Jun Robles Lana (@junrobleslana) on Sep 25, 2016 at 9:53pm PDT

Director Jun Robles Lana confirmed the news on Instagram, who also said that I America and Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis will be screened during the competition.

You can watch the trailer below:

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