Nora Aunor named best actress at 24th FACINE Awards

Superstar Nora Aunor was named Best Actress at the 24th Annual Filipino International Cine Festival (FACINE 24), held at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco, USA, Oct. 20-22.  The international award for her spellbinding performance in the indie film “Hinulid” was a fitting honor for local filmdom’s greatest actress coming on her golden 50th year in Philippine entertainment.

The FACINE 24 annual Filipino international film festival awards featured 9 full-length features and fourteen short films as finalists from 22 features and 43 short films submitted for consideration. FACINE is considered as the premier showcase of Filipino films in the US and is now the longest-running event of its kind outside of the Philippines. Along with “Hinulid”, the other full-length finalists were “Birdshot”, (Philippines’ entry at the 2018 Oscars best foreign film), “Area” (with Ai Ai delas Alas), “Oro” (with Irma Adlawan), “Kristo”, “Imbisibol”, “Maestra”, “Daughters of the Tree-Tailed Banner” and “Die Beautiful.”

Aunor’s FACINE best actress win was her second in October after the 4th Urduja Heritage Film Awards which chose her best actress for her performances in Kristian Sendon Cordero’s “Hinulid” and Roderick Cobrido’s “Tuos.” The Urduja Film Awards and Festival aims to promote independent Films in Northern Luzon and CAR to hone the artistic and creative minds of the populace in the make-believe artistry of the celluloid world.

The Superstar’s 50th Year celebration, held at the Sampaguita Gardens on October 14 was an unforgettable, jam-packed event that brought back memories of the ‘good-old-days’ to the 64-year-old actress. Organized and presented by her forever-loving fans, the celebration, billed “Salamat sa Himala at Sining, Ate Guy”, was attended by Maricel Soriano, Cocoy Laurel, Victor Wood, Esperanza Fabon, Bernardo Bernardo, Patricia Javier, Glaiza de Castro, Edgar Allan Guzman, Teri Onor, writer Ricky Lee, director Elwood Perez and producer Lily Monterverde. Daughter Matet and son-in-law Mickey Estrada and son Kenneth joined the celebrant. Laurel serenaded her erstwhile leading lady with the song “Lollipops and Roses” from the blockbuster 1971 Artemio Marquez film of the same title. (ETON B. CONCEPCION)

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