direk JUN ROBLES LANA and his "BWAKAW"

the youngest Palanca Literary Awardee [Hall Of Fame] & a native of Makati City.

Jun Robles Lana  
http://colintupaz.blogspot.com/2012/09/cinemalaya-2012-bwakaw-goes-oscar.html

2012 is the called LANA’s Year with his Cinemalaya entry and multi-awarded film “BWAKAW”.  His 2^nd movie after his 2006 movie “GIGIL”.

Bwakaw   has numerous awards here and abroad;

2012 Cinemalaya’s Directors’ Showcase NETPAC AWARD

& AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD.

2012 Tokyo International Film Festival’s SPECIAL JURY PRIZE.

2013 19^th Vesoul International Film Festival’s GRAND JURY PRIZE,
EMILE GUIMET AWARD,

& HIGH SCHOOL AWARD.

Further, “BWAKAW” gave Eddie Garcia  his 1^st International Best Actor Award 

@ the 55^th ASIA PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL together with 

Nora Aunor as the Best Actress  for  “THY WOMB”.

Both were also nominated for the same films @ the ASIAN FILM AWARDS which will be held in HongKong on 18^th March 2013 where Eugene Domingo  won as 

Audience Choice Best Actress last 2012 for the movie “ANG BABAE SA SEPTIC TANK”.

For 3 succeeding years, he wrote 3 award-winning screenplays;

 JOSE RIZAL    (1998)

 MURO-AMI     (1999)

 SOLTERA       (2000)

that gave him his FAMAS, MMFF & STAR AWARDS laurels.

But he the limelight did not last long, between 2003 to 2005 he seemed to took a long break and bounced back via TV projects in 2007-2011 in GMA 7 as script writer/developer & creative director.

As Creative Director:

Ø   Amaya

Ø   I Heart You Pare

Ø   Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin

Ø   Coffee Prince

Ø   One True Love

Ø   My Beloved

Ø   Legacy

As Script Writer/Developer:

v  Endless Love

v  Machete

v  Ilumina

v  Darna

v  All About Eve

v  Full House

v  Obra

v  Stairway To Heaven

v  Luna Mystika

v  Zaido

v  Impostora

     v  Ako Si Kim Sam Soon

Personally, even though we haven't meet [but I saw him during the Gala Night of 38th MMFF New Wave Specials in Greenbelt Cinemas] I am looking forward for his films and works. 

I am indeed a fan of Jun Robles Lana. I swear, I am.