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Jay cited in Mexico Filmfest

The Philippine Star

March 5, 2009 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Francis Xavier Pasion’s Jay (starring Coco Martin, left, and Baron Geisler) was given a special recognition at the 6th Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporaneo dela Ciudad de Mexico (FICCO) in Mexico City, Mexico, from Feb. 7 to March 1. Jay got the Otorga la Mencion Especial del Jurado in the fiction main competition. Another Filipino film, Kurap (Blink, by Ronaldo Bertubin) was also in the competition. Twenty-four films competed, with Argentina’s Como Estar Muerto, Como Estar Muerto by Manuel Ferrari winning Best Film.

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