Q-11 shows win in international fest

MANILA, Philippines - Q-11 continues its winning streak as two of its shows won in the recent US International Film and Video Festival (USIFVF).

Emerging as one of the top programs among 1,100 entries from 22 countries, Rajo Red: The Business of Elegance won the USIFVF Silver Screen Award and Reunions, hosted by Jessica Soho, was cited with a Certificate for Creative Excellence, both in the Documentary: Motivational, Inspirational category. The Los Angeles-based USIFVF, established in 1967, attracts the world’s biggest networks and creators of Business, Television, Documentary, Educational, Entertainment, Industrial and Informational productions.

Produced by Q’s Entertainment TV Group, in partnership with the House of Laurel, Rajo Red is a special docu on the celebration of the 15th anniversary of Rajo. The program featured the evolution of Rajo’s masterpieces, a gala fashion show for a cause, the designer’s journey to success and his inspirations and dreams.

Reunions’ Multiple Reunions episode, on the other hand, featured three reunion stories, that of 63-year-old Josefina Ramirez, the Barbuco family and Sgt. Douglas Holcomb. Ramirez had been searching for her siblings for 50 years; the Barbuco family fervently prayed to see their 33-year-old, mentally challenged son; and Fil-Am Sgt. Douglas Holcomb, who was born in the Philippines but supposedly abandoned by both his parents, wanted to trace his roots.