6:00pm
Fri, Oct 07
Guam Museum Indoor Theatre

part of the Made in the Marianas program

1:00pm
Sun, Oct 09
Guam Museum Indoor Theatre

part of the Int’l. Drama Shorts B program

General Admission
$5.00 USD
at the door
(cash only)

Beauty Queen

GRAND JURY AWARD NOMINEE – BEST NARRATIVE SHORT

(w/ scheduled filmmaker appearance)

Philippines | 18 min. | Guam Premiere | Kapampangan, Tagalog w/ English subtitles
Drama, Cultural, Social Issues, War | GIFF Guide: Parental Guidance – some material may be inappropriate for children under 13

Synopsis

1942, Pampanga, Philippines– When the Philippines is invaded during WWII, Remedios, a beauty queen, runs to the mountains with her brother to join the Hukbalahap resistance. She struggles to find the strength to be who she needs to be for her country– while still unapologetically being herself.

Screenings and Awards

Best Short Film, 2021 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival; First Place Gold Circle Winner, 2020 Caucus Foundation; 2021 UCLA Directors Spotlight; 2021 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, 2022 Cinema Rehiyon, 2022 LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, 2022 Houston Asian & Pacific Islander Film Festival, 2022 Dances With Films Festival, 2022 Diwa Filipino Film Showcase in Seattle, 2022 DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival, 2022 Woods Hole Film Festival, 2022 Manila Broadcasting Corporation Short Film Festival

Myra Aquino (Writer, Director)

Myra Aquino is a writer-director who grew up in Guam and the Philippines. She is a 2020 graduate from the UCLA MFA Directing program and her work has been supported by the Delia Salvi Memorial Award, the UCLA Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, the Sony Streisand Fellowship, and the Norris Fellowship.

Most recently, she was selected to participate in the 2021 Women in Film x Black List Feature Residency for her coming-of-age feature screenplay LAMB, the 2022 Athena Writing Lab for her half-hour comedy PUBLIC HEALTH, and her thesis film BEAUTY QUEEN won the 2020 First Place Gold Circle Award from the Caucus Foundation and Best Short Film from the 2021 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. Myra has also received an MD and Masters in Public Health from the University of Miami, and has worked and studied in areas such as the Thai-Burmese border, Kenya, Japan, and Italy.

With her eclectic background, Myra is passionate about exploring the impacts of multiculturalism and globalization on Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, and other underrepresented communities.

Website: https://myraaquino.com/beauty-queen/

 

 

Carina Febie Agustin
Lau Apostol
Bajun Lacap
Norman King
Nathaniel Biancaflor
Owen Canlas

Creative Producers: Tita Pambid, Reuben Domingo
Production Manager: Tin Velasco
Script Supervisor: Zea Hernandez
Casting Director: Khey Dalit
1st Assistant Director: Bern Torrente
Production Designer: Juan Pablo Pineda III
Art Director: Lorena Saivitri R. Villareal
Costume Designer: Rowel Pasion
Editors: Lawrence Fajardo, Myra Aquino
Composer: Nathan Matthew David
Music Supervisor: Angela Asistio
Sound Designer: Matt Yocum

Funding has been provided to Guam International Film Festival, Inc. from Humanities Guåhan and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the federal ARP Act of 2021.