Cinemaworld fest features 4 award-winning films

Cinemaworld continues to bring quality movies to SKYcable viewers, this time putting the spotlight on four award-winning international films as it launches Cinemaworld Film Festival: Crossroads this month showcasing youths prevailing over life’s adversities.

Awarded Best Screenplay Award at Sundance Film Festival 2013, Wajma, An Afghan Love Story tells the tale of a young couple who kept their relationship in secret. After Wajma discovers her pregnancy and their relationship is exposed, her father will be tested as he tries to uphold their family’s honor and protect his daughter. Catch it on Nov. 11.

Joining in the line-up is Britain’s Bypass, a film nominated for Best Film for the Venice Horizons Award at the Venice Film Festival back in 2014. A young man named Tim, played by George MacKay, is left with no choice but to look out for his younger sister Helen after the tragic death of their mother.

As he finds a job for their needs, he resorts to reselling stolen goods for profit. In the middle of his dilemmas, he finds support in his girlfriend Lily. Watch the British film on Nov. 27.

Airing on Nov. 18, the Israeli film Fill The Void, which won Best Actress Award at Venice Film Festival 2012 and seven Ophir Awards (also known as the Israeli Oscars), revolves around Shira (played by Hadas Yaron), an 18-year-old woman urged to marry her brother-in-law after her sister unexpectedly dies and leaves behind her new-born baby.

(CinemaWorld is available on SKYcable Plans HD1799 and HD1999 channel 184 in Metro Manila, San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite and Laguna, and on HD channel 716 in Cebu and Davao. Subscribers can choose to add CinemaWorld on top of their basic plan via SKY Select, for P150 per month. To activate the channel, visit www.mysky.com.ph/getcinemaworld or call 418-0000.)