Actress Judy Ann Santos won the Best Actress award at the 41st Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) for her lead role in the film “Mindanao.”
In latest work of multi-awarded film maker Brillante Mendoza, Santos cares for a child with terminal cancer, while doing the role as a wife to a soldier-husband (Allen Dizon).
The movie also won in Cairo the Henry Barakat Award for Best Artistic Contribution. “Mindanao,” was recently awarded a Grade A by the Cinema Evaluation Board, and is an official entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival in December.
