Philippines documentary gets Emmy nomination

AWARD-WINNING environmental documentary

Delikado has received an Emmy nomination.

The film, which draws focus on environmental crusaders who risk their lives protecting the rainforests of Palawan, is nominated in the Outstanding Investigative Documentary category of the 44th Annual

News and Documentary Emmy Awards. The 96-minute envirothriller documentary directed by journalist Karl Malakunas (photo) is eligible for an Emmy as it has screened in the US on PBS’s POV. The film takes viewers to one of the Philippines’ top tourist destinations—Palawan.

It follows lawyer and Palawan NGO Network Inc. (PNNI) executive director Robert “Bobby” Chan, then-El Nido mayor Nieves Rosento and land defender Efren “Tata” Balladares. The three fight to preserve Palawan’s natural resources from big developers, politicians, illegal loggers and others who threaten the Philippines’ “last ecological frontier.”

Delikado is a collaboration of award-winning filmmakers, among them two-time Emmynominated filmmaker Marty Syjuco (producer), Give Up Tomorrow director Michael Collins (producer, editor and writer), broadcast journalist and Storytellers International Inc. co-founder Kara MagsanoAlikpala (producer), and awardwinning cinematographer Tom Bannigan ACS (director of photography). (Philstar.com)

“Honestly, aside from the fact that ang ganda-ganda ng role na in-offer sa akin — I play Molly Suzara, a very powerful businesswoman — I got to work with Petersen Vargas, who is a very good director, and Kathryn Bernardo, who is a very good actress,” she shared. “It passed my requirements.”

“But what really, really made me want to do it was because I wanted to challenge myself. I’ve never done a Star Cinema project. This is my firstever Star Cinema film na lead

“I wanted to push myself. ‘Di ba, sa dami ng pinagdaanan ko, dapat lang siguro na i-test ko kung hanggang saan ang limitation ko. And this is it — A Very Good Girl,” she added.

True enough, the first Golden Globe-nominated Filipino actor was pushed to her limits. “Naku! Sobrang na-test! Grabe iba talaga ang mundo ng mainstream, iba talaga. Ang dami kong natutunan sa kanila at sa sarili ko. It’s so worth it.

I’m so proud of this film. I can’t wait for you to watch it,” she told The STAR One of her major takeaways from doing this film was to always think of the welfare and wellbeing of others on the set, including laborers, crew and staff. She also learned the value of collaboration between the creatives and the actors. Importante din talaga yung collaboration between the creative team and the actors because at the end of the day, ang actor lang talaga ang nakakaalam ng character na pini-play nila eh “But at the same time, natututo rin ako na manggaling sa perspective of the writer or the creative side.