Filipino film “Silenced Nights” will make history as the first Philippine film to compete in this year’s Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Platform Programme. Film producer Joji Villanueva Alonso announced the milestone on Instagram, writing, “The cat is now out of the bag! ‘Silenced Nights’ will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).” The producer-lawyer said the Lawrence Fajardo-directed film is the first Filipino entry in the 11-year-old Platform Programme, TIFF’s only juried competition. It will compete against 11 other films for the $20,000 CAD Platform Award. For a non-English-language film, the award also serves as […]...Keep on reading: Filipino film ‘Silenced Nights’ earns historic TIFF Platform competition slot