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The movie Boses continues to reap praises as it wowed its audience in Hong Kong.“the movie was great…audience reactions were terrific…” a fan who posted his comments on the Boses fan page in Facebook said.The comment was made shortly after the Hong Kong screening last June 25 at the Agnès b. CINEMA!, Hong Kong Arts Centre as part of the Asia Society Summer Film Series.

Before that, it premiered in New York May 1 courtesy of the Assumption Alumnae NYC chapter.

On July 26, it is screened at the Woods Hole Film Festival in Massachusetts

to be followed by screenings at the Jechen International Music and Film Festival, Korea , August 13 to 18, 2009,

the Philippine Film Fest at Geneva on September 18 to 20, 2009 and the

FICI (International Children and Youth Film Festival) in Madrid, Spain on November 17 to 22, 2009.

Previously, it screened in Hawaii, Los Angeles and India.

For Metro Manila viewers, there will be a special screening 1 pm, August 1, 2009 at the U.P. Cine Adarna. This was organized by the U.P. Pi Sigma Delta Sorority and the Friends of Mr. Rudy Diamante, in cooperation with the U.P. Cine Adarna. This is for the benefit of the Restorative Justice Advocacy and the projects of the CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care. Julian Duque, child prodigy and Boses lead actor will grace the event and will perform LIVE!

Boses continues with its micro-cinema efforts doing the rounds of schools and communities.

Most recent was the screening at the Paliparan community in Cavite last June 27, 2009, through the efforts of the Pangarap Foundation and the Hope for Children U.K. Screenings in Leyte, Cebu and Samar are scheduled for the months of July to September, as well as screenings for Northern Luzon and other provinces.

(For inquiries, please contact Bong ,(Northern Luzon) +639107013104, Henry (Visayas) +639194739212, Doreen (for regions 4 and 5) ++639088616210. Laarni (for tickets to UP screening, Metro Manila and International bookings)

Boses is a tale of compassion, strength of the human spirit and the redeeming power of music. It tells the story of Onyok, a 7-year-old victim of child abuse in the hands of his father. Rendered mute by a physical trauma that damaged his larynx, Onyok (Julian Duque), who lives with his father in a countryside village, is rescued by police and taken to a shelter for battered children owned and run by the kindly Amanda (Cherry Pie Picache). His speech disability aggravated by the psychological burden of being kept away from his cruel father makes Onyok despondent. One day, seeing the other children taunting a man who lives in a house near the shelter, Onyok becomes curious, especially as he later on hears violin music coming from the house. He soon discovers that the man is the violinist Ariel (Coke Bolipata), the brother of Amanda who has abandoned his career as a concert violinist in Manila to live as a recluse, apparently in grief and guilt over the death of his woman. Onyok’s fascination with violin music leads him to investigate around Ariel’s house when it is empty. Sensing the boy’s interest, Ariel in time subtly manages to encourage Onyok to try the violin, and soon discerns a prodigy in the timid boy. A friendship very gently blossoms between the recluse and the battered child, until the boy is ripe for a recital to be witnessed by his father.

For details/tickets/reservations/special screenings, please get in touch with Laarni aterastofilms@live.com and/or 09198274100 or 09159378414.