Auraeus Solito's first narrative feature "The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros" is an unusually low-key Filipino drama whose neo-realist air generally triumphs over the script's violent, tearful ...

Maxie the Musicale: Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros will be staged from November 9 to December 8, 2013 at the PETA Theater Center. Tickets are available through Ticketworld (Tel. No. 891-9999) or ...

“The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros” is one of the finest Filipino films, shimmering with folkloric charm without softening its view of the harshness and injustice of a life of poverty. Sophisticated ...

Nathan Lopez plays the central character in 'Ang Pagdadalaga Ni Maximo Oliveros' which is nominated for best foreign film One of the most acclaimed indie films last year, Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo ...

Here are some helpful extras before you press play about the UFO Pictures, Cinemalaya Foundation drama flick. The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros starring Nathan Lopez, Soliman Cruz, Neil Ryan Sese, ...

Filipino filmmaker Auraeus Solito directed “The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros,” screening in the World Cinema Competition: Dramatic section. In the film, 12-year-old Maximo dutifully performs tasks ...

IT’S hard to tell the boys from the girls in “The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros,” a tender tale from the Philippines. Biologically, 11-year-old Maximo is a boy. At heart, he’s a girl. He looks like ...

In addition to spotlighting films, ND/NF will host a documentary retrospective of titles that premiered at the festival in the past twenty years. Among the films screening will be Stephanie Black‘s “H ...

Maxi, a boy on the cusp of his teens, is already comfortable with his homosexual feelings, with acceptance from his family. When Maxi is assaulted one evening, Victor, a police officer, comes to his ...