Venice Film Awards selects Tombstone Pillow as Best Inspirational Film

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Tombstone Pillow, a film shot in the Manila North Cemetery where 6,000 impoverished people live wins Best Inspirational Film at the Venice Film Awards this year.

The Venice Film Awards is an IMDb qualifier film award that is held monthly with live screenings, with 38 categories like Best Feature Film, Best Short Film, Best Web/TV series, Best Music Video, Best Animation, Best Drama and Best Comedy.

Organizers and Jury for the Venice Film Awards include Festival Director Massimiliano Mauceri, Aisha Cerami, Stella Sacca, Simone Bracci, and Michele Dioma.

Tombstone Pillow

Tombstone Pillow first premiered at the Oscar-qualifying LA Shorts, it won Best Drama at ICP Shorts Series, it was shot with a group of 100 casts and crew- and the most intense cinema environment. It is a passionate film project that tackles social change.

It has been nominated 17 times in various International film festivals and won 12 awards.

Global Short Film Awards, “Tombstone Pillow” won “Best Screenplay” and “Best Cinematography.”
The Hollywood Movie Awards selected the film as the winner for “Inspirational Category.”
The Morehouse Human Rights Festival will screen the film from September 24–26.

Lourdes Duque Baron was also nominated for Best Actress at the New York City International Film Festival.

The idea for Tombstone Pillow was born after a visit to the Manila cemetery where real families live amongst the tombs and mausoleums. The story just had to be told, the situation in the cemetery also shocked Dream Team Directors Daniel Lir and Bayou Bennett. This led them to connect with writer and filmmaker Fraser Scott who decided to hop on board to create the story.

Award-winning author, film producer, musician, and humanitarian Lourdes Duque Baron is the Executive Producer and played the role of Olivia in the story. Her character Olivia was based on the life of a rich woman who went through a major life transformation and awakening to realize what is really essential and meaningful in life.

The emotions, world, and characters found in Tombstone Pillow are inspired by real life. The Philippines is one of the richest countries in the world when it comes to natural resources, but unfortunately, this is also the place where greatest corruption happens. The casting director Jam Vergara made sure to pick characters that would best depict the real situation. There are no Extras in this film, all the people who acted had a rawness to them, and honesty in the shot can quickly be noticed. Olivia played by Lourdes Duque Baron and Maria played by Kendra De Mesa also formed a strong visual setting which made the film even more alive.

The slums in Manila are so overcrowded and in such bad condition that 6,000 people decided rather than live in the slums they will live among the dead. The cemetery dwellers sleep, eat, go to school and perform all of the other functions of living in and around tombs – they literally use tombstones for pillows.

Cast & Crew

Executive Producer: Timeless Entertainment Inc.
Directed by: Dream Team Directors ( Daniel Lir and Bayou Bennett)
Starring: Lourdes Duque Baron, Kendra Sison De Mesa, Ian Taylor Ignacio, Akram Yesmine Lahmandi, Blake Salcedo and Cedric Escobar
Screenplay by: Fraser Kee Scott
Director of Photography: Mycko David
Editor: Bella Jones
Music: Hagay Mizrahi
Production Design: Marielle Hizon
Team Manager: Nina Ortencio
Digital Marketing: Christel Payseng
PR/ Media Relations: Maria Urduja Osit Li
Production Team: Rorie Baron and Jong Tabtab

Coming Soon on Amazon Prime!

To get a glimpse of the film click here. https://vimeo.com/372823318
To watch the trailer to “Tombstone Pillow” click here: https://www.dreamteamdirectors.com/creative-work-app/newpage8cbb6e08


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