Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros film – returns in full bloom in NY

New York - Years after the MoMA and Film Society of Lincoln Center chose Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros/The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros as its opening night presentation for the annual New Directors/New Films exhibition, Auraeus Solito's Pagdadalaga will make a rare return appearance in a New York theater on Friday, December 9, at 7:30PM.  

The screening at New York University's King Juan Carlos Center is free and open to the public.  Proof of vaccination required.

The film tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who falls in love with a cop investigating his family's illegal livelihood.  Among its many citations are Best First Feature at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Urian Dekada Award as one of the ten best Philippine films of the decade.  

Venue:  NYU King Juan Carlos Center

             53 Washington Square South

Entrance to KJCC is the portal just to the right of the church steeple dominating the south side of Washington Square.  (A press release from Gil Quito, the film’s curator)

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OSM! Digital Editor, Leani Alnica (1992-2019), made a film documentary in 2009 on the evolution of Philippine LGBTQ movies and critically positioned Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros as the greatest film ever created to articulate an LGBTQ life story.

View Leani’s film documentary here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=223NZHT_doM&feature=youtu.be