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NYIFF HONORS BREAKTHROUGH PHILIPPINO FILM LATUS, ABOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL.

The New York International Film Festival (NYIFF) honored the powerful film “LATÚS” at a special celebration during Cannes Film Festival. Lead star Analie Lucion, Elsie Abella (supporting actress), Dr. Fred Medina (Director of International Affairs of the Board of Trustees), Wilma Banaga (Save the Children), and Carla Canarias (Advocacy Officer of Tambayan Center) were honored. Produced by the Tambayan Centre with funding from CordAid and Save the Children, LATÚS depicts the life stories of adolescent street girls in gangs from urban coastal communities in Davao City, Philippines. It reveals the pervasive and crippling impact of physical and emotional punishment inflicted in the guise of child disciplining. It unveils the far reaching, intergenerational, and at times tragic results of this form of child abuse.