Multi-awarded director/producer/actor and socio-civic influencer, Romm Burlat, won two international awards recently. He won Best Supporting Actor in the movie, "Attention Grabbing (Agaw Pansin)" in the prestigious Oniros Film Awards in Italy. He bested 52 semi-finalists for this category. In just a matter of three days, Burlat won another international award. This time, Best Actor in a Horror for his outstanding performance in the full length film, "Covered Candor (Tutop)" in the Actors Awards in Los Angeles, California. In both films, Burlat played mad characters. In "Attention Grabbing", Direk Romm is a mentally-deranged man who raped a woman she used to love and gave him a son. In "Covered Candor", he portrays a crazy father who kills ills in the society like prostitutes and snatchers to feed a cannibal son.
When asked how did he prepare for these characters, Direk Romm jokingly said, "Nothing. In real life, I am "baliw" so it was not difficult to play these challenging characters". He then guffawed. "In Attention Grabbing, I was also the director but I gave the directorial job of Covered Candor to the horror director, Marvin Gabas, since it's his forte. Aside from that, I want to concentrate on my role which demanded gamut of emotions from me". Burlat continued, "These two international awards are fitting gifts for my birthday which was celebrated a week before I received these awards." Burlat also got nominated as Best Actor in the Gawad Pelikula Filipinas Awards where is in competition with more established actors, Dingdong Dantes, Ogie Alcasid, Dennis Trillo, Paolo Contis, Raymond Bagatsing and Louise Abuel.
It can be recalled that last year, Burlat won Best Director at the 16th We Care International Film Festival in New Delhi, India which prompted the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) to honor him with a Film Ambassador recognition early this year. Next year, expect Direk Romm to be back as FDCP honoree for these two new international awards.
To date, Direk Romm Burlat has 8 Best Director awards, 2 Best Actor awards, 2 Best Supporting awards, 11 international recognition, 3 international awards in films and 8 other international awards. He also won last year as Best TV Talk Show Host and Best Talent Manager in 2018.
Burlat is scheduled to continue shooting, "Bakit Nasa Huli Ang Simula" and "And I Loved Her" and starts shooting "Ban-Uk", "Venus in My Mind", Nang Pinulot Ang Pira-pirasong Pangarap" and "Bata Pa Si Abel" after the lifting of the Community Quarantine.
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