Burlat won Best Actor for his performance in Covered Candor (Tutop), Best Director and Best Screenplay for his work in Homecoming (Mammangi). It is Burlat's 6th Best Actor award for Covered Candor and his 7th Best Director award. He was even much happier because Direk Romm won his first international award for Best Screenplay.
"I can't contained my happiness. I am just like a 3-in-1 coffee. I won three awards in one night. I couldn't asked for more. I am blessed", Burlat quipped.
Because of the string of awards in a difficult year due to Covid-19, Direk Romm has been called "The Pandemic Director" which amused him no end. "It was Sir George Vail Kabrisante who coined that title for me. Despite absence of projects for six months now due to this current crisis, the good Lord blesses me with continuous awards in international film festivals.
To-date, Direk Romm has won 6 Best Actor Awards from international film festivals namely Actors Awards Los Angeles in the US; Kosice International Film Festival in Slovak Republic, Tagore International Film Festival in India; CKF International Film Festival in the United Kingdom, Hollywood Blood Horror Festival and Port Blair International Film Festival. As a director, he already amassed seven awards from 16th We Care International Film Festival in India; Sweden Film Awards in Stockholm, Sweden; Global India International Film Festival in India; Accord Cine Fest in India, Tagore International Film Festival in India, Nawada International Film Festival and Port Blair International Film Festival. Five of these awards came from Homecoming while his two other Best Director awards were given for his works in Father of Your Son (Ama Ka Ng Anak Mo) and Twist of Fate(Balikuko).
On top of these, Burlat also won Best Supporting Actor for Attention Grabbing (Agaw Pansin) from the Oniros Film Awards in Italy, Best Screenplay for Port Blair and Best Producer from Hollywood Blood Horror Film Festival.
The film, Covered Candor where he is lead and producer won Best Horror Film at the Istanbul Film Festival in Turkey, Best Horror Film at the Oniros Film Awards and Best Feature Film at the Tagore International Film Festival whereas Homecoming where he is director won Best Film at the Eurasia International Film Festival in Russia, Madras Independent Film Festival in India and Best Heritage Film at the Urduja Film Festival in the Philippines.
His two other films, Father of Your Son and Twist of Fate won Jury Choice award and Best Foreign Film respectively at the Nawada International Film Festival.
Being billed the Pandemic Director is an apt title for this multi-awarded actor and director.
